With negotiations breaking down last Thursday and no end to the student protests in sight, Quebec can expect a long and tumultuous summer. What better way to cap a season of turmoil than with a general election? BLOG POSTS  | Daniel D. Veniez: Before You Blame the Oil Sands, Look at the Facts
As a Liberal candidate during the 2011 federal election, many people insisted that I take a firm stand against Alberta's oil sands. I simply wouldn't do that. I urged voters to think about what they were asking me to do. Why were people ready to insist on such a radical and destructive position when they had very few facts at their disposal? |  | Christopher Hickson: BACKLASH: Why This Working Man is Fed up With Quebec Protestors
My ability to get to work and earn those dollars that my wife and I want to put aside for our kids' education is being directly threatened by the constant ebb and flow of student protests in Montreal. Some businesses downtown have laid off staff, cut back hours and simply don't pay employees who can't get to work because of a protest. Do working class people have a say in these disruptions? We are affected, our taxes are affected and our livelihoods are affected. Is the red square more important than that? |  | Christopher Sands: Murder They Wrote: Stats About Canada's "Crime Wave"
Canada is showing up in U.S. news media reports more than usual these days, and the stories suggest that a crime wave is underway. The lurid reports of feet and limbs being mailed to political party offices in Ottawa, and the recent food court shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre, have fueled that perception. But for those of us who are only half paying attention, it is easy to get an exaggerated perception of reality when it comes to crime. Canada hasn't gone crazy and there isn't a crime spree underway. The Internet has just brought Canada's crime news to U.S. attention in compelling fashion. |  | Jeff Rose-Martland: Who Cares About Veterans? Not Minister Blaney
In June 2011, shortly after Steven Blaney was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs, Cpl Fabien Melanson, a vet, stopped eating to protest years of neglect by VAC. But the Minister, it seems, felt no responsibility. He did not speak to the veteran. And he still hasn't. Blaney has willfully neglected his duties. If he will not rectify that, then he should resign. |  | Peter Worthington: And the Charles Taylor Prize for Crimes Against Humanity Goes To...
Charles Taylor is the first tyrant to be tried, convicted and sentenced. Some even think that Taylor's fate may worry Syria's Bashar al-Assad, and perhaps persuade him to ease off on killing his people. But Assad continues to rampage against his people; it's clear there's no interest in direct action against homicidal leaders. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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