April 28, 2005
Prime Minister Layton: Help the rich, harm the poor?
I got this today from the smart folks at the Educational Policy Institute. It was labelled urgent, so I figure it is worth blogging. According to their calculations, the proposed 10% cut to tuition will actually help low-need students, and harm high-need students. (I’m going to hold off on throwing in my own $0.02, which is that there is no force on this earth that can give the federal government... [More >>]
April 28, 2005
Boy in Da Corner
To Club Soda last night to see Dizzee Rascal, the 20 year-old hip-hop hero from London. None of the sad chaviness of The Streets here; it’s more Tupac/Fiddy focused on the desolation of the East End. At least, that’s what the reviews say. I have to confess to feeling a bit out of it. The sound mix was bad, and I can’t pretend to having understood much more than the odd “Yo... [More >>]
April 27, 2005
Fly Like a… passenger train
It’s nice to see that there’s still room for making aviation history in this modern world. I am in awe, if not a little scared, of the newest Airbus which can carry as many as 840 passengers. Image the Globe and Mail: Bob Edme/AP While I’m scared to fly in such a big crowd, I can’t wait to have the opportunity to see one of these big birds land or take off. [More >>]
April 27, 2005
Stephen Harper’s Head Explodes as He Tries to Explain All the Ways He Hates the Liberal NDP Deal
Witnesses at Mr. Harper’s speech today in Amherstburg, Ontario report smelling toast shortly before a loud flash of exquisite purple light. After that, Mr. Harper’s headless torso continued with the Conservative leader’s preset itinerary, and is expected to press forward with a headless non-confidence vote as soon as Parliament resumes. From the Globe story: “It was only less... [More >>]
April 27, 2005
Prime Minister Layton
The Right Honourable Jack Layton, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Layton has been an impassioned social advocate for more than 30 years. As the national voice for municipalities as president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, a city councilor or a student leader, Mr. Layton has brought energy and leadership to achieve change. He is also well-known to every Torontonian... [More >>]
April 27, 2005
Documenting Democracy
I hear that Toronto is all-abuzz over Hot Docs, the annual film fest running until May 1. I was actually expecting to be down for it this week, to help Capture Entertainment with their pitch to make a film version of The Rebel Sell. Capture put together a proposal for The Democracy Project, “an exciting endeavor involving a growing international coalition of broadcasters who will participate... [More >>]
April 27, 2005
Canadian Culture, Meet the Sewer Pipe
News this morning that the CBC is laying people off. That’s sort of like saying, “once again, spring has followed winter,” isn’t it? In other culture notes, the federal government’s proposed changes to the Copyright Act suggest that Canada’s educators will soon have a free hand in taking copyright material off the Internet for classroom use. And so we say goodbye... [More >>]
April 26, 2005
rats…. sinking ship…
Pettigrew quitting politics: report The prime minister has lobbied Pettigrew not to take the job, saying people might think the foreign affairs minister is leaving because he is unhappy with the federal Liberals, according to other reports. Why would anybody think that? [More >>]
April 25, 2005
How Wolfie touched our lives
Brian Iler is a long-time friend of This Magazine and it is no exaggeration to say that if not for the considerable time he has spent as a volunteer legal advisor to me and my colleagues, This Magazine might have gone under years ago. And so, we would like to offer our best wishes to Brian and his family as his son Andrew Agnew-Iler recovers from a life-threatening gunshot wound. We’re thinking... [More >>]
April 25, 2005
come on, guess!
WHOOPS: Make that 197 days to go. 226 days still to go. [More >>]
