OTTAWA — Canada’s immigration minister is apparently denying any role in the removal of references to gay rights from a citizenship study guide released last fall.
Asked Wednesday why he blocked any information about same-sex marriage and charter rights protecting sexual orientation, Jason Kenney said: “I did not do such a thing. No, no, you are wrong.”
Read more »Stephen Harper just couldn't hold it in any longer.
The prime minister had kept his Wolverine-style, dagger-like claws retracted for a spell, calling a smiling truce with the Liberals late last month for the greater good.
Read more »Its war on nature speaks of a spiritual void.What I predicted some years ago to then Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister John Van Dongen has come to pass.
The environment, quite apart from global warming, has become an election issue -- big time.
Read more »Muzzled MPs. A powerless cabinet. Politicized senior bureaucrats. Unaccountable parties. Canada's democracy is in trouble. To fix it we have to fix it we have to connect the dots.
Read more »Fletcher: ID rules are 'positive changes.'
I disagree with the assumptions made in the Feb. 9, 2009 article. Our Conservative government is committed to ensuring that all Canadians who are eligible to vote are able to while at the same time strengthening the integrity of the electoral process, preventing voter fraud, and ensuring that Canadians have confidence in their voting process.
Close to half a million Canadians who wanted to vote in fall's federal election did not cast ballots because of new identification requirements, and that may have changed the outcome of several close races, concludes The Tyee based on government figures now available.
Read more »BC politicians keep passing, then changing, laws against deficit spending. Are we nuts?
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