Justin Trudeau came under fire yesterday for using foul language in the House of Commons.
The Liberal MP was heard calling Environment Minister Peter Kent a piece of **** during an especially raucous question period.
Kent was being berated by critics in the House for his role in Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol.
The situation escalated when Kent suggested one of his critics should have attended the climate...
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Posted by B.M. Judd on December 15, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.
Canada’s voters dramatically changed the makeup of their Parliament this year.
2011’s federal election ushered in a Conservative majority while the NDP gained its largest share of seats in its fifty year history. This made Canada’s leftmost major party the Official Opposition to Harper’s right-leaning government.
The most monumental political shift was seen in Quebec, as Bloc blue was swept away by an orange wave of NDP support.
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Posted by B.M. Judd on December 14, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.
Quebec’s Education Ministry is under fire for allegedly hiring a company to rig Google searches on tuition hikes.
The president of the Quebec Federation of University students claims the government paid a company to buy keywords to tweak Google search results on the tuition increases.
Leo Bureau-Blouin said the Federation had countered this move by purchasing its own three keywords: corruption, collusion, and...
Posted by B.M. Judd on November 17, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.
Concordia’s Arts and Science students are set to strike this coming Thursday. Nearly five hundred students voted in favour of the motion during a meeting on November third.
The strike will allow students to join in province-wide protests against tuition hikes. Premier Jean Charest's decision to raise Quebec student tuition by nearly 75% has drawn the ire of many students in the province.
Charest says the need for more education funds justifies the move....
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Arts and Science Students to Strike Thursday
Posted by B.M. Judd on November 6, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.
Concordia's Arts and Science Federation of Associations passes a motion to strike Novemeber 10th.
The strike will allow students to join in province-wide protests against tuition hikes.
The meeting had a shaky start in which GSA and CSU implored students to...
Posted by B.M. Judd on November 3, 2011 in Article | 0 comments.