In wake of Washington Post columnist’s murder, MPs say Canada has role to play in defence of global press freedom
Journalists around the world are increasingly under threat, most notably with the murder of Saudi Arabian Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Oct. 2, and MPs who are former journalists say the Canadian government has a role to play in defending the freedom of the press globally. “We [MPs who are former journalists] should be […]
Mulroney to speak at event honouring Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president who led the fight against apartheid and became an international inspiration, will be the focus of a seminar at Global Affairs Canada in November. Mr. Mandela led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority control during apartheid. He was imprisoned for 27 years as a result of […]
MPs have much groundwork to cover to grab Canadians’ attention on social media
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has more Twitter followers than all other MPs combined. This is one of the many interesting facts uncovered from a look into the Twitter accounts of Canada’s MPs. There are currently 334 MPs, and 330, or 98.8 per cent, have a presence on the social media platform. But about a dozen, […]
Jamal Khashoggi, casualty of war
Jamal Khashoggi had a vulnerability. It was a variable that weighed disproportionately in his risk-benefit calculations and that, for his assassins, amounted to an Achilles’ heel. It wasn’t power, money, fame, or security—or any of the lesser exploitable weaknesses leveraged by intelligence interests for operational purposes. It was love. It was love that outweighed any […]
Major Conservative ad buy an ‘opening salvo’ for 2019 aimed at introducing Scheer to suburban men, female voters, say experts
The Conservative Party’s reported $2-million national ad push is its “opening salvo” of the 2019 election, and pollsters and strategists say the two ads currently on airwaves are both aimed at introducing new leader Andrew Scheer and putting “pocketbook” issues in focus in the lead-up to the next campaign. “I would consider this the opening […]
There’s no real ammunition for Conservatives against pot legalization
OTTAWA—Thanks be to God marijuana is now legal, because it’s been getting pretty tiresome constantly talking about it. It almost makes you long for the day when Senate reform was the hot topic. Well, maybe not. For me, this isn’t a question of self-interest as a cannabis aficionado. The last time I smoked weed I […]
The Washington Post comes north of the border
The Washington Post, whose motto is “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” is joining a number of American press shops looking to Canada to expand their market. The paper announced on Oct. 11 that reporter Emily Rauhala will cover Canada for the Post. She’s set to travel across the country to “illuminate people, places and the passions that […]
Liberals turn sights on social media giants in bid to boost elections bill
The Liberal government wants to push major online platforms to expand their political advertising registries north of the border, as part of a package of more than 60 changes it’s proposing to its already-sweeping elections modernization bill. When MPs return from their ridings on Oct. 15, members of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) […]
No job cuts at iPolitics in wake of Torstar deal, says founder
There will be no job cuts at iPolitics now that Torstar is the online news outlet’s new owner, says iPolitics founder and publisher James Baxter, who will be leaving the company once the transition is complete. “One of the terms of the deal is that everyone is kept on—that was important to me,” he said in a […]
Putin in ‘most dangerous’ mid-life crisis in history, says Tom Nichols
The goal of Russian interference and misinformation in Western democracies is to decrease civic engagement, says a former cold warrior. Speaking at a talk on ‘Russia’s Challenge to North American and European Security’ put on by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute on Sept. 27, Tom Nichols, a Sovietologist and professor at the U.S. Naval College, said Russian […]
