Angel >> The bedrooms of the nation Ever since former prime minister Trudeau got the state out of there back in 1968, Canadians have been busy between the bedsheets. According to this year's global sex survey conducted by condom maker Durex, we are second in the world for sexual stamina: Canuck couples make whoopie for an average of 22.7 minutes. But, although we boff long, we don't boff all that often: the national average is 105 times per year, or about twice per week--which is rather low, considering the fact that 34 per cent of Canadians have more than one partner. The survey did not mention whether their definition of sex included fondling, oral sex or cigars.

Insect >> Finance Minister and Robin Hood-doppelgänger Paul Martin Faced with a surplus of $20 billion in the Unemployment Insurance fund, Martin told his Liberal colleagues in cabinet that he wants to withdraw as much as $10 billion of it, and use the money to fund a reduction in taxes or to pay down the debt. Legally, he can't make such a withdrawal; undeterred, Martin intends to change the Unemployment Insurance Act to allow him to do it. The entire scheme is absolutely cruel: in principle, that $20 billion belongs to Canada's unemployed. The mere idea of robbing them, either to give middle-income earners a tax break or to pay off multinational financiers, is truly craven.