Dear Nathan – Editors
Dear Nathan, I was thinking about who you should get to edit my manifesto. I mean manuscript. My eleventh grade English teacher came to mind, but after she was accused…
January 2014
Why Do Trudeau and Mulcair Want to Govern Canada?
If they don’t want to tackle the major challenges of the day, why do they seek to govern our country? I’m not speaking of Stephen Harper, he’s a dead loss,…
Jan. 24:No word from our social betters?
It’s been almost a week since the meeting of our social superiors for an economic summit on the Moncton region (or Metro Moncton as the TandT just love to call…
We need more change!
In 2008-2009, Doug Ferguson, Carolyn Bennett and Brigitte Garceau traveled across Canada asking Liberal Party members a clear question: how can the Party address structural and governance issues, to be…
Editorial: Building the Left to challenge Rob Ford
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is a political phenomenon deserving of close attention, but not for the reasons often cited. The mayor’s crack smoking, binge drinking and seemingly terminal foot-in-mouth disease…
Building the Left to challenge Rob Ford
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is a political phenomenon deserving of close attention, but not for the reasons often cited. The mayor’s crack smoking, binge drinking and seemingly terminal foot-in-mouth disease…
Join us tomorrow to help build a more Connected Canada!
Tomorrow, Canadians across the country are working to help build a more connected Canada by sharing their ideas, strategies, and solutions to build a better digital future for us all.…
Dirty Energy Job Numbers Don’t Add Up
A foolproof way to sell an idea to the American public is to link that idea to jobs. If you are able to convince them that your proposal will either…
Exit Interview: Liberal Party of Canada national membership secretary Matthew Certosimo
It was an ironic twist of fate that delegates to the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2012 biennial in Ottawa would vote to create a supporter system and elect a decided…
Worrisome Mutterings from Davos, the World Economic Forum
Stephen Harper will not be happy with the talk that’s making the rounds at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. What he really won’t like are the calls for…
Ah, yes, John Tory will be a formidable opponent for Ford Nation
Or, er, perhaps not. From the overflowing “Pictures Worth A Thousand Words” file:
First They Shuttered Our Libraries, Now They’re Coming for "the Black Bomb"?
It’s an acquired taste, sort of like Guinness Stout. It’s a gooey, salty, beef-flavoured yeast extract that Brits like slathered on a piece of toast. It’s Marmite, popularly known in…
DiNovo is enabling stupidity
We didn’t have time to talk about this on Sun TV today, sadly. Here’s my free advice to Cheri DiNovo: Stop demanding that Kathleen Wynne meet with Rob Ford. It’s…
Green neighbours collide over wind power project
It’s dispiriting when newly rival factions of the environmental movement clash over what has become a touchy subject in green circles. Worse when disagreements end up in the justice system.…
Letterman Skewers Rob Ford – Again
The Americans love the guy, at least when they’re looking for a bozo.
This Is No Time to Go Blind
Several research papers over the past year have pointed to major changes to ENSO, the El Nino Southern Oscillation, that plays havoc with the weather around the world when it…
Keystone XL Could Boost Global Oil Consumption By 500K Barrels A Year
A new study from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) focuses on a greenhouse gas impact of the Keystone XL pipeline that hasn’t received much attention: how the pipeline could affect…
NEB shuts down Kinder Morgan pipeline hearing website for “maintenance”
Artist’s rendering of proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker expansion VANCOUVER – An oil pipeline critic and New Democratic MP from British Columbia says plans by the National Energy Board…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, January 24, 2014
Your news links for today: Rogers deputy chairman warns against dropping foreign investment restrictions (Globe and Mail) Rogers’ Changing Tune on Fully Opening Canadian Wireless to Foreign Investment (Michael Geist)…
Why Toronto’s Politics Matter ( #topoli )
The never ending saga of Rob Ford is important to not just Toronto. Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America and the 6th largest government in Canada. Businesses…