Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
From reports the whole of the Canuck nation watched spell-bound as our Canadian heroes battled victoriously for the gold medal of hockey! Canwest News writes: More than 22 million Canadians were glued to the tube when Canada’s Sidney Crosby scored his Olympic gold medal-winning goal against the United States on the final…
In January, Canwest newswire reported a piece of Canadiana was to be auctioned off: A curved piece of wood controversially billed as “the world’s oldest hockey stick” — and reputedly appraised at $4-million–is to be auctioned in Vancouver next month during the Winter Olympics. The object known as the “Rutherford Stick” has been displayed at…
Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal will be etched in the memory of every Canadian who watched that gold medal performance. Like the Canada-Soviet ’72 series and Paul Henderson’s heroics was for generations of Canucks, the Crosby goal will be the defining moment of our country’s game for younger generations. It was a glorious goal. That…
Here are facts on our Canadian debt (caused by big government and un-controlled government spending): Between fiscal years 2003-04 and 2009-10, the combined rate of inflation and population growth averaged 2.5 per cent. During this period, Liberal and Conservative governments have grown program spending by an average of 7.03 per cent annually. Canada currently…
On the eve of Canada’s federal budget address, here is a message from the Canadian Taxpayer Federation: The 2009 federal budget represented the largest spending increase in Canadian history, and the largest deficit ever recorded. Last year, the feds borrowed $153-million a day! If taxpayers don’t make their voices heard, we can…
Really, from the believe it or not ‘Canada file’: In English, it’s sold as the “Canada donut.” But in French, the chain hedges its bets by calling it the “beigne rouge et blanc”- the red-and-white doughnut, with no mention of the name Canada. And the fact that the sprinkles are…
So, here’s Canadian federal minister Stockwell Day’s challenge as printed in a Canadian Press article today: Treasury Board President Stockwell Day told reporters the upcoming budget will begin laying out specific areas where the Conservatives will rein in public spending. “What we have to do is send the signal out that we…
We commend Greg Weston for his history lesson on our country’s deficit budgets. His column from yesterday is a must read: Shrinking government won’t trim deficit / Doing unpopular things like hiking GST will. Here it is: http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/greg_weston/2010/01/22/12577276.html Weston writes Canadians are in for some rough times ahead: Canada’s history is littered…