Straight Talk archives

February 2012

February 28th, 2012

Oilsands McGuinty's scapegoat
Faced with massive job losses, Ontario's premier isn't looking for answers - he's looking for someone to blame.

First election scandal casualty: Democracy
If senior people within the Conservative Party conspired to rig the May 2011 election, what are the consequences?

Vikileaks bad, robocalls worse
We know one thing for certain when it comes allegations about "political dirty tricks" circulating in Ottawa these days.

February 27th, 2012

Code Orange met with courage: Warmington
A VIA passenger train heading to Toronto from Niagara had gone off the rails.

Drummond report a wake-up call for all
Don Drummond has done us all a favour - Ontarians and Non-tarians alike.

February 26th, 2012

Premier Dad’s legacy is debt
Looks like Don Drummond created a crisis.

Qur'an burning contradictions
On hearing that American soldiers had burned some Korans, Afghans erupted into randomly murderous rage.

February 25th, 2012

PETA not as humane as you might think
Many people are unaware that PETA euthanizes about 85% of the animals it rescues.

February 23rd, 2012

Michael Coren's fiery debate with Rabbi Shmuley
Michael Coren and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach have a very heated debate about the relationship between Judaism & Christianity.

February 21st, 2012

Equal rights to the bitter end
Canada let them legally get married, so it might as well let them legally get divorced.

CBC wants censorship
Reason #462 they should be privatized.

February 20th, 2012

No one wins when a political fight turns dirty
Both SOPA and C-30 were pieces of legislation that, while well intended, went way too far.

Focus, not flash, gets the job done
Justin Trudeau flies like a moth, frenetically, to the TV camera lights where he invariably gets burned.

February 19th, 2012

Media in a lather! #TellVicEverything
The erosion of privacy and civil liberties under a proposed new crime law called Bill C-30.

What would Justin do?
A revealing diary entry from Canada’s, um, deepest thinker .

February 18th, 2012

Arab convulsion grips Syria
The unfolding violence in Syria should finally put an end to the illusion fostered in the West.

Internet bill seriously flawed
"You're either with the government, or with the child pornographers." - Public Safety Minister Vic Toews

February 17th, 2012

Drummond offers no real relief
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is getting pseudo-tough on spending.

February 15th, 2012

CBC upset by own show, threatens Sun News
CBC President Hubert Lacroix is trying to suck and blow at the same time.

Say hello to Big Brother Government
The federal government ought to respect individual liberties and rights.

Ontario's cost-cutting massacre
First came Valentine's Day. Then came the massacre.

February 14th, 2012

Ready, aim, misfire
Liberals OK with guns if conservatives are the target.

Bogus refugee claims on the rise
Canada must move now to throw up a firewall to block the impending influx of bogus refugee claimants.

February 13th, 2012

Gilles Duceppe spending scandal
Later this morning Gilles Duceppe will be back in the House of Commons, to defend his use of parliamentary funds.

February 12th, 2012

Worthington: MacKay right on Pakistan
Pakistani denials ring hollow - nearly 10 years of denials.

Senseless census spluttering ceased
Notice there are no screaming legions today trying to sell the notion that the census is now meaningless.

February 10th, 2012

STRAIGHT TALK: Political fresh air
Unlike many Canadian politicians or spinmeisters, those speaking CPAC speak their mind and they speak it clearly.

Syria hasn't changed, but the world has
Dictators like Bashar al-Assad are not much given to introspection, but he could be wondering what's different now.

February 9th, 2012

Crazy for Sun News
Why the Globe’s poor TV critic needs to be house-trained.

February 8th, 2012

Sun News vindication riles consensus media
The consensus media's whining about Krista Erickson's interview reveals the pathetic state of media.

Defending his reputation a full time job for Duceppe
The Bloc Quebecois may soon have to answer new allegations, this time related to matters of illegal funding.

February 7th, 2012

Set China straight on Syria blunder
China, Russia has few powerful and emotionally-stable friends.

February 6th, 2012

To the future ... and beyond
Canadian public trust the PM to take them to the future (and beyond)?

Mr. Gingrich, your time is up
After a decisive win (but no knockout) for Mitt Romney in the Nevada caucus on the weekend.

Levy: Union bullies yield to city
It goes to show that sometimes all it takes is someone with the courage to stand up to a bully.

Libyan deja vu
When volunteer doctors flee the country, it’s not a good sign.

February 5th, 2012

Top U.S. soap: Newt’s Landing
Newt Gingrich plays politics as dirty as it gets, and then complains of media bias when attack ads lay him bare.

February 4th, 2012

Death penalty debate far from closed
Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu was wrong to suggest vicious killers be offered a rope.

February 3rd, 2012

Time to tune out Minister Moore
James Moore's contempt for Quebecor's news operations is palpable, and almost as strong his love for the CBC.

Opposition's OAS screeching pointless
The PM's vague musings about reforming Canada's public pension system prompted plenty of unhelpful opposition rhetoric.

 

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