Opinion

Despite Prime Minister Stephen Harper's promises about a “new era of accountability” and increased transparency in Ottawa, the Conservative government has failed to deliver. Late last month, they quietly announced a plan to scrap the long-form census and replace it with a voluntary survey.

“Mercy killing” is illegal under the Canadian Force’s code of conduct, but in some circumstances, it’s the only humane option. When an Afghan commander ordered Captain Robert Semrau to leave a wounded Taliban behind, he chose to shoot the unarmed man rather than leave him to die a slow, agonizing death.

Even if you don’t watch Fox News, you’ve still probably heard of right-wing pundit and TV shock jock Glenn Beck. He was instrumental in the formation of the right-wing American Tea Party movement, which has so far failed at its main goal of stopping Obama’s health-care reform.

On July 8, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Michaëlle Jean's successor to the Governor General's office. David Johnston is many things: a member of the Order of Canada, a legal scholar of some repute, and previously the President of Waterloo University.

The queen, who just spent nine days visiting Canada, symbolizes everything wrong with our country’s reliance on tradition.

Blatantly outdated discrimination continues to pervade our health administration system, and this is no more apparent than with policies on blood donation in men who have sex with men (MSM).

It’s that time of year. School is out, the lilacs have bloomed — then were subsequently pelted by summer hailstorms — and I have no idea how I’m going to pay next month’s rent. This year, I told myself I was going to start looking for a summer job as early as possible.

Let’s get one thing straight — there was nothing earth-shattering about what happened in Toronto a little more than 10 days ago. Canada’s busiest city didn’t burn to the ground and chaos didn’t reign supreme, but that doesn’t mean Toronto’s G20 summit should be overlooked as another blip on the anarchist radar screen.

The Wildrose Alliance, that right-wing alternative party in Alberta that everyone’s been clamouring about, has decided to move towards the political centre, surprising no one except Wildrose leader Danielle Smith.

But where they move to and how they define themselves will determine what the future holds for the nascent political party.

University students are getting fat. That’s right — really fat, but not necessarily in ways that are apparent to the eyes. We aren’t getting fat on the outside, but instead on the inside, in our veins and arteries, where Tuesday night’s wings and Tim Horton’s soft, fluffy pastry rings of death conglomerate into ticking time bombs.