Category Archives: Canadian politics

When your member of Parliament goes AWOL

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Larry Cornies

When London insurance broker Ed Holder decided to run under the Conservative banner my riding, London West, in 2008, I was thrilled. I happen to be a big believer in the importance of integrity in local candidates, no matter their … Continue reading →

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Newspaper companies and elections: a modest proposal

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Larry Cornies

Back in the mid-2000s, as federal lawmakers and bureaucrats were working out the details and regulations for the National Do Not Call List, the Canadian newspaper industry was in a bit of a tizzy. Telemarketing, after all, lay at the … Continue reading →

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Politics, journalism and Toronto’s G20 weekend

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Larry Cornies

Quite the weekend in Toronto. As anyone who has followed the history of multinational summits and anarchical protest over the past two decades could have predicted (and did), millions of dollars worth of damage and hundreds of arrests accompanied the … Continue reading →

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Can Sun TV provide a ‘third way’ in Canadian TV journalism?

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Larry Cornies

As was widely expected, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau has announced plans to launch Sun TV News Channel across Canada beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Speculation that Quebecor would bid to become a national news broadcaster has soared in recent … Continue reading →

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Stephen Harper rocks the National Arts Centre

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Larry Cornies

Well, now, that was different. And really quite refreshing. As if any additional evidence was needed that the momentum in Canadian politics is shifting from Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals to the Stephen Harper Conservatives, the prime minister put on a little … Continue reading →

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