Global Cities Index 2010 released…
September 2, 2010 | No Comments
As an update to the piece I posted a few weeks ago about Toronto’s global city status, Foreign Policy have released their global cities index for 2010. The over arching trend is a movement from West to East however the old school power houses still remain at the top of the list. New York, London, [...]
Tony Blair and The Chicago Doctrine….Ad Hoc yet Targeted?
September 1, 2010 | 4 Comments
Tonight (September 1st, 2010), BBC Two aired an interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair marking the release of his memoir entitled A Journey. Andrew Marr gave Blair quite a run for his money during the interview asking hard questions about everything from social, economic and domestic issues to the Chicago doctrine to the [...]
Julian Assange of Wikileaks Charged with Rape…..How timely?
August 21, 2010 | 9 Comments
I was in the middle of writing another post to put up on The Commons when I came across this breaking news story. Before I begin this post I want to say that I am not prone to believeing in conspiracy theories. I find them boring and full of holes most of the time. Today, [...]
What to do about Wikileaks….?
July 26, 2010 | 3 Comments
The Wikileaks phenomenon is something that has interested me for quite a while now. If you do not know what Wikileaks is then please click here. I would have hyperlinked the actual website but due to the events of the day, it seems as though (for the pragmatists) the website is either overloaded or (for [...]
Toronto’s ‘Global City’ status holds true due to increased social polarization.
July 21, 2010 | 10 Comments
Before I get to the nitty gritty of this piece, I must say that the use of references here is for the sole purpose of solidifying the position I am attempting to argue. Please accept my apologies for the overtly essay-esque style of this piece. Toronto is Canada’s primary economic engine as well as most [...]
July 8th, 1974. A Day of Identity and Solidarity.
July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
Today was a rather important day in 1974. Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins a majority 141 of 264 seats in the federal election for the Liberal Party; to 95 Conservative; 16 NDP; 11 Social Credit; 1 other; and Andy Hogan becomes the first Roman Catholic priest elected to the Commons. This day was important not only [...]
It’s been a Grey Tuesday in the financial world….
June 29, 2010 | 6 Comments
Today (Tuesday June 29th, 2010), or Grey Tuesday as I’m going to call it, we saw some of the sharpest declines in world markets we’ve seen since April 2009, and granted these declines came right on the heels of the G20 austerity agreement. The fact that some media outlets are viewing this as investor cooling [...]
Canada’s Economy, hailed as a model for the world……Really?
June 22, 2010 | 3 Comments
Recently in the UK, and indeed around the world, there has been a deluge of interest in just how Canada seemed to have dodged the global economic downturn. This interest has lead to a number of Canadian consultants crossing the pond, eager to share their supposed wisdom with countries in Europe (and elsewhere) that seem [...]
What does BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster mean for Canadians?
June 10, 2010 | 4 Comments
As the BP oil spill continues to wreak havoc in the Gulf of Mexico, many Canadians may be asking how this may affect them – in both the short and the longer term. In the short term, and not to belittle or shift the focus away from the massive environmental damage this spill has caused [...]