It’s time to reform the CBC for the digital age
The oped below was written after the publishing of The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age, on which i served as a research principal. I have…
2017
Report on state of Canadian journalism
For the past year I have had the fortune to work with Ed Greenspon, the Public Policy Forum, and a wonderful group of scholars and journalists on a report on…
The Three Alberta’s: Quick thoughts on the latest Mainstreet/Postmedia poll
Some quick thoughts on the Mainstreet/Postmedia poll released yesterday. The poll showed the Wildrose Party at 38 percent province-wide support, with the Progressive Conservatives sitting at 29 percent and the…
aswan sights
We were very tentative about breakfast this morning, in a kind of truce with our stomachs. Breakfast here is an elaborate buffet — the usual yogurt, honey, and bread, several…
Blood in the Water: the Trump Revolution Ends in a Whimper
Photo by Gage Skidmore The Flynn fiasco is not about national security advisor Michael Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador. It’s much deeper than that. It’s about Russia. It’s about…
Ontario government spending grows. But the deficit falls like a stone
Yesterday’s third quarter report from the Ministry of Finance indicates that their estimate of the deficit for 2016/17 fiscal year has fallen by $2.4 billion — from $4.3 billion to…
Wrongful Dismissal and Ontario’s Employment Law Framework
BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, ASSOCIATE LAWYER At first glance, Ontario’s employment law framework is deceivingly simple. If an employer seeks to terminate an employee without having any just cause to do…
Ontario government spending grows. But the deficit falls like a stone
Yesterday’s third quarter report from the Ministry of Finance indicates that their estimate of the deficit for 2016/17 fiscal year has fallen by $2.4 billion — from $4.3 billion to…
Hoax: Five-meter giant skeletons
Once again, the internet is being circulated with fake news that grabs the gullible by their grey matter. This time’s it’s a regurgitation of a 2014 hoax – then recycled…
Wrongful Dismissal and Ontario’s Employment Law Framework
BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, ASSOCIATE LAWYER At first glance, Ontario’s employment law framework is deceivingly simple. If an employer seeks to terminate an employee without having any just cause to do…
It’s Not Easy Being a Liberal (or a Tory). It Shouldn’t Be.
Three facts that reflect what it’s like to support the Trudeau government.Canadians are now one of the world’s largest extractors of climate pollution, per capita We’re planning one of world’s…
Black History Month Celebrations at City of Toronto
The City of Toronto hosted a Black History Month Reception at City Hall on Feb. 22, 2017. The event was also used to unveil an exhibition of artifacts found at…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday February 22, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law and Wills,…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday February 22, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law and Wills,…
Three Empires
Donald Trump has a fevered brain. But, James Laxer writes, there is a method to his madness. Under the tutelage of Steve Bannon, he seeks to establish a new world…
Mobilize Now Against Local and Global Fascism
Don’t be stunned or rest in a superficial analysis of our new world with this president, Trump. There’s a chance you’ve just been missing out on how Canadian and American…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Daniel Tencer reports on Pierre Kohler and Servaas Storm’s study showing that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement figures to cost jobs and…
Three Empires
Donald Trump has a fevered brain. But, James Laxer writes, there is a method to his madness. Under the tutelage of Steve Bannon, he seeks to establish a new world…