How Canadian!

It is a Canadian tradition...once your foot touchs Canadian soil the first thing on the majority of people's minds is how do they get a place at the trough and how do they play the race/cultural card to get special privileges.

How the O’Learys and 20,000 other Newfoundlanders were declared Mi’kmaq


There are more and more registered Indians in Newfoundland. Not because of migration. But because thousands of people are discovering, or declaring for the first time, that they are Mi’kmaw descendants

Awakening Of Minority Groups...

Diversity bites back
By MICHAEL COREN, QMI Agency
Now that a few days have passed and the cliches have been exhausted, can we please explain what really happened in Toronto this week?

...to the reality that it is their hard earned tax $$$ that go to pay for political barbeques, cultural events, etc.

Toronto City Council Approves Six Story ICE Rink...

And I hope the feds are going to contribute.

The Dwindling Of The Middle Class Adds To The Burden Of Social Assistance

....as my disposable income dwindles due to more and more demands by government at all three levels my charitable commitments also dwindle.

Five benchmarks for social assistance

By Pat Capponi, Jennefer Laidley

Ontario's fiscal woes come as bad news for the growing number of Ontarians dealing with the fallout from the recent economic storm.

Taxpayers squeezed in election-financing battle

CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD

As Tories and Elections Canada wrangle in court over who owes whom, it's clear that Canadians will pay - again

"No New And Harmonization Tax McGinty" Stands Up For Ontarians

Ont. and Que. won't stand for cuts from feds

Updated Fri. Sep. 11 2009 3:25 PM ET

The Canadian Press

TORONTO -- Ontario and Quebec are putting Ottawa on notice that they won't stand idly by if the federal government tries to lower its ballooning deficit on the provinces' backs -- regardless of what political party is in charge after a possible fall election.

Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty says he wants a firm commitment from all four parties that they won't cut transfer payments to the provinces if they are elected.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest is going even further, saying he expects any federal government to respect current agreements, and warned he won't accept freezes even if there are no cuts to the payments.

Their comments come after Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Canada's deficit would be longer and deeper than previously thought and warned of painful spending restraints.

Neither premier would speculate about the likelihood of a fall election, but McGuinty says now was not the time.

Taxpayers in both Quebec and Ontario, he says, wants their provinces to focus on their roads, schools and jobs.