WINNIPEG - A group of university students in Winnipeg is sending 59 cents to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and wants other Canadians to do likewise. BLOG POSTS  | David Suzuki: How Little 'Ol Ontario Had a Global Impact at Rio 20
Ontario's endangered wildlife dodged a bullet when the provincial government reversed its decision to gut the province's world-class Endangered Species Act. With their vote of confidence, politicians in Ontario helped sustain one of the few outcomes of an important global environmental agreement in June at Rio+20. |  | Keith Beardsley: When It Comes to Quebec, Harper's Short-Sighted
As we approach Canada Day, Stephen Harper is once again reaching out to Quebec and consulting with Premier Jean Charest and former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. With the potential resurgence of separatist parties in the next provincial election, this is none too soon. Whether or not he follows their advice and whether or not he will be successful in expanding and building the Conservative brand in Quebec remains to be seen. |  | Tim Knight: Watching the Watchdog: Stats Don't Lie, Political News Falls Short
Seems that when you spend an hour watching Canadian TV news stories about politics, you get only about 15 minutes of real information. These scary numbers come from the highly respected charitable Samara Institute today. Samara has spent months doing all the research, the number crunching, and the drawing of conclusions. Will the newsrooms listen? Probably not. |  | Angelina Chapin: Charlie Angus: "Twitter Has Turned Us All into 14-Year-Olds in a Cafeteria"
The fact that Senator Patrick Brazeau used Twitter to insult Canadian Press journalist Jennifer Ditchburn because of an article she wrote -- suggesting she change the "D" to a "B" in her last name -- says something about the level of discourse on the social media platform. Who better to speak to this than Charlie Angus, the MP who famously left Twitter because of the mostly asinine comments ("I hate you asshole - and you sing terribly") clogging up his feed? |  | Sheryl Saperia: How to Define Terrorism Without Getting Political
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Canada began hearing an appeal from Mohammad Momin Khawaja, a former Ottawa software developer convicted of several terrorism-related offences. Whatever the court's decision, defining "terrorism" and its related terms will continue to be controversial in Canada and across the globe. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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