Opinion

Placing a call to the CRA, Veterans affairs, Employment Insurance or over government institutions has become tedious and often fruitless. It may take you weeks to also facilitate talks because the ques are so backlogged. When you do get through, you hear a very sympathetic agent who has to apologize sincerely for things that weren’t done. You get mad because you know it’s not his/her fault. It is the organization, the structure, and just not enough workers. But then again, why would workers stay? It goes without saying that if the public service suffers, we all suffer. 

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This pipeline was proposed by Kinder Morgan at no cost to the taxpayer, but after the Liberals provided every possible roadblock to the TMX project, Kinder Morgan was forced to cut their losses and leave Canada. This forced a government buyout of $4.5 billion. They assumed the remaining costs, which have now ballooned past $12.6 billion. 

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January 27th the City of Saskatoon’s council unanimously approved the displaying of Treaty 6 Métis Nation flags at city-run facilities in a display of respect for the traditional owners of the land.

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The Conservative Party’s election collapse is precisely because it overlooked its duty as a steward of conservatism. The establishment adopted nominal conservatism as their axiom and deviated from theoretical principles. Rather than remaining congruent to principle, the CPC has steadily moved into an ideological hinterland, sometimes surpassing the point of recognition. 

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This is a brilliant move for Boulerice, but despite that the NDP positions itself as the party for the working-class, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh won’t rule out paying for the Royals, showing a cultural rift in the party.

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Claypool: Public sector unions, along with the New Democratic Party (NDP), have partnered on a lot of labour issues by travelling in the same car. They end up all getting in the same metaphorical crashes. The problem here is their collective action facilitates radical rhetoric becoming the norm for the union membership and advocates.

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If the early days of January are any indication of what may formulate within the next decade, there is an urgency for Canada’s federal government to begin adequately funding our military. 

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Canada faces a troubling federal quagmire that has disseminated throughout various provinces. Opposition to Trudeau’s Liberal Party status quo has manifested itself through two giants; the Bloc Québécois and the Wexit movement. The latter is an ever-expanding drive for Western sovereignty. But the situation’s peculiar complexity is the fierce divide between East and West; the Bloc Québecois and its sovereigntist counterpart, Wexit. 

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Claypool: I predict these actions against gun owners will either outright fail logistically or will not be undertaken when the Liberal government realizes the broad support for firearms. They will lose appeal if they pass a “military-style” gun ban and further their progressive talking points to no end.

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Though experts argue there was no documented evidence indicating it was used to purposely spread smallpox. By the same token, they “can’t guarantee it never happened.” According to the diary entries of William Tomison, inland master of HBC in 1778, his account of the smallpox epidemic of 1781 and 1782 “is the most detailed record of the first catastrophic epidemic known to have affected the native populations of the (Canadian) plains.”

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