Tag Archives: politics
Canadian Election Choices … in song.
Stephen Harper Michael Ignatieff Jack Layton Elizabeth May Gilles Duceppe
The Affirmation Society in the Information Age
Can millions of young fans be wrong when they declare that the Jonas Brothers are the greatest music group in the history of the universe? Of course they can. But they won’t believe you. Why? Because they have received instantaneous affirmation of their belief, and can do so anytime their faith might be swayed. Not by music experts, writers, community leaders – but affirmation online by millions of other fans, most of whom they don’t know, nor ever will. Not terribly important in human history (for anybody but the Jonas Brothers and their benefactors), except when you translate the same human reality to other realms and endeavours: politics, science, religion. …
Economic Stimulus and Canada – An Idea
I have an idea to help solve a bunch of Canada’s problems. Here are a list of the problems: One of the largest media companies in the country, CanWest, is (apparently) hovering on the brink of bankruptcy. The Canadian Government and financial analysts are anticipating record federal deficits. American visitors must now have a passport to visit Canada. The website for the Canadian Government is stupidly branded as www.canada.gc.ca. Here is my bold (and a wee bit crazy) plan … The Government of Canada buys Canada.com from CanWest Publishing. The value of this property to CanWest is really the content, which can be moved elsewhere. OK, OK, there is some …
