Harper’s next target: the CBC.

Let’s see now, what’s next on the Conservative agenda? Shut down the wheat board, despite the protests of farmers? Check. Enact a tough-on-crime agenda that throws more and more people in jail, despite the fact that every expert in the world tells you what you’re doing is wrong? Check. Tack the word ‘royal’ to as […]

Marg Delahunty vs. Rob Ford: Plenty of stupid to go round.

The Centre of the Universe has been convulsed for days now over the great Rob Ford Doesn’t Have 22 Minutes brouhaha. It’s so insipid, with so much egg on so many faces, it deserves comment, even this far from the Centre of the Universe. First, some background. Rob Ford is the mayor of Toronto who […]

Metro plays the blame CBC game, but it’s just shabby reporting.

So, I picked up a copy of Metro on Friday. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a free newspaper (in the broadest sense of the world) that is filled with stories of maybe 200 words. Most of it is advertising, and a big piece of the editorial space is filled with celebrity gossip. It’s the […]