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I think the Senate serves a useful purpose: it's an echo of previous governments and constrains a new government from making drastic changes as soon as they gain power. In other words I view the frustrations it causes new governments as a feature, not a drawback. It forces them to take the...

I think throwing the Liberal senators under the bus just cost him the next election. It was done in the very heavy handed manner they keep accusing PM Harper of acting in and it will have lasting repercussions.

I could do without grand schemes that never actually accomplish anything but deceive voters. Liberal red book promise to abolish the GST - ignored as soon as they got elected, result nothing Conservative promise to reduce the GST - acted on in stages as conditions permitted, result GST lowered...

This is the part the disturbs me the most. A public University has no business having secret policies.

He picks a topic / theme and gives a speech or monologue on it. Any semblance of a reasoned position on the topic is an illusion based on the listeners' own views. It is after all rhetoric not reason on display. Not really unexpected or out of the ordinary for somebody who opines on a wide...

There are 19 brothels in Nevada in which an insignificant number of the total sex workers in the state conduct business. Most offer the product closer to consumers - bars, casinos, strip clubs, street corners and hotels. I don't have the numbers for Australia but they are likely to be...

The 'University student' is an old con used to extract more money from clients. In Germany students pay no or very little tuition - sometimes just ~100 Euros a semester in combined enrolment and administration fees. The main problem I see with legalized prostitution is demand increases on the...

Saying the government grew or shrunk based on % of GDP is misleading as most would assume such a statement would be in reference to absolute inflation adjusted dollars.  Harping on a "shrinking" government while leaving those figures out shows the article to be biased, deceptive and uninformative.

When you start comparing others in the Canadian political scene to Nazis it is likely you who are intolerant, close mined and filled with hate. It amazes me how much vitriol people can spew at Ford and then decry the crassness of politics as if they weren't major contributors. The lack of self...

Any action seems to garner over the top criticism these days since it's become political. It makes doing incremental improvements not worth the effort even though they could help at least some veterans in a timely manner. So between major changes things end up festering leaving everybody unhappy...

How our leaders are chosen and how they gain, retain and lose power is a major part of our political system. By largely taking force out of it democracies flourish over the long term compared to alternatives. As for Ford - insulting and denigrating his supporters isn't a very effective means...

Deciding how much to spend on upgrades and major maintenance to current equipment while procuring replacements isn't easy. The longer the lead times on such activity the higher the stakes. The cost of an upgrade plus all the new spares needed will seem wasted money if the new equipment comes on...

Reminds me of Unions buying ads at NDP conferences. At least that practice was killed. This one should be as well. The financial disclosure rules for Unions can't come soon enough. It is evident they will use any means they can to funnel money to politicians to gain and maintain influence. I...

Yes, I certainly agree that wisdom and competence can be missing from either category. I have been reading (it's slow going for me) Intellectuals and Society a book on lack of both from what could be termed the learned class.

No we can't agree. Being highly trained and skilled isn't the same as being learned. Matching funding with demand I agree with - some countries do a much better job of this, especially with respect to trades training.

Just try and do the same work with fewer employees in a sector dominated by unions. Without a sales/production/work increase to keep the same number of workers employed a productivity boost doesn't save any money and isn't worth the investment. Entire industries have been hollowed out due to...

From a House of Commons report: "RECLAIMING citizenship for canadians — a Report on the loss of canadian citizenship" She was outside the country on her 21st birthday and presumably 24th as well so unlike others in similar situations wrt out of wedlock births did not get citizenship by residing...

The "international shipping question" is a basic geography question and requires only knowledge of the major bodies of water and land masses along with a few important minor ones. It is just a more engaging form of the standard "To get from location A to B what X do I need to cross?" which tests...

With the main aspects of a crime being means, motive and opportunity I find it troubling when the police themselves provide or induce any of them. Doing so as an investigative technique I have no trouble with as long as the crimes where police helped with any aspect are not charged.

The NRC has always had an industry and agricultural focus. This focus was strengthen not created in 2013.  An excerpt from the NRC Act 1985: