http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:24:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/whose-fault-is-it-anyway/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/whose-fault-is-it-anyway/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:58:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238927 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/whose-fault-is-it-anyway/feed/ 0 The McGuinty and Harper governments blame each other for the situation at Electro-Motive in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/saganash-on-taxes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/saganash-on-taxes/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:15:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238901 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/saganash-on-taxes/feed/ 0 Romeo Saganash proposes tax code reform. About $152 billion gets redistributed currently. Much of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-endorsements-6/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-endorsements-6/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:37:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238867 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-endorsements-6/feed/ 0 Peggy Nash wins the support of Laurin Liu and Elaine Michaud. And Brian Masse... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-end-of-2004-5/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-end-of-2004-5/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:40 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238819 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-end-of-2004-5/feed/ 0 The significance of House going off the air is that this is going to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-next-digital-casualty-waiters/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-next-digital-casualty-waiters/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:55:00 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238813 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-next-digital-casualty-waiters/feed/ 0 Some restaurants are experimenting with at-table electronic service http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-ticking-time-bomb/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-ticking-time-bomb/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238735 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/the-ticking-time-bomb/feed/ 0 The idea that torture might be used to obtain the information necessary to avert... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/harper-in-china-beyond-the-sea-of-troubles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/harper-in-china-beyond-the-sea-of-troubles/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:03:39 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238785 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/harper-in-china-beyond-the-sea-of-troubles/feed/ 0 Underneath all the hype something real is going on between Ottawa and Beijing, writes Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/time-out-new-art-in-beijing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/time-out-new-art-in-beijing/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:24:10 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238775 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/time-out-new-art-in-beijing/feed/ 0 Thursday in Beijing. The Prime Minister had pooled events for the first half of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/speaker-andrew-scheers-robbie-burns-dinner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/speaker-andrew-scheers-robbie-burns-dinner/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:08:13 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238737 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/speaker-andrew-scheers-robbie-burns-dinner/feed/ 0            ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-commons-starring-vic-toews-as-kurt-russell/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-commons-starring-vic-toews-as-kurt-russell/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238661 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-commons-starring-vic-toews-as-kurt-russell/feed/ 0 Conservative ministers have shown tremendous hypothetical courage in the face of hypothetical danger http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/that-didnt-happen-in-canada-but-it-could-have/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/that-didnt-happen-in-canada-but-it-could-have/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:57:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238719 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/that-didnt-happen-in-canada-but-it-could-have/feed/ 0 Whatever his apology yesterday, Larry Miller stands by his Hitler comparison. “While I retracted... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/my-favourite-food-moments-on-film/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/my-favourite-food-moments-on-film/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:39 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236841 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/my-favourite-food-moments-on-film/feed/ 0 Sometimes it's the non-foodie movies that really strike a gastronomic, and nostalgic, chord http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/beattys-list-business-priorities-and-political-realities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/beattys-list-business-priorities-and-political-realities/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:52:57 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238662 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/beattys-list-business-priorities-and-political-realities/feed/ 0 The anxious tone the Prime Minister recently injected into the debate on Canada’s economic... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/nazis-invade-from-the-dark-side-of-the-moon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/nazis-invade-from-the-dark-side-of-the-moon/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:48:07 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238577 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/nazis-invade-from-the-dark-side-of-the-moon/feed/ 0 If you do just one thing today, it should be to watch the trailer for 'Iron Sky' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/cant-they-all-just-get-along/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/cant-they-all-just-get-along/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:47:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238490 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/cant-they-all-just-get-along/feed/ 0 Ian Bushfield takes a whack at Nathan Cullen’s plan for joint nominations. In every... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-spectre-of-stephane-dion/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-spectre-of-stephane-dion/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:54:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238522 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/the-spectre-of-stephane-dion/feed/ 0 A New Democrat MP worries that the party might end up with its third... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/then-now-and-later-on-oas/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/then-now-and-later-on-oas/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238502 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/then-now-and-later-on-oas/feed/ 0 The Parliamentary Budget Officer suggests Old Age Security is sustainable in the long term... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/mulcair-on-foreign-policy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/mulcair-on-foreign-policy/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238430 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/mulcair-on-foreign-policy/feed/ 0 As part of his foreign policy platform, Thomas Mulcair focuses on combating the use... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/dewar-on-winning/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/dewar-on-winning/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:48:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238428 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/dewar-on-winning/feed/ 0 Paul Dewar sketches his plan for building the NDP. Set up a commission to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/how-to-spin/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/how-to-spin/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238426 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/how-to-spin/feed/ 0 Last week, the NDP criticized Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu after Mr. Boisvenu suggested convicted... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/touche-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/touche-3/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:06:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238432 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/touche-3/feed/ 0 Under questioning again yesterday about the purchase of F-35 fighter jets, Julian Fantino offered... