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Pillow shares: Love is blind but not marriage

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other Canadian Conservative Government Ministers’ spouses, hold publicly traded shares in companies that could be affected by government decisions.[Govt. ministers must put shares into blind trust to avoid conflict of interest]

Flaherty will get you nowhere, “Hand over your wallets”

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty introduces major cut-backs to MP’s lucrative pension plan.

A Rabbi a Buddhist and an Imam don’t walk into a prison…

Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, cancels all contracts for non-Christian prison Chaplains

The Mounties Always get Their “Mane”

Royal Canadian Mounted Police issues call for 2,000 real coyote furs for its parkas, over protests from animal rights groups

Puttin” on the Ritz?

Canadian Agricultural Minister Gerry Ritz dances around food safety issue: won’t accept responsibility for nation-wide E.Coli-contaminated beef recall.

Tainted Beef Recall

E.coli contamination leads to largest beef recall in Canadian History

Tunnel Vision

B.C. Premier Christy Clark announces [pre-election?] plan to replace grid-locked George Massey Tunnel

Dying off the fat of the land

Latest studies show that fat-rich diets lead to premature aging, disease and shorter lifespan for today’s youth