OTTAWA - The federal government appears set to shut down the only public investigation into Ottawa's fumbling of the F-35 fighter jet purchase. BLOG POSTS  | Andrew Weaver: The Science Funded by Your Tax Dollars
Scientific research is typically conducted within one of three different settings: universities, federal and provincial government laboratories or industry. The taxpayer ultimately pays for research conducted or funded by the government. As a consequence, university and government research is expected to be publicly available. |  | Daniel D. Veniez: Yes Flaherty, There are "Bad Jobs" if You Didn't Go to Princeton
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's "no bad job" wisecrack is strangely ironic coming from someone who has spent a vast majority of his professional life, much like many of his cabinet colleagues, on the government payroll. There are plenty of "bad jobs," and millions of people go to them every day. For these people, stress and anxiety are a constant and omnipresent way of life. The vast majority of Canadians who use the Employment Insurance (EI) program are not "cheats" or people who "take advantage" of the system. They use it because they need it. And if it were not there, many would suffer. |  | Mark Crowley: John Baird Should be Raked Over the (Carbon Tax) Coals
It's rare that a government accused of undervaluing science and making policy decisions based on predetermined outcomes, rather than rational analysis, comes straight out and admits that's how they function. But recently, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird did exactly that in relation to carbon taxes. |  | Hassan Arif: NB Liberals Have The Man for the Job
In New Brunswick in 2010, the Liberal Party lost sight of what it stood for. Mike Murphy is now the best candidate to lead the Liberal Party into 2014. Murphy's campaign is one emphasizing policies and ideas -- like anti-fracking, and poverty -- and might be well placed to hold off an NDP challenge and to defeat the Alward Conservatives. |  | David Frum: If it's Dutch Disease, Mulcair, Then Harper has the Cure
Thomas Mulcair has taken a deserved media beating over his "Dutch disease" remarks. He's been criticized for bad economics and divisive politics. He's been compelled to travel out West and meet the angry premiers. Not a good month for a new party leader. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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