Aug 23, 2019
Ford sells out his base with reversal on sex ed
This week, Ontario's education minister announced that the province's sex-ed program was going back to the future. The new curriculum would be almost identical to the 2015 curriculum.
Antonia Zerbisias
Freelance writer Antonia Zerbisias (@AntoniaZ) is best known for her award-winning media column and blog for the Toronto Star. But she also wrote about social justice, feminism and politics. Her career includes stints as a CBC-TV reporter and producer as well as co-host of CBC Newsworld’s Inside Media. After taking early retirement from the Star, she became weekly columnist for Al Jazeera English. An early adopter of social media, she created the viral hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported. She holds an honours MBA from Montreal’s Concordia University.
Aug 9, 2019
Stephen Harper's still in the game -- and looking to score
It's easy to imagine that former prime minister Stephen Harper is still writing the conservative playbook. The clues are everywhere, as Harper makes stops on his tour of the rubber-chicken circuit.
Jul 26, 2019
Ford keeps popping up, to Conservatives' chagrin
You have to wonder if federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer wishes he could push Ontario's Doug Ford down and out of media range between now and the federal election in October.
Jul 12, 2019
Ford, Scheer and Kenney deliver flapjacks and havoc at Calgary Stampede
How fitting that a wrecking crew of conservatives met at the Calgary Stampede where they sported cowboy hats and jeans, flipped pancakes for the cameras and fumed about the federal carbon tax.
Jun 28, 2019
Despite government reset, Ford's main problem remains
That timeworn joke about shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic certainly applied this month when Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked his A-team ministers below deck and into lesser cabinet positions.
Jun 20, 2019
Will you stand against the right?
Antonia Zerbisias
As coalitions form and new activists and fresh voices emerge to fight the right, independent media plays an important role and needs your support.
Jun 14, 2019
Who's pulling the strings in the Conservative Party?
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer may be on show. But he's not the man -- or men -- orchestrating the moves of the Conservatives.
May 31, 2019
Doug Ford's sinking numbers are weighing down the federal Conservatives
Andrew Scheer is caught in a whirlpool between Trudeau, Ford and now even Bernier -- which has him spinning in all directions.
May 17, 2019
The war on women is still on
Women don't have equal pay. Lawmakers are trying to strip us of the right to control our bodies. And, when we do make babies, we have little access to safe and affordable child care.
May 3, 2019
Doug Ford's war on journalists intensifies as relations with media continue to sour
If there is anything "Trumpian" about Ford, it is his relations with actual news reporters who work for legitimate news organizations, organizations his government has called "fake news."
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