Panda Questions.. Trudeau On Policy.. Ford Woes

March 27, 2013 Subscribe · Forward What If Something Happened To These National Treasures? OTTAWA — The delivery of two of China's prized giant pandas in Toronto Monday was heralded as a sign of warmer relations between that country's Communist leadership and Stephen Harper's government.  Continue reading... WATCH: Policy? Not Now Thanks Three Councillors Claim Ford Has Drinking Problem The Only Suspense Left In The Liberal Leadership Race? Last Straw For Toronto's Embattled Mayor? Backlash As Harper Visits Pandas Rather Than Cree Youth Harper Faces Mini-Revolt Over Alleged 'Muzzling' Backlash As Harper Visits Pandas Rather Than Cree Youth What If Something Happened To These National Treasures? Backlash As Harper Visits Pandas Rather Than Cree Youth WATCH: Rae Suggests MPs Dress Like Pandas To Get PM's Attention WATCH: Mercer Blasts Harper And Tories On Water TERRANCE OAKEY Provinces Must Work to Get Bang for Their Buck Out of Budget 2013 A major theme of Thursday's Federal Budget was "connecting Canadians with available jobs." And for good reason: Canada faces a major shortage of skilled tradespeople, and if no action is taken, this shortage will only grow in the future as the population ages. Continue reading... HON. CAROLYN BENNETT How Government Should Treat Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Tuesday night the Special Committee On Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will meet for the first time. This special committee, created by the Liberal motion unanimously passed on February 19, will have the mandate to conduct hearings on the critical matter of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Continue reading... KASH HEED My B.C. Liberal Caucus Colleagues (And Ministers) Need To Step Down The moment that this public trust is called into question is the point that our entire system of governance is compromised. In the interest of maintaining the integrity of B.C.'s Executive Council, I believe that my colleagues Shirley Bond and Pat Bell have an obligation to remove themselves as ministers until this matter is formally investigated. Continue reading... DANIEL ALEXANDRE PORTORARO Not All Abortions Are Born Equal There is no justification for aborting a fetus because one simply doesn't like its sex. Unfortunately, however, those who often elect to have abortions based on the sex of the fetus do not do so out of whimsy; rather, their decision is based upon cultural backwardness. These types of abortions do nothing to strengthen cultures. They weaken them, and allow them to continue to operate in a barbarically chauvinistic mindset that might have had its time in the Middle Ages, but today, is absolutely repugnant; especially in Canada. Continue reading... DAVID SUZUKI Does Selling off Our Resources Make Us an Energy Superpower? The future of energy in Canada will determine the fate of our society. It must be widely discussed, nationally as well as provincially, beyond the boundaries of politics and economics. This is about the type of country we will leave to our children and grandchildren. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.