Reading Time: 5 minutes Hundreds of thousands of World Cup soccer fans will buy tickets to sit in stadiums being built in Russia and Qatar with slave labour
Tag: Scandals
The dilemma of Omar Khadr
Reading Time: 4 minutes The child soldier argument may support Khadr’s repatriation, but whether the Liberal’s decision to pay him $10.5 million is politically wise remains to be seen
Khadr apology and settlement shameful
Reading Time: 3 minutes As many Canadians struggle on public assistance,. imagine how they feel as confessed terrorist Omar Khadr gets $10.5 million from the Trudeau government
The great flaming mass of Ontario Liberal incompetence
Reading Time: 3 minutes The stench of corruption and incompetence will continue to hang over the Wynne government in the run up to the next provincial election
Trudeau government’s hidden tax increases flaunt democracy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government wants to increase taxes on booze based on the Consumer Price Index, while denying the same right to revenue it provides to Canadians
An open government doesn’t close doors to information
Reading Time: 4 minutes The case of Vice-Admiral Norman shouldn’t be about disclosing cabinet secrets, it should be about loyalty, ethical behaviour and adhering to codes of conduct
Brazil and the mother of all food fraud cases
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada, as one of Brazil’s main livestock industry competitors, will likely gain from this scandal, but the industry should not become too complacent
When you dangle a political carrot, someone will take a bite
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kevin O’Leary was right about voter fraud, but his mudslinging has also opened the door to further Tory leadership campaign nastiness and that serves no one
Electoral reform is dead for now. But not forever
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many Canadians are confused by the lofty alphabet soup of models, leading to several high-profile failures on the provincial front
Clintons will likely remain above the law
Reading Time: 4 minutes Obama may issue a broad pardon to the Clintons and all their associates in return for shutting down the Clinton Foundation