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/harper-in-china-rules-of-the-game/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/harper-in-china-rules-of-the-game/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:54:27 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238435 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/harper-in-china-rules-of-the-game/feed/ 0 Paul Wells on why we should file the trade agreement between Canada and China under "might help; can't hurt" http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/on-the-same-moral-ground-as-regimes-like-syria/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/on-the-same-moral-ground-as-regimes-like-syria/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:29:05 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238423 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/on-the-same-moral-ground-as-regimes-like-syria/feed/ 0 Paul Dewar blasts Vic Toews’ directive. “I’m appalled at the moral bankruptcy of the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-queen-loves-her-diamond-jubilee-stained-glass-window/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-queen-loves-her-diamond-jubilee-stained-glass-window/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:43:24 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238236 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-queen-loves-her-diamond-jubilee-stained-glass-window/feed/ 0 After a few tweaks, the window is perfect http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-commons-the-governments-tortured-answers-on-torture/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-commons-the-governments-tortured-answers-on-torture/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:30:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238318 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-commons-the-governments-tortured-answers-on-torture/feed/ 0 Imagine a riddle wrapped in an episode of '24' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/evgeny-morozov-note-to-a-grumpy-pundit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/evgeny-morozov-note-to-a-grumpy-pundit/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:51:46 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238292 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/evgeny-morozov-note-to-a-grumpy-pundit/feed/ 0 It's a pity to let the naysayer role obscure valid insights into Internet-savvy authoritarian regimes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-and-me/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-and-me/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:04 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238331 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-and-me/feed/ 0 I love today’s 200th birthday boy, Charles Dickens. I read him a lot in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-at-200-still-the-best-weve-got-on-being-poor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-at-200-still-the-best-weve-got-on-being-poor/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:46:06 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238312 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dickens-at-200-still-the-best-weve-got-on-being-poor/feed/ 0 His way of forcing the reader to see and smell the squalor of 19th century England is still unmatched in its moral force http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/like-hitler/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/like-hitler/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:30:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238274 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/like-hitler/feed/ 0 Larry Miller makes sure the last hours of debate on the long-gun registry don’t... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/ask-a-simple-question-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/ask-a-simple-question-3/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238258 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/ask-a-simple-question-3/feed/ 0 The NDP persisted yesterday in asking straightforward questions of the government. Will the Conservatives... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-scary-ad-that-sold-out-dirty-harry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-scary-ad-that-sold-out-dirty-harry/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:05:17 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238248 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/the-scary-ad-that-sold-out-dirty-harry/feed/ 0 The latest manufactured controversy in the world of punditry is over this ad, which... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/qa-nathan-cullen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/qa-nathan-cullen/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:40:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238235 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/qa-nathan-cullen/feed/ 0 The NDP leadership candidate on joint nominations the 'nasty things' Stephen Harper has in store for Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/exceptional-circumstances/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/exceptional-circumstances/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:09:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238216 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/exceptional-circumstances/feed/ 0 As I reported in September, the Harper government quietly directed CSIS in December 2010... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/keystone-rhetoric-and-reality/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/keystone-rhetoric-and-reality/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:50 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238154 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/keystone-rhetoric-and-reality/feed/ 0 Charles Pierce traces those “environmental extremists” to Nebraska. What gets lost in all of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/canadas-commonwealth-edge-not-a-diamond-jubilee-piece/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/canadas-commonwealth-edge-not-a-diamond-jubilee-piece/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:28:48 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238190 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/canadas-commonwealth-edge-not-a-diamond-jubilee-piece/feed/ 0 New research suggests paying heed to Commonwealth ties would be a shrewd foreign-affairs strategy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dewar-on-taxes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dewar-on-taxes/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238150 On taxes: ...What I call]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/dewar-on-taxes/feed/ 0 Paul Dewar talks to the Toronto Star editorial board. On taxes: ...What I call http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/iraq-v-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/iraq-v-iran/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238148 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/iraq-v-iran/feed/ 0 In his chat with Postmedia last week, the Prime Minister was directly asked about... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/harper-in-china-we-come-bearing-goodwill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/harper-in-china-we-come-bearing-goodwill/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:13:18 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238159 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/harper-in-china-we-come-bearing-goodwill/feed/ 0 The plane carrying Stephen Harper, a handful of cabinet ministers and backbenchers, and the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/the-commons-when-photo-ops-go-wrong/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/the-commons-when-photo-ops-go-wrong/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:40:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238093 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/the-commons-when-photo-ops-go-wrong/feed/ 0 Ask not what jobs have been lost, ask how many more jobs might leave if the corporate tax rate is raised http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/people-who-think-about-televisual-entertainmentation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/people-who-think-about-televisual-entertainmentation/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:33:22 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238094 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/people-who-think-about-televisual-entertainmentation/feed/ 0 Two links to people doing some smart thinking about television programs: - Robert David... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/who-gets-to-pay-tribute-to-vaclav-havel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/who-gets-to-pay-tribute-to-vaclav-havel/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:39:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238091 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/who-gets-to-pay-tribute-to-vaclav-havel/feed/ 0 In November, Elizabeth May was twice denied the House’s consent to mark Remembrance Day.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/up-a-tree-a-princess-down-a-queen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/up-a-tree-a-princess-down-a-queen/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:02:14 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238043 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/up-a-tree-a-princess-down-a-queen/feed/ 0 Celebrating the sovereign's 60 years on the throne, and commemorating her father's death http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/alice-wongs-china-delegation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/alice-wongs-china-delegation/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:40 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237973 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/alice-wongs-china-delegation/feed/ 0 The guest list includes a fundamentalist Christian who helped bankroll past Conservative campaigns http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/making-canada-a-meaningful-contributor-in-the-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/making-canada-a-meaningful-contributor-in-the-world/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:41:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238039 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/making-canada-a-meaningful-contributor-in-the-world/feed/ 0 Given the Harper government’s eagerness to celebrate international recognition, there will no doubt be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/dont-accept-any-law-that-says-some-human-beings-are-not-human-beings/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/dont-accept-any-law-that-says-some-human-beings-are-not-human-beings/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:37:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238020 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/dont-accept-any-law-that-says-some-human-beings-are-not-human-beings/feed/ 0 In keeping with his campaign to start a national discussion, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth...