Harper's Sort Of Good Year.. Politician's Funny Out-Of-Office Email

December 21, 2012 Subscribe · Forward It Was A Sort Of Good Year The first full year of majority government in Ottawa since 2003 is about to end, and the parties on the Hill are still figuring out the intricacies of the new dynamic in Canadian politics. What failures and successes did the parties have in 2012? Continue reading... First Nations Launch National Protest As Movement Grows Photo Of Half-Naked Man With Gun May Help Kill Tory Crime Laws Toronto Politician's Out Of Office Email Is Hilarious Sophie Grégoire, Justin Trudeau's Wife, Full Of Surprises (PHOTOS) Pat Martin Twitter Rant On Vic Toews And Tories Sees MP Drop 'Rat Faced Whores' Bomb Mike Del Grande's Out Of Office Email Is Hilarious Mike Del Grande's Out Of Office Email Is Hilarious Sophie Grégoire, Justin Trudeau's Wife, Full Of Surprises (PHOTOS) Bill C-10 Hit With Legal Challenges By Quebec Bar Association Canadian Gun Show Rules Axed By Conservatives Mike Del Grande's Out Of Office Email Is Hilarious JULIAN FANTINO Dear NDP: CIDA Does Not Need Your Economic Advice I read NDP MP Helen Laverdière's piece in the Huffington Post with great interest. I find it ironic that the NDP, a party that wishes to impose a $21-billion carbon tax on Canadians and more than $50 billion in radical spending measures while we face global economic uncertainty, now wants to give advice to developing countries on their economic development. Let me take this opportunity to enlighten the MP and the NDP about the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and dispel their myths. Continue reading... KEITH BEARDSLEY In Politics What You Think You See Is What You Get "Perception is reality" in politics. A lot of this is nothing more than smoke and mirrors and well scripted talk points which are repeated over and over in the hope that voters will change their perception of that party or that of their opponents. It has been an interesting year in politics and next year will provide us with an opportunity to see if voter's perceptions of our leaders and their parties will change. Continue reading... IRWIN COTLER North Korea: Will Nuclear Alarms Wake Up the World? Governments around the world -- along with the United Nations and other international bodies -- were quick to respond to North Korea's recent rocket launch with warranted condemnation and concern about the country's nuclear weapons program. It is regrettable, however, that while rocket launches make headlines, the deplorable state of human rights under the Kim dynasty receives relatively little attention. Continue reading... TIM HUDAK How I'd Fix the Civil Service How can we create a workplace environment that encourages public servants to do the best job possible, while celebrating the very finest among them? Make government jobs opwn to everyone -- not just those already on the public sector payroll. And put an end to compulsory union membership and mandatory dues. Continue reading... SAMUEL GETACHEW Mulcair: Like a Less Popular, Power-Hungry Layton Mulcair has made his party and himself invisible while moving his party so far to the right in the blind pursuit of power and it is becoming impossible to distinguish it from the Harper Conservatives. I bet Jack Layton would have been disappointed. For the late beloved leader, he would have settled for continuing to be the "Conscience of the House" rather than sell the soul of the party via a short cut to power. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.