NEWS

Federal minimum wage to $15 sparks squabble during debate

Amid the torrent of interruptions, arguments, and general chaos that impeded the Federal Leaders’ Debate last Thursday, the matter of the NDP’s proposed $15-an-hour federal minimum wage was brought up and dropped over the span of a few minutes in a conversation between Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, with incumbent Stephen Harper watching the exchange from the sidelines.

HUMOUR

Echoing America’s obstinacy

Following the United Nations’ failed attempt at convincing America to switch their measurement system from imperial to metric (the US being one of only three countries clinging to the imperial system, the other two being Liberia and Myanmar), Canada has decided to forgo the metric system as well, replacing it with a system of their own design.