Archive for May 7th, 2012
VIDEO: Fashion industry pushes skinny, skinny women but is that what men want?
BYLINE: Europe’s hard left turn
Greece and France both took hard left turns on the weekend and what that means for Canada and the economic stability of world markets remains to be seen.
But boy does Jim Flaherty look like a smart cookie now for refusing to commit Canadian funds for a European bailout by the International Monetary Fund.
In France the centre-right Nicolas Sarkozy has been tossed out in favour of a socialist, he actually ran on a socialist ticket so all you press pack types in Ottawa – don’t get excited – he’s a real socialist, I’m not calling him names.
Francois Hollande beat Sarko 52.5% to 47.5% in Sunday’s run off vote.
He’s promised an end to austerity – meaning no more trimming the budget. And he’s promised to boost spending and government debt as a way to improve an economy that is dealing with the problems of too much government spending and too much government debt.
But hey said the French voters, at least the party doesn’t have to end. Read more…
COLUMN: Solberg – Quebec students riot, I hardly noticed
Have you noticed? There’s a protest
by Monte Solberg
Admittedly, until now I haven’t paid much attention to the Quebec student riots and won’t unless a hockey game breaks out.
The issue is a planned tuition hike at Quebec universities and colleges.
On the face of it, a tuition hike seems reasonable given that Quebec is broke and the province has the lowest tuitions on the continent.
But this logic escapes the protesters. They are offended, a tad hurt and almost certainly humiliated that something as sacred as education could be reduced to a tawdry discussion about money. Read more…
COLUMN: Gunter – Provinces enact shadow gun registry
Provinces take back door
by Lorne Gunter
Canadian gun owners did not fight 17 years to free themselves from Ottawa’s monstrous gun registry only have provincial chief firearms officers (CFOs) create a new gun registry via the backdoor.
Yet, that appears to be what is happening.
Since the registry was dismantled by an act of Parliament last month, CFOs in at least five provinces have taken it upon themselves to demand that gun shop owners create an unofficial registry. Read more…
