7 things Conservatives say to play down the fact Canada is in a recession

Published September 1, 2015

Canada's in a recession. Here is how the Conservatives are trying to downplay what's happening to the economy.

Conservatives forget to tell you public transit will be stuck in gridlock for years

Published April 30, 2015

Looks like it’s bumper-to-bumper on the P3! Despite the Conservative government’s recent pledge to spend $1 billion a year to “build up” public transit, Canadians will likely have to wait years for the cash to actually be spent on new subway tracks and light rail projects. Why is that? It turns out money from the […]

VIDEO: Happy Earth Day! Watch Joe Oliver fib to Peter Mansbridge about greenhouse gas emissions!

Published April 22, 2015

Finance Minister Joe Oliver is the government’s numbers guy, but they don’t add up on climate change. After tabling a 518-page budget on Tuesday that failed to mention “climate change” even once, CBC’s Peter Mansbridge asked Oliver about the omission. He dodged the question by citing the government’s new Public Transit Fund as a way of helping achieve “our reduction […]

7 Times Joe Oliver’s Budget Speech Departs from Reality

Published April 21, 2015

Hyperbole alert! Finance Minister Joe Oliver delivered his budget on Tuesday. Here’s seven problems with what Oliver had to say about the state of Canada’s fiscal affairs: 1. But is the world an ocean of chaos? And is Canada an island of stability? Joe Oliver says: “Around the world, many nations — including some of […]

VIDEO: Sun TV wonders who’s making people paranoid? Here are their wackiest public health messages

Published February 6, 2015

Sun TV is wondering why “ordinary people” are so panicky these days? Maybe they need to spend more time watching their own channel. As anti-vaccination theories come under greater scrutiny in the wake of a recent measles outbreak in the United States, the folks at Sun TV are trying to nail down the root causes of the paranoia pandemic. According […]

8 charts that make you wonder if Conservatives understand how modern families work

Published January 28, 2015

Conservatives sure like to talk about how they ‘get’ families. But do they? And do Stephen Harper’s family-friendly policies actually make a meaningful impact in the lives of most Canadian families? “Family life isn’t the same today as it was 30 years ago,” says a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives that looks at […]

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