November 2010
3 posts
Students bare their dismay at death of climate... →
“So you think ordinary Canadians – especially the young ones – don’t pay much attention to what happens in the Senate?
It seems students at the University of Guelph, west of Toronto, have been watching the Red Chamber – and they have not been particularly pleased with what they have seen.”
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Is Harper systematically ‘snuffing’ out democracy... →
“In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters: “We don’t believe an unelected body should in anyway be blocking an elected body.”
That was when the Liberals dominated the Red Chamber. Since that time, Mr. Harper has made 34 Senate appointments. The Conservatives now hold 52 seats in the 105-seat Senate and, when Senator Peter Stollery retires on Nov. 29, Mr. Harper will...
Massive new anthology argues in defence of rap’s... →
“Clearly the coarse vernacular of rap, which has inspired more than its share of censorship and congressional hearings, has done much to prevent its lyrics from being taken seriously as poetry. But [co-editor and University of Toronto professor Andrew DuBois] is quick to note that even today’s highest culture was risqué in its day. “There’s a book on my shelf right now called...