Canada

Guns N' Robes: A Canadian Perspective

Bruce Kluger | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Supreme Court, Gun Control, Tim O'Driscoll, D.C. vs. Heller, Canada, Quebec, Health Insurance, Health Care, Politics News
Bruce Kluger

I've always liked Canada. Its health care system apparently works; its comedians are consistently a hoot; and the gentle behemoth just upstairs always manages to keep a cool head in a hot world.

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Interview With Political Science Professor Kenneth Janda

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Primary Calendar, Superdelegate, Canada, Northwestern University, Campaign, Republican, Nevada, Janda, Nomination Race, Rnc, Mike Huckabee, 2008, Political Science, Ohio, New Hampshire, John Edwards, Superdelegates, Super Tuesday, 2008 Campaign, Primary Election, Florida, Primary, Payson S. Wild, Mitt Romney, Woman, Democrat, 2008 Elections, Minority Voters, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Primary Race, 08 Election, Nomination, Elections, Rudy Giuliani, 08 Campaign, African American, Michigan, 2008 Presidential Race, Kenneth Janda, Northwestern, Iowa, South Carolina, Smoke Filled Room, Hillary Clinton, Dnc, National Primary, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last Thanksgiving, I took a vacation from the blog and (while I was gone) I ran a series of speech transcripts from all eight of the Democratic candid...

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Movies Instead of High School? Join The Film Club!

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: David GIlmour, Children, Sons, The Film Club, Canada, Film, Movies, Fathers, Parents, Huffpost Books, Book Review, Entertainment News
Elizabeth Benedict

Canadian novelist David Gilmour's The Film Club tells such an unusual story, and tells it so gracefully, it just might break through the non-fake memoir glass ceiling.

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Can't See the Forest for the Trees?

Carl Pope | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Logging, Slush Fund, Bush Administration, Canada, Forests, Politics News
Carl Pope

Our National Forests have been starved for basic services and funding over the past six years because the government "can't afford" to do the people's business.

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Time to Renegotiate NAFTA, Not Expand It

Rep. M. Kaptur, Sen. Y. Polevnsky and MP P. Julian | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Felipe Calderon, George W, Stephen Harper, Nafta, George W. Bush, Mexico, U.S., Canada, SPP, Politics News
Rep. M. Kaptur, Sen. Y. Polevnsky and MP P. Julian

Rather than attempting to handcuff the new administration and the people of our three countries to NAFTA-plus, it is time to chart a fair trade future for North America that fosters democratic governance.

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April is Earth Month -- Mother Earth, Motherhood -- The Holiest of Holies

Paige Donner | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Earth Month, Motherhood, Dna, Mother Earth, Earth Day, Paternity, 23andme, Cherish, DNA Day, Neglect, Environmental, Sustainable, Humanity, Holiest of Holies, April, Spittoon, Uk, Npr, Canada, DNA Data Bank, Japan, Scientificmatch, Britney Spears, Living News
Paige Donner

The month of April is a celebration of Earth. What is more synonymous with Earth than Mother? And yet, just as we are recognizing the serious conseq...

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ABC News Continues To Get Obama/NAFTA Story Wrong

Steven G. Brant | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ohio Primary, Hillary Clinton, Video, ABC News, Nafta, Canada, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steven G. Brant

My questions for ABC News and George Stephanopoulos is: Where are your reporters getting their information? Last weekend's newspapers?

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Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie?

Paul Loeb | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Campaigning, Canada, Hillary Clinton, Huckabee Scandal, 2008 Election, Nafta-Gate, Barack Obama, Dirty Politics, Nafta, Naftagate, Cbc, Ian Brodie, Samantha Power, Austan Goolsbee, Stephen Harper, Ctv, Politics News
Paul Loeb

The nine delegates Clinton netted from Ohio can't be changed, but the salience of of the "NAFTAgate" lie casts into doubt everything she says about the lessons of this victory.

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Obama Denies Assuring Canada on NAFTA

Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama NAFTA, Obama NAFTA, Austan Goolsbee, Obama Canada Embassy, Obama Canada, Obama and NAFTA, Nafta Canada, Nafta, Canada, Politics News

UPDATE: Canada's parliament took up the issue of Obama's position on NAFTA today, with Liberal leaders angrily accusing conservative Prime Minister St...

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The Clinton Health Care Fallacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Switzerland, Massachusetts, Canada, Capitalism, 2008 Election, Democrats, Japan, Barack Obama, France, Singapore, Rudy Giuliani, Great Britain, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Doctors, Republicans, Socialism, Cuba, Health Care, Medicine, Marxism, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Clinton isn't really for universal health care, or she would be advocating a socialized system not unlike Canada's, Great Britain's, or France's: free and accessible medical care.

