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Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

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Parenting Advice With a Touch of Arrogance

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Justin Trudeau is continuing his efforts to be like his father.  Today, he demonstrated both the classic arrogance and nanny-state mentality that his father and many other Liberals are known for.
After addressing a conference in Edmonton, Justin Trudeau told reporters he finds it “absolutely unconscionable” that some Canadians don’t encourage their children to learn a second language.
Whatever your [...]

Is This Really Just About Equal Opportunity?

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Heather Harrison, writing for the Vancouver Sun, poses the following rhetorical question:
“Should political parties impose quotas in the nomination process to increase female representation?”
To which she says the answer is “an emphatic yes!”
Here we go again!  Another column about how Canada’s politicians and institutions need to be comprised of a cross-section of people that mirrors [...]

The Entitlement of Child Care

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

When it comes to providing child care for Canadians, Jack Layton and the rest of Canada’s opposition parties want to keep the private sector out of it.  Unfortunately for taxpayers, whenever a socialist like Jack Layton or Stephane Dion makes a proposal to limit private sector involvement in something, you know they’re about to waste a huge [...]

Child Care is a Parental Responsibility!

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

All of the major left-leaning political parties in Canada seem to feel that Canadians are somehow entitled to national state-funded institutional child care. In response to last month’s federal budget, a left wing child care advocacy group called the CCAAC stated…
It is clear that the conservative government does not have a plan for delivering the national [...]