by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 22, 2008 | Canada, Election, GTA Politics
An Angus Reid survey suggests strictly on the “like-ability factor”, most Canadians would vote for Jack Layton as the next Prime Minister. The survey puts layton’s popularity rating at 36 per cent, ahead of harpers 32 per cent. But when asked who...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 22, 2008 | Election, GTA Politics, News, Ontario, Politics, Toronto
In the latest embarrassment for the Conservative campaign, a candidate who blogged after the July beheading on a Winnipeg-bound bus that Canadians should be allowed to carry concealed handguns for protection has resigned from the Toronto Centre race. Musings on women,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Canada, Economy, Election, News, Politics, World
DOUG SAUNDERS From Thursday’s Globe and Mail September 18, 2008 at 2:00 AM EDT LONDON — Canadian and European officials say they plan to begin negotiating a massive agreement to integrate Canada’s economy with the 27 nations of the European Union, with...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Election, GTA Food, GTA Politics, News, Ontario, Politics
TONDA MACCHARLES OTTAWA BUREAU SAGUENAY, QUE.–Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was forced to apologize yesterday for “tasteless and completely inappropriate” jokes on an Aug. 30 government conference call during the listeriosis crisis. “This...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 16, 2008 | Election, News, USA
This Reuters article reports more detail on the candidates’ economic policies – specifically their policies on trade with China. There is no more crucial issue in this election than trade policy, especially our policy toward trade with China, where our trade...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 16, 2008 | Canada, Economy, Election, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto, World
By Jim Stanford We all know the Conservatives are the “rational economic managers,” right? After all, their tax cuts, free trade agreements, and tough-love social policy are all motivated by the need to free the entrepreneurial beast within us, and allow us to pursue...