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A Casino Will Gamble With Toronto's Most Vulnerable Citizens

Neil Seeman | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Toronto, Gambling, Margaret Thatcher, Casino, Rob Ford, Friedrich Hayek, Conservatism, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Canada, Canada Politics News
Neil Seeman

Exploiting society's most vulnerable citizens, the modus operandi of revenue-generating gambling, is regressive taxation. Gambling is a gateway drug; a city that enables and promotes it violates basic principles of conservatism -- notably, to draw on evidence from other jurisdictions, and to put social problems to heel before they reach metastasis.

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An (Unproven) Lack of Integrity Doesn't Affect Batting Averages

Peter Worthington | Posted 08.20.2012 | Canada
Read More: Gambling, Baseball Hall of Fame, Juice, Steroids, Baseball, Mlb, Nolan Ryan, Usada, Hall of Fame, Ty Cobb, Roger Clemens, Canada News
Peter Worthington

Withholding the honour to Barry Bonds is petty beyond belief -- except that it's happening. The Hall of Fame guys are so damned sanctimonious and dogmatic that it curdles belief. Criteria for entry into the Hall should only be a player's record in the game, none of this drivel about "integrity" that the MLB is judging without proof.

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Ford Should Not Gamble His Future at the Casino

Samuel Getachew | Posted 07.30.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Casinos, Toronto, Rob Ford, City of Toronto, Gambling, Lottery, Internet Gambling, Ontario Gambling and Lottery, Suicide, City Council, Lotto, Safety Council, Canada Politics News
Samuel Getachew

In a recent poll found that 32.5 per cent of Torontonians oppose building a waterfront casino. To Mayor Rob Ford, an enthusiastic supporter of the idea, this may be a warning as he looks ahead to his uncertain re-election campaign in just over two years.

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When Facebook Goes Public, So Will Your Secrets

Paul Barter | Posted 07.02.2012 | Canada
Read More: Gambling, Paul Barter, Sin Portfolio, Digital Media, Ann Cavoukian, Online Advertising, Advertising, Facebook Privacy, Tobacco, Privacy, Canada News
Paul Barter

Facebook's profits are tied to a morally questionable business model; one that is addictive, and insidious for users. For all the good that Zuckerberg's company has done for reconnecting people, and letting them communicate with one another, Facebook exists to extract from those relationships the secrets of what makes us tick consumers.

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