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ESPN's Chris Berman Caught On Camera Talking About Smuggling Canadian Pills

Huffington Post/College Humor | Posted 02.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Canadian Drugs, Drugs, Sportscenter, Espn, Djhe Djhe Djhe, Canadian Asprin, Monday Night Football, Canada, Baseball Tonight, Chris Berman, NFL Countdown, Berman, Codeine, Asprin, Chris Berman Canadian Pills, Chris Berman Pills, Chris Berman Behind the Scenes Footage, Media News

UPDATE: At first it seemed like Chris's calling the pills "djhe djhe djhes" was his attempt to hide some deeply illicit name. But on closer inspection...

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Canada May End Afghan Mission, Bush Told

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Canada, Stephen Harper, George Bush, Bush Harper Afghanistan, Canada Afghanistan, War on Terror, Nato, NATO Afghanistan, Politics News

TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper told President Bush on Wednesday that Canada will end its military mission in Afghanistan if another NAT...

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Why Do You Torture Us, Canada?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, Canada, United States, Black Sites, Rendition, Torture, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

Oh Canada. Americans look up to you, both literally and figuratively. But your laid-back-ness and refusal to offend the powers that be in Washington can make us cringe.

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Omar Khadr: Canada's Guantanamo Torture Warning Shows Double Standards

Andy Worthington | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, Maher Arar, Torture, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Canada, Omar Khadr, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The case of Maher Arar is one of many chilling examples of the damage caused by failed intelligence in the Americans' program of "extraordinary rendition."

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Canada Removes US And Israel From Torture Watch List

Reuters | David Ljunggren | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Torture, Canada Torture, Israel, Canada, Israel Torture, Us, Canada Torture Watch List, Politics News

Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list o...

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Tribute To Oscar Peterson

Bob Rae | Posted 01.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar Peterson Dead, Oscar Peterson Dies, Racism, Oscar Peterson, Music, Jazz, Canada, Entertainment News
Bob Rae

Oscar knew prejudice and despised it. He refused to play to segregated audiences, he fought for human rights, he loved Canada at its best and spoke out when he saw us falling below the standards he believed in.

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The Philosophical Riddle of the Maher Arar Case

Byron Williams | Posted 11.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Maher Arar, Civil Liberties, Homeland Security, Canada, War on Terror, Torture, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Byron Williams

If we were a country that did not condone torture, there would be no need to send Arar to Syria to be tortured for 10 months.

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The Canadian Dollar Makes Its All Time Record

Ian Welsh | Posted 11.01.2007 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Dollar Value, US Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Oil Boom, China, Canada, Business News
Ian Welsh

As a Canadian it looks like I'm going to have to rewrite my own contracts with US customers so I don't lose even more money to this.

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Canada: We Come in Peace

Medea Benjamin | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Peace Movement, CodePink, Canada, Right to Privacy, Border Security, War on Terror, Politics News
Medea Benjamin

It was hard to believe that the country that had, for decades, welcomed Vietnam war resisters with open arms was closing its doors to peacemakers protesting a war that is not supported by either US or Canadian citizens.

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Sovereignty In Iraq

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Parliament, Sofa, Order-17, Mexico, Sovereignty, Iraq, Canada, Cpa, Diplomacy, South-Korea, China, Bush, Prime Minister, $100 Million, Sovereign, Blackwater, Fob, Weapon, Status-of-Forces-Agreement, Coalition-Provisional-Authority, Maliki, Forward-Operating-Base, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If Maliki backs down he will have proven to his fellow countrymen that not even their own safety is more important to him than being a pawn of America.

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Loonie for Greenbacks

Giles Slade | Posted 10.07.2007 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, Canadian Dollar, Canada, Weakening Dollar, Business News
Giles Slade

With the Canadian dollar at 102 cents, old Canadians can stay longer and eat better in the home of the brave than at any other time since 1976.

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Sicko is Making Me Sick No More

Holly Simpson | Posted 10.02.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Sicko, Health Insurance, Health Care, Canada, Entertainment News
Holly Simpson

My husband and I would like to conceive and have a child of our own. When I saw Sicko I freaked out. How would we afford to do this in the US?

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Record Budget Surplus In Canada

Financial Times | Bernard Simon | Posted 09.28.2007 | Business

Read More: Ottawa, Canada Budget Surplus, Canada, Budget Surpluses, Business News

Canada posted a record budget surplus of C$13.8bn last year, allowing Ottawa to reduce its debt ratio to the lowest level in 25 years and paving the w...

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Elusive Northwest Passage May Open To Shipping As Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks

AP | Jamey Keaten | Posted 09.15.2007 | Home

Read More: Canada, Shipping, Global Warming, Arctic, North Pole, Northwest Passage, Home News

Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous ...

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Canada: Google's Street View Violates Privacy

Reuters | David Ljunggren | Posted 09.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Google Maps, Invasion of Privacy, Canada, Business News

The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protect...

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