Author: Warren

How representative is the Canadian media? Specifically, how much do so-called opinion-makers reflect the country that ostensibly makes up their audience? Not much. Got home from Son Two’s game last night, fired up National Newswatch, and this is what I saw: all white, all male, all middle-aged in the columnist

This one is a classic! Get this woman a seat in Parliament!

This riff is catchier than a drawer full of fish hooks!

Ouch.  Check this out: “I believe Tory’s chances are also suffering because potential Toronto voters are seriously questioning Tory’s political judgment and his less than successful political career — one that has been riddled with arrogance, poor political judgment and a sorry string of personal political losses, including, but not

This was quite clever: NDP Leader Andrea Horwath warns she will topple Premier Kathleen Wynne’s minority Liberals if the budget imposes any new levies on Ontarians, according to a letter obtained by the Star. In a high-stakes game of poker — with an $80-million provincial election hanging in the balance

The Hebrew word for charity – tzedakah – means justice. It’s a better definition to the English, because charity shouldn’t mean simply giving to the poor. It means (or should) seeking a righteous, fairer world. Justice, in other words. In the Jewish tradition, then, charity isn’t merely something you do

Seriously. Lisa, too. I wonder if the social media cold-shouldering has anything to do with John’s now-immortal statement: “I’ll say to young women, learn how to play golf…Because you will find it’s immensely advantageous to your career.” John’s advice, in all its forward-thinking splendour, is right here. Does Facebook have

…and now you see why I think they’re going to lose. From Ipsos’ press release tonight: Potential actual turnout at the polls could boost Tories… While the three parties are locked in a tight battle province-wide, the data suggest that Liberal voters are least committed to go out and actually

Never screw up on a slow news day. Conversely, don’t make a big announcement on a busy news day. So Jim Flaherty didn’t — release a budget of significance, that is. Surveying the headlines, who can blame him? Canada topping the Olympic medal standings over in Sochi. Shirley Temple going

This week, a few of us liberals and Liberals at Daisy were confronted on-air with a clip of Justin Trudeau on CPAC saying (apparently) “the deficit will take care of itself.” Stephen Harper and the Conservatives seized on that, in Question Period and elsewhere. They mocked him for what he

Many guys will understand what I mean when I say this: your father is both a bit of light, and a bit of shadow, over your path through life. Mine, T. Douglas Kinsella, MD, OC, would have been 82 years old today. Almost ten years after we lost him, he

Happy Valentine’s! To celebrate, here is my fave MBV tune. Genius.

Before the polls closed, Kathleen Wynne said “I’ll still be Premier” on Friday morning – and, after they closed, she was equally chippy, saying they were just a “skirmish.” But many Ontario Liberals are a lot less bullish this morning – for them, the full magnitude of last night’s by-elections

Just be polite.

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Anyone reading this? Don’t sign with pair who are “coaching” now. Email me if you want details. They’re bad, bad news.

Back when he was Ontario’s Conservative Party leader, John Tory had a slogan about how “leadership matters,” or something like that.  I literally forget how it ended.  (Doesn’t matter: John ended, soon enough.) Anyway, as assorted Right-wing lobbyists breathlessly await John’s arrival – which I, and Nick Kouvalis, pray for,

So, the good people of Thornhill and Niagara vote today.  Here are my predictions, and I expect all of you to mock me if (when) I am shown to be wrong. Thornhill: Seriously? Harper was in Israel when this by-election was called.  Canadian Jews are conservative.  Hudak will keep it,

This guy is my new personal hero.  Just epic.