If You’re a post-secondary student, you’ve probably got at least one story that goes something like this: a final essay is due, You’re trying to find some online academic resources, and You’re staring at the 11,854,742 search results that turned up for ?19th century literature.? How do you even begin sifting through all those results… Read more »
In Ontario, consumers have certain rights that are clearly spelled out on the Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services website. Whether you signed a cell phone contract or bought a cemetery plot, there’s plenty of information explaining what to do if you haven’t received the goods you paid for (or didn’t receive all of… Read more »
With visions of turkey and sugarplums fading into memory, It’s back to business after the holidays! January 19 was the first meeting of 2009 for AUSU council, and here are some of the highlights. Several motions were approved, and among them was one affecting The Voice. In keeping with making the magazine autonomous, council has… Read more »
Long before the jubilant frenzy surrounding President Barack Obama peaked at his inauguration, the world was watching US events unfold with growing fascination. Canadians watched with especially sharp interest. The US is our largest trading partner, and a new administration That’s such a clear break from the old will undoubtedly affect everything from trade agreements… Read more »
One of the biggest factors underlying the global financial mess was easy credit. For years, banks and brokers made staggering profits by coming up with new ways to get people into mortgages?even people who would never be able to afford the spiralling interest rates on those sub-prime loans. Even with the depths of the financial… Read more »
This editorial originally appeared April 4, 2008, in issue 1614. Let’s get this straight: this is not a pro-seal hunt piece. Nor is it anti-sealing. Instead, It’s a question. A question that I don’t have the answer to, but one that, amid the rhetoric and heated emotions swirling (as they do every year) like a… Read more »
Another year has come and gone and what a year It’s been?especially in the halls of Parliament, with Canadians being served an unappealing brew of partisanship, broken promises and an early election, all topped with a self-serving dollop of prorogation. When it comes to being rewarded for a job well done (in this case, putting… Read more »
Forget the whole Harper versus Ignatieff uproar, and the prorogued Parliament tumult. There’s another political quandary that has Canadians taking sides, and It’s got nothing to do with backbenchers or budgets. Instead, It’s all about a tree. A Christmas tree, to be exact: Should the festively decorated foliage at Quebec’s legislature be called a Christmas… Read more »
It’s been a week of incredible developments on Parliament Hill, and every federal politician in sight has been clamouring to be heard over the other side’s cries. It would be easy to become confused by all the posturing, but one clear message stands out above the fray, and it exposes the real crisis at hand…. Read more »
Just when you thought it was safe to put away the election signs, the whiff of a non-confidence vote is in the air. Introducing legislation that seems tailor-made to provoke another election may look like a step too far on Stephen Harper’s part, but in truth It’s a hard-nosed political manoeuvre that will benefit the… Read more »