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Watching the Watchdog: The Holier Than Thou Network

Tim Knight | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada
Read More: Sordid Commercial Reasons, Minister, Vision TV, Social Issues, Absolutely Fabulous, Hamlet, Ethical Values, Ottawa, Fawlty Towers, Spiritual, Civil Service Bureaucrats, God, Suspiciously Worthy, Cynical Exercise of Power, Iron Lady, Multi-Cultural TV, Iconoclastic Storytelling, Multi-Faith, Tvo, Margaret Thatcher, Praying, Yes, Holier-Than-Thou Network, Moral, Politicians, Hymning, Canada News
Tim Knight

But today, I'm waxing wrathful about TV networks and stations that mutilate innocent and often brilliant programs and, quite simply, by doing so steal our money. Specifically VisionTV -- which calls itself "the World's only national multi-faith and multi-cultural television service."

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Watching the Watchdog: What Should Democracy Look Like?

Tim Knight | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Minister, Democracy, Globe & Mail, Sir Humphrey Appleby, Parliament Is Dysfunctional, Reinventing Parliament: Why It's Broken and How to Fix It., Redesigning Parliament, Prime Minister Jim Hacker, Winston Churchill, Yes, Westminster, Iroquoian Democracy, Samara, Prime Minister, Power, Periclean, Canada Politics News
Tim Knight

Everyone seems to agree that democracy -- "a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives" -- is a good thing. But there's little agreement on which form of democracy is the best good thing.

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Who Cares About Veterans? Not Minister Blaney

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 08.04.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Government of Canada, Steven Blaney, Fabien Melanson, Minister, Veterans Affairs Canada, Protest, Veterans, Canada Politics News
Jeff Rose-Martland

In June 2011, shortly after Steven Blaney was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs, Cpl Fabien Melanson, a vet, stopped eating to protest years of neglect by VAC. But the Minister, it seems, felt no responsibility. He did not speak to the veteran. And he still hasn't. Blaney has willfully neglected his duties. If he will not rectify that, then he should resign.

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