Is Journalism “Essential”? Doug Ford’s Government Doesn’t Think So
New rules place student media in vulnerable position, which could have effects across the industry
January 23, 2019
By Zak Vescera
Wag the Doug
#6 The Tragically OHIP
Is the Ford Government trying to privatize healthcare? Plus, a list of things Doug Ford has broken.
January 23, 2019
Doug Ford’s Tuition Changes Could Jeopardize Ontario’s Student Press
Ontario government plans to make it easier for students to opt out of paying certain levies
January 17, 2019
By Jaren Kerr
Short Cuts
#192 Ontario Proud and Prejudice
Did Canada make the right call by arresting Huawei’s CFO? Or was it the perfect time for a little “creative incompetence.” And new details about Ontario Proud’s "grassroots," people powered funding reveal the people are mostly corporations.
December 12, 2018
Wag the Doug
#5 OPP, Yeah You Know Me
An old friend of the Ford family has been appointed to head the Ontario Provincial Police, a job many consider him to be under-qualified for. We look back to Doug's history with Ron Taverner, as well as the group of unofficial advisors who surrounded the Fords for years.
December 6, 2018
Short Cuts
#190 Is It Time To Pull The Plug On Legacy Media?
Will federal media subsidies save a dying industry or merely protract the inevitable? And how did the Anglophone press react to the Ford government’s Francophone cuts?
November 28, 2018
OPPO
#13 CAQ-Blocked
This fall's Québec election might be a vital indicator of what's to come in federal politics. We take a deep plonge into the issues at hand, and then discuss the Governor General's scandale d'estime. Oh, and Doug Ford posed for a picture with a white supremacist.
September 24, 2018
Short Cuts
#179 Last Man Notwithstanding
A look at how the Ford government's notwithstanding invocation has been covered by the press, as well as a look at the spurious media diet of the alleged Fredericton shooter.
September 12, 2018
Short Cuts
#176 The House Of Sad
Saudi Arabia leads the charge in exposing the human rights violations of Jordan Peterson, Alex Jones becomes the latest casualty in the Info Wars, and a review of Doug Ford's foray into the news business.