Cartoon by the award-winning Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune

The latest Fraser Institute report on corporate welfare in Canada arrives at a very appropriate time. The allegedly “Conservative” federal government is about to throw away $4 billion on propping up failing car companies and their unionised workers. Newfoundland and Labrador should also take note: Danny Williams has embarked on an arguably illegal [...]

I, for one, would like to hear more about the LaytonAway Program!
Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Hamilton Spectator

Earlier this week, Assyrian International News Agency reported that 22-year-old Martha Samuel was arrested at Cairo Airport as she was about to board a flight to Russia with her husband and two young sons. All four family members were taken into custody.
Today arrives this very disturbing report regarding her and her family.
Martha Samuel, an [...]

Two newly published studies suggest that male circumcision reduces the risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer. Dr Carrie Nielson of the Oregon Health & Science University, lead researcher on one of the studies, says this demonstrates that male circumcision could provide substantial health benefits for women.
Combined with earlier evidence that circumcision is [...]

Danny Williams’ grandstanding is contagious, apparently. Clem Tremblay, Mayor of Dalhousie, New Brunswick, wants his provincial government to seize a paper mill belonging to AbitibiBowater.
The New Brunswick government should follow the lead of Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams by expropriating the property of AbitibiBowater’s Dalhousie paper mill, according to the town’s mayor.
Dalhousie’s economy [...]