Yesterday, I wrote a post with some general musings about political communications and how it complements politics and the public policy process. In short, I argued that when one criticizes the method by which another…
Yesterday, Ontario finance minister Dwight Duncan ‘leaked’ the news that Ontario would see a budget deficit of $18 Billion over the next two years. We’ve been hearing hints of an Ontario deficit for a little while now…
There was a bit of a buzz yesterday about an article published in the left-wing pages of the Guardian, a British newspaper, by Michael Stickings. However, most commentators missed a few important points about its…
According to my source that sent me this unsent internal CBC memo, this was intended to hit the inboxes of CBC employees tomorrow: Tough Times I wanted to give you an update on where things stand with respect to our…
From the Obama visit to Parliament Hill yesterday, the CBC’s Susan Bonner assesses what made an impression upon her and her media colleagues, “The impression seemed to be that Stephen Harper had a message that he wanted…
Extraordinary Rendition: The extrajudicial transfer of terror suspects from one state to another, usually to states with lower standards on human rights in their treatment of prisoners. Barack Obama on extraordinary…
There were only about 1000 people on Parliament Hill today to greet President Obama as much of downtown was locked down. There were barricades and security officials on the MacKenzie King bridge and checkpoints a plenty…
Picture taken on Sussex today just outside the US embassy. President Obama’s motorcade arrives in Ottawa. The Presidential limo is just out of frame on the right. There’s an indent on the door where a magnetic…
“We have to chart a path somehow in which we make some hard choices, some lesser evils, that is to say I’m not sure we can keep to a pure civil libertarian position all the way, for example we might have to engage in…
There are reports today that the CBC has secured a pre-visit interview from US President Barack Obama. Congratulations to the team at the public broadcaster, for any network that’s what they call an exclusive in the…
