Mike Pompeo to visit Trudeau, Freeland in Ottawa on Aug. 22; Venezuela, China will be on agenda
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is coming to Ottawa on Aug. 22 to visit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to talk Venezuela and China. Mr. Pompeo is the latest member of the Trump administration to visit Ottawa since Vice-President Mike Pence visited the nation’s capital on May 30. Since […]
Beware the Twitter Sapiens
Maybe it’s just me, but I think the nature of humanity is being dramatically altered by Twitter. As a matter of fact, I’d say people who spend too much time on this particular social media platform face the risk of being transformed into what I call “Twitter sapiens.” And this is not a good thing […]
Media struggles to separate politics from climate story, hurting coverage, say experts
Many reporters are struggling to disentangle politics from the facts around climate change in their coverage, compromising their ability to serve in the public interest, say veteran journalists. The politicization of climate change is “making journalists hesitant to cover this issue as aggressively as they should,” said Sean Holman, journalism professor at Mount Royal University […]
Downloading ideology works efficiently in banana republics, juntas, and dictatorships, but not so well in democracies, as the Conservatives should have learned in 2015
HALIFAX—Like death and taxes, I suppose it was inevitable. In not so subtle fashion, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is trying its best to suggest that the media is the enemy of the people. Certainly of conservatism. An important message in an election cycle—and a derivative one. Like Donald Trump, whose constant whine is […]
Ivison launches his Trudeau chronicle at the Métropolitain
National Post columnist John Ivison‘s soaring stature always begets tall jokes, but in her opening remarks at the launch of Mr. Ivison’s book, Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister, last Wednesday evening at one of political Ottawa’s favourite watering holes, the Métropolitain, Toronto Star Ottawa bureau chief Susan Delacourt, who introduced Mr. Ivison, opted to […]
Enemy of the People?
If you’ve never been to Baltimore, you may not want to trust Donald Trump’s Yelp review. Instead, maybe consider the range of artists who’ve each depicted distinct Baltimores—Barry Levinson, John Waters, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Anne Tyler, David Simon, among others—that are somehow all authentic and indelible. Baltimore is a microcosm of the United States in all its gritty, diverse, yearning, tough, tense, […]
Feds have to ‘correct mistakes’ of not qualifying foundations for media tax measures, says Le Devoir editor
The panel responsible for guiding the government on which journalism organizations should benefit from a controversial $595-million media bailout fund have recommended that the Canada Revenue Agency be put in charge of deciding which organizations qualify. But the editor of Le Devoir, whose publication is supported in part by a not-for-profit foundation, says the government […]
As ratings continue to drop, MPs, former journos still split on CBC The National’s four-host format
Nearly two years following the CBC’s revamp of its flagship nightly newscast, politicians and former CBC journalists remain divided on the program’s success, with one MP saying he remains a loyal viewer in spite of the changes, not because of them. Following longtime host Peter Mansbridge’s departure from the anchor chair in the summer of […]
Globe and Mail still a ‘great paper,’ but losing ‘huge amount of institutional knowledge’ from buyouts, says veteran journalist
The Globe and Mail is losing decades of combined editorial experience, as multiple veteran journalists have confirmed they are accepting voluntary buyouts from Canada’s national newspaper. The Globe and Mail made the offer for the voluntary buyouts in early May, giving employees until May 29 to enrol in the program. The Canadian Press reported that The Globe offered […]
Liberals accuse Conservatives of promoting anti-abortion movie, reopening abortion debate
As an American film with an anti-choice message is set to premiere across Canada, Liberals say Tory MPs have been promoting the film and are trying to re-open the abortion debate. “Fact: conservative politicians screened this film on parliament hill[.] Fact: conservative politicians have been petitioning on the films behalf,” PMO chief of staff Katie […]
