May 2009
Chris Selley: What's in a name? A job interview,... →
Here’s a sentence you didn’t read in last week’s news: “Women are more likely than men to be hired when submitting identical résumés, says a new study.” And here’s one you might have read:…
Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Election fever! By... →
E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) Who’s up for an election on employment insurance reform? Anyone? Aw, c’mon! It’ll be fun In the National Post, Colby Cosh asks several impertinent questions…
Don Martin: There's a definite 'I' in Ignatieff →
There’s something singularly irritating about the Liberal party leader. Whenever he opens his mouth, out comes ‘I’ after ‘I’. If not ‘I’, he’s full of talk about ‘me’ or ‘my’. It’s often…
Steve Janke: Ignatieff's election conundrum →
Against my better judgement, let’s look at the latest Ipsos-Reid poll: The
Liberals’ steady surge in public support under Michael Ignatieff’s
leadership has levelled off, but the party…
David Akin: Breitkreuz reloads on long-gun... →
Saskatchewan MP Garry Breitkreuz says he is happy to let
his legislation to kill the controversial long-gun registry die a quiet
death as he gets behind the bill of another Conservative MP who…
Theo Caldwell: Military thinking that can save... →
In a dangerous world, there is a need for the quiet professional. General Victor E. “Gene” Renuart, who heads up both the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern…
Tom Axworthy: A dialogue of religious respect in... →
Pope Benedict XVI’s recent first visit to an Arab state has focused attention on the need for dialogue between the world’s great religions. The pontiff told his audience in Amman, Jordan, on May…
Colby Cosh: Conservatives are least wrong about EI →
The opposition complains that Prime Minister Harper called this “a
proposal to raise payroll taxes” when they explicitly suggested no such
thing; but in the long run someone must pay for more…
A victory in the battle against impunity →
By Irwin Cotler and David Grossman Friday’s historic decision in the case of Désiré Munyaneza – the first person now convicted under Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act – is more…
National Post editorial board: Being watched won’t... →
Criminals quickly adapt to the cameras and start mugging passersby in the shadows
There can be no denying that surveillance cameras played a part in finding the alleged kidnappers and…
Climate change makes for strange bedfellows →
Alberta is concerned about being excluded from U. S. markets
because of “dirty” oil from the oilsands, so it links up with an
organization that contains Iran and Venezuela. It certainly is a
mad,…
Obama's taxes are a plus for Alberta sands →
Barack Obama’s climate-change strategy is looking so bad for
the fossil fuels industry that processing heavy oil in Alberta is
looking good again.
Don Martin: Liberals' EI plan too rich of a pitch →
It’s a generous nanny-state concept. Work just eight weeks anywhere in Canada and, if terminated, the Liberals want you to collect unemployment benefits for up to 50 weeks. Graduating…
Peter Foster: Climate change makes for strange... →
The
threat of climate change policy has unleashed a bout of interventionist
aspiration unseen since the death of the Soviet empire
By Peter Foster
A lberta is concerned about…
John Ivison: Maxime Bernier returns from penalty... →
By John Ivison, National Post For government ministers, publicity is like oxygen ‑— they have trouble breathing properly unless they are reading about themselves in the newspapers. But a…
Kelly McParland: Ignatieff can't seem to control... →
Is it just me, or does anyone else get the impression Michael Ignatieff spent a lot of time as a kid watching Clint Eastwood movies, and mimicking his toughest lines? You can picture the…
Republicans eager for chance to bork one for their... →
Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. Today: Speculation is rife over Barack Obama’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. His…
This should be good →
Timesonline:
Silvio Berlusconi, the embattled Italian Prime Minister, said
yesterday that he was considering addressing parliament to explain his
friendship with Noemi Letizia, the…
Integra finds the answer in France →
Transparency, liquidity and superior risk management are
three attributes any client would seek in a professional money
manager. And they are especially desirable in the world of hedge
funds, if for…
ALBERTA IN TIE-UP WITH OPEC →
For the first time, Alberta and the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries have established an official relationship. It’s
a new strategy with big implications, including potential…
