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The proud Canadian tradition of not running for party leader

CBC 

Next to actually being prime minister, here is the greatest honour a country can bestow on one of its sons or daughters: to be touted as a possible leadership contender. It is at least a vastly superior fate to actually leading a political party and failing at the task.



Canadian government bought armoured SUVs from company now under RCMP review

CBC 

The federal government is under fire for buying two retrofitted armoured vehicles from a Canadian company that has been accused of violating UN sanctions in business dealings in Africa. The Streit Group made the sale to Global Affairs Canada in 2013 at the same time the U.S. Commerce Department was investigating the company.

How did GM create Tesla's dream car first?

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Ten years ago, a little-known tech entrepreneur named Elon Musk published a secret master plan for Tesla Motors, an ambitious electric car startup he had funded ...

Words you can put in Terry Fator's mouth: 'I love my job'

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

The 51-year-old Fator has headlined his own best-selling Las Vegas show since winning the reality competition "America's Got Talent" in 2007. His show remains one of the most popular on the Strip thanks to ...

Private-sector innovation needed to help address mass shootings

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

In the absence of a policy solution, or a bipartisan path forward, elected leaders have a moral and social obligation to develop a federal response plan that treats mass shootings in the same manner as other national disasters. We don’t know when they will happen or where they will happen, but we know they will happen and we must be prepared to respond with a new and modern approach built around …

Congress must fulfill its duty, impeach IRS boss

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Resuscitating the impeachment power would contribute to revitalizing Congress’ Article I powers. Impeachments are rare — no appointed official of the executive branch has been impeached in 140 years. But what James Madison called the “indispensable” power to impeach should not be allowed to atrophy, as has Congress’ power to …

Rubber-stamper Heck hamstrung

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

There is one feature of Congressman Joe Heck’s record that should disqualify him from office. Like most of his Republican colleagues, Heck has signed …





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