A Washington-based think tank which assesses democratic good governance and anti-corruption practices in 55 countries has Canada tied for fourth among the top tier of countries with strong governance and strong anti-corruption practices.

That’s the good news. The bad news? Canada has lousy judicial accountability. Researchers gave low marks for judicial accountability because a) ...   more »

Between 1997 and 2007, net debt has now dropped $80–billion. Now the partisans among you might notice that Liberal governments lowered net debt by $74–billion in their last nine years in power – about $8–billion a year — and all the Tories could do in their first year was to lower it by a paltry $6–billion ...   more »

Meanwhile, in Parliament, Andrew Telegdi, the Liberal MP from Kitchener, Ont., wants the House to adopt his private members bill which would call for the flag on the Peace Tower to be lowered to honour each death in Afghanistan.... Harold Albrecht, a Conservative MP also from the Kitchener area, says Telegdi's bill is problematic simply because it would fail to honour others who also gave their lives in service of Canada and Canadians: "Is the member aware that this motion, as it is worded, would fail to give the same honour to Canadian Forces personnel killed while serving at home in Canada as it would to those abroad?

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