Merritt Conservative M.P. Albas dances around the issue
Merritt loses a highly qualified and dedicated dance instructor due to bureaucratic bungling and red tape at the Department of Immigration. Conservative M.P. Dan Albas refuses to intervene and insists the decision is for the community’s own good, despite the fact that the studio will have to close and 70 pupils and many special needs children have lost their beloved instructor.
April’s Fools
![Canada's new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. [The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1502201431032014_3.jpg)
Canada’s new Medical Marijuana law takes effect April 1st. The law forbids patients from growing their own medicinal pot and restricts supply to only a few commercial, licensed growers, [a system which should result in a huge increase in price.]
Speaker spending scandal
The Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Linda Reid, billed taxpayers $5,528.16 to fly her husband in business class to an African safari.
“They will just have to adapt” 1792 and 2014
B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone says aboriginal tourism operators who stand to loose their livelihood because of cuts to BC Ferries Northern Routes will “just have to adapt”, revealing that attitudes haven’t changed much in the 222 years since Captain George Vancouver first sailed in!
True to his word?
Justin Trudeau is publishing a memoir which he promises will be very “candid”. [Ironically, it is being published by HARPER Collins]
Harper’s Bazaar
Canada’s Supreme Court rejected Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s nomination of Marc Nadon, declaring him ineligible to sit on the Court, after a legal challenge by Rocco Galati and the province of Quebec.
Minister, Oliver!
“He won’t ask for more when he knows what’s in store, he will Rue the day Harper named him Finance Minister!”
More sex please, we’re Canadian!
The Canadian Broadcast Regulator, [CRTC], is demanding more Canadian content on X-Rated Porn Channels.
Canada’s Middle Class in bad shape
An internal Conservative Government report shows the income of middle-class Canadians has only risen 1.7% over the last 15 years. At the same time, obesity rates have risen 30%!
Harper Government: Gone fishing?
The Cohen Inquiry into the disappearing Fraser River Sockeye Salmon took 18 months, cost $26 million, heard from 179 witnesses and came up with 75 recommendations, all of which have been ignored by the Canadian Conservative Government.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 