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Scott Stinson: Tories’ crime bill is bad policy, good politics
It is the kind of statistic that seems ready-made for a Conservative talking point about the importance of being tougher on crime: as many as 40% of alleged offenders in Canada are returned to polite … more →
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On Casinos And Safe Injection Sites
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wrote 1 month ago: Everyone say it along with me: Casinos good. Safe injection sites bad. Casinos good. They help pay f … more →
CBC's Arctic Air all set to take off
wrote 4 months ago: Interviews with actors prior to the debut of a series tend to follow a pattern. They express happine … more →
MC clamour: Why there's no such thing as a good awards show host
wrote 5 months ago: Illustration by Steve Murray Type “James Franco Oscars” into Google, and among the adjectives the se … more →
Season's screenings from reality TV
wrote 6 months ago: Tim Parker For a time around 1999-2000, Brenda Warner was a polarizing figure. The wife of out-of-no … more →
Scott Stinson: Five reasons why Occupy failed, and one reason it didn't
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wrote 6 months ago: Across North America, the various encampments under the Occupy banner appear to be in their death th … more →
Scott Stinson: Five reasons why Occupy failed, and one reason it didn't
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wrote 6 months ago: Across North America, the various encampments under the Occupy banner appear to be in their death th … more →
Inside the Titantic brings new insight to old story
wrote 6 months ago: A couple years back during a trip to Belfast, I was urged to visit the shipyards where the Titanic w … more →
FX Canada lets the dog out with Wilfred
wrote 7 months ago: Sometimes it’s the simple ideas that are brilliant. Years ago, Jason Gann was on a date, and he ende … more →
Canada's Worst Driver: Fools of the road
wrote 7 months ago: There’s a case to be made that the only reason anyone watches much of the programming that falls int … more →
Stinson on the modest success of CBC's Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays
wrote 7 months ago: Last week’s episode of the CBC comedy Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays was watched by an average of … more →
Stinson: CanCon on the Croisette at Mipcom
wrote 7 months ago: The floor of the Palais de Festivals during Mipcom is a Byzantine conflagration of television produc … more →
CBC: Good programming lives here
wrote 8 months ago: The website TV, eh?, which dutifully follows developments in the Canadian television industry, posed … more →
Scott Stinson: Tories' crime bill is bad policy, good politics
wrote 8 months ago: It is the kind of statistic that seems ready-made for a Conservative talking point about the importa … more →
Stinson: Whither the theme, Whitney Cummings?
wrote 8 months ago: It’s hard to have a great deal of faith in the merits of a television show when the network that bro … more →
Stinson: Putting on the Fitz
wrote 8 months ago: Richard Fitzpatrick is a hard guy to like. He’s a deceitful, criminally inclined, self-centred used- … more →
Scott Stinson: 10 moments that helped shape Layton’s political career
wrote 9 months ago: It will take years to analyze how Jack Layton was able to shape the NDP and the future of federal po … more →
Scott Stinson: Years of health-care warnings have had no effect on status quo
wrote 9 months ago: It might be simpler for all the various organizations and entities that have asked Canada’s governme … more →
Scott Stinson: If the London rioters were protesters they wouldn't look so happy
wrote 9 months ago: It is the joy on display that is so unsettling. People who are protesting are by nature angry, or at … more →
Stinson: Suitable for mature audiences
wrote 10 months ago: It can be a bit embarrassing to admit a fondness for a cartoon aimed at pre-teen children. But, here … more →
