US Politics
Mark Zuckerberg’s Zuck PAC launches to reform US immigration law
Today, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg launched his political action committee called FWD.us to rally tech business leaders to reform American immigration…
21 posts on Facebook from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Digital Politics
Advocacy in the digital age
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Pokes, Retweets, and Google Pagerank. The lexicon is getting jumbled as everyone’s ability to communicate becomes more…
Columns
Social media and free speech
During the London and UK riots last week, many commentators — myself included — wondered about a social media shutdown and mobile shutdown in affected areas.…
Canadian Policy
How about those mandatory minimums?
CP reports, MONTREAL – After preying on 285 young girls, and getting them to remove their clothes in front of their computer, a convicted cyber-predator…
Conservative Party of Canada
Responding to Paul Wells…
Today Paul Wells wrote a piece in which he supported the thesis of a post I wrote back on July 22. However, he thought he noted a bit of an inconsistency…
Conservative Party of Canada
Selected readings from Derrick Snowdy’s Facebook wall
Derrick Snowdy, the private investigator behind the allegations of drugs and “busty hookers” that got Helena Guergis kicked out of cabinet, has recently become…
Canadian Sports
The pulse of a nation
measured by Facebook It was quite a game yesterday and one of those defining moments sure to be included on an updated version of the Canadian immigration…
Parliament of Canada
A sample of articles about the history of prorogation in Canada
Page 1 (Drummondville Spokesman – May 27, 1930) has a bit of a parallel to today’s prorogation. The PM wanted to set a new direction with a new budget and new…
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff’s Prorogation Vacation
In Ottawa, depending on their content requirements, Hill reporters are loving or loathing the prorogation so far. For activists, a second prorogation in little…