Opinion

One of the chief complaints people have against the Canadian court system is that it takes such a long time coming to a verdict.

Over the past six years, Jack Layton’s star has risen in tandem with that of Stephen Harper. Now, they may be on parallel downward courses.

Since taking office in 2006, and being re-elected in 2008, Canada’s federal Conservatives have done a reasonably good job of restoring public confidence in government.

Amid much self-congratulation about bipartisan co-operation, the California Assembly voted 76-0 Monday to allow the federal government to extend unemployment insurance benefits by up to 20 weeks.

Nothing is ever quite as it appears in federal politics. Take, for example, the cosy relationship between guns and Conservatives.

Unless you’re planning to live forever, you should come up with a plan to distribute your assets in the event of your death.

In Canada’s free health-care system, nothing is free; we all know that. We pay for it in taxes: federal, provincial and local.

The financial crisis and economic recession have renewed the debate about the government’s role in the private economy.

Governments often get accused of running a crooked ship, but even the Mafia knows better than to pull a bonehead stunt liked the one they’ve tried on Ontario senior Paul Kusznirewicz.

While Parliament took a week off, politics changed, perhaps forever. All it took was vaporizing vast Canadian private wealth and negligent U.S. public spending.