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Beyond speed: Who is talking about access to e-government this election?
The problem of equitable access to high speed Internet in Canada entered the election campaign on Wednesday, August 26, when Stephen Harper promised that a…
Spreading a fossilized view of the tar sands
It is lamentable that commentator Rex Murphy, who sometimes acts like a resident apologist for the fossil fuel industry, on January 17 devoted his weekly…
What the UBC rape chant scandal says about women in the Canadian economy
The news of UBC Sauder Business School students chanting about rape of underage girls during a FROSH week event has generated much outrage. As it…
Coal association gets free pass on election advertising while public interest groups chilled
Just when I thought the situation with BC’s third party advertising rules couldn’t get any more ridiculous, this comes in from the “Are You Kidding…
The myth of the left-wing CBC
To anybody following CBC TV’s news and current affairs over the past five years, it’s no surprise that far from tilting leftward, the Mother Corp…
Occupy Canada: media pundits vs. reality
The Occupy Wall Street/Occupy Canada protests seem to be occupying – and perhaps unhinging – the minds of media pundits – at least, those who…
O’Leary breached CBC standards, Ombudsman rules
It took just a week following the airing of an “interview” on CBC television’s The Lang & O’Leary Exchange for the public broadcaster’s Ombudsman, Kirk…
Much ado about the provincial debt
If you read Vaughn Palmer’s online budget analysis in the Vancouver Sun, you’d be forgiven thinking that deficit hysteria is making a comeback in BC.…
What do we value more? Good taste or saving young lives?
Last May there was uproar in the media about an advertising campaign planned by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC). The Insurance Corporation was…
Will CanWest’s bankruptcy lead to more media concentration or new opportunities?
There is an old political adage that you should never argue with someone who buys their ink by the barrel. Let’s ignore that good advice…
On minimum wages and talk radio
Today marks the third time in the past four months that I get booted off a pre-arranged radio interview on minimum wages in BC. What…