http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 16 May 2012 20:21:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/moonrise-on-the-riviera-with-bill-murray-bruce-willis-and-two-french-kissing-kids/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/moonrise-on-the-riviera-with-bill-murray-bruce-willis-and-two-french-kissing-kids/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:11:23 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258890 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/moonrise-on-the-riviera-with-bill-murray-bruce-willis-and-two-french-kissing-kids/feed/ 0 A gem by Wes Anderson opens Cannes on a sparkling note http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/virgin-atlantic-to-allow-passengers-to-use-cell-phones-in-flight/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/virgin-atlantic-to-allow-passengers-to-use-cell-phones-in-flight/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:58:17 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259077 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/virgin-atlantic-to-allow-passengers-to-use-cell-phones-in-flight/feed/ 0 The last bastion of freedom from the intrusive, ubiquitous, unrelenting tyranny of cell phone clamour is about to disappear http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-dutch-disease-debate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-dutch-disease-debate/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:35:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259042 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-dutch-disease-debate/feed/ 0 Two weeks after he made a diagnosis of Dutch disease, Thomas Mulcair is dismissing ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/media-speculation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/media-speculation/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:09:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=259022 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/media-speculation/feed/ 0 Appearing before the finance committee yesterday, the Finance Minister attempted to clarify what he’d... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/g20-police-violated-rights-used-violence-report/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/g20-police-violated-rights-used-violence-report/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:16:15 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258895 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/g20-police-violated-rights-used-violence-report/feed/ 0 Police working Toronto’s G20 summit committed systemic civil rights violations, resorted to violence and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/augusten-borroughs-anti-self-help-book/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/augusten-borroughs-anti-self-help-book/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257772 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/augusten-borroughs-anti-self-help-book/feed/ 0 The American memoirist says affirmations are absurd and truthfulness is medicinal http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/review-driving-mr-yogi-berra-ron-guidry-and-baseballs-greatest-gift/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/review-driving-mr-yogi-berra-ron-guidry-and-baseballs-greatest-gift/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:51:11 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258087 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/review-driving-mr-yogi-berra-ron-guidry-and-baseballs-greatest-gift/feed/ 0 Book by Harvey Araton http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-booming-business-of-beauty-boxes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-booming-business-of-beauty-boxes/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:45:01 +0000 Tamsin McMahon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257774 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-booming-business-of-beauty-boxes/feed/ 0 Online companies are turning free cosmetics samples into big profits http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/did-ikea-hire-political-prisoners-in-communist-countries-to-make-furniture/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/did-ikea-hire-political-prisoners-in-communist-countries-to-make-furniture/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257787 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/did-ikea-hire-political-prisoners-in-communist-countries-to-make-furniture/feed/ 0 The prison labour allegations have prompted an investigation into Cold War era practices http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/estonia-already-offers-free-wifi-next-up-free-public-transit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/estonia-already-offers-free-wifi-next-up-free-public-transit/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:29:01 +0000 Jen Cutts http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257861 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/estonia-already-offers-free-wifi-next-up-free-public-transit/feed/ 0 The mayor of Tallinn hopes to make the city 'the flagship of the green movement in Europe' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/romanias-science-minister-copies-other-peoples-science-resigns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/romanias-science-minister-copies-other-peoples-science-resigns/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:18:30 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258853 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/romanias-science-minister-copies-other-peoples-science-resigns/feed/ 0 Ioan Mang, the education and research minister in Romania’s new government, resigned Tuesday after... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/edwin-boyd-canadas-notorious-bank-robber-makes-the-big-screen-at-last/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/edwin-boyd-canadas-notorious-bank-robber-makes-the-big-screen-at-last/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:57:01 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257789 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/edwin-boyd-canadas-notorious-bank-robber-makes-the-big-screen-at-last/feed/ 0 The real life anti-hero of 'Citizen Gangster' was no Clyde Barrow—just a failed actor http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-late-show/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-late-show/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:48:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258867 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-late-show/feed/ 0 Starting around 9:30pm last night, the House of Commons spent four hours considering the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/wagners-epic-ring-has-defeated-many-directors-including-robert-lepage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/wagners-epic-ring-has-defeated-many-directors-including-robert-lepage/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:37:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257829 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/wagners-epic-ring-has-defeated-many-directors-including-robert-lepage/feed/ 0 Critics have been harsh over the Quebec director's crack at the fantasy opera. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinas-awkward-position-on-both-sides-of-the-sudanese-civil-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinas-awkward-position-on-both-sides-of-the-sudanese-civil-war/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257837 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinas-awkward-position-on-both-sides-of-the-sudanese-civil-war/feed/ 0 China sells arms to Khartoum, but needs oil from its southern neighbour http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/facebook-doubles-down-on-ipo-yahoo-gets-compared-to-a-leaky-sewage-pipe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/facebook-doubles-down-on-ipo-yahoo-gets-compared-to-a-leaky-sewage-pipe/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:25 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258845 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/facebook-doubles-down-on-ipo-yahoo-gets-compared-to-a-leaky-sewage-pipe/feed/ 0 Facebook is moving to increase the size of its initial public offering by 25... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/canadian-vintners-association-wine-mps/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/canadian-vintners-association-wine-mps/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:13:57 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258608 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/canadian-vintners-association-wine-mps/feed/ 0 The Canadian Vintners Association held a reception in Ottawa at the Government Conference Centre.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/alberta-may-join-ontario-in-fight-against-doctors-fees/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/alberta-may-join-ontario-in-fight-against-doctors-fees/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:52:09 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258839 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/alberta-may-join-ontario-in-fight-against-doctors-fees/feed/ 0 Ontario may soon have allies in its fight to claw back fees for some... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/still-believe-in-a-negotiated-peace-in-afghanistan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/still-believe-in-a-negotiated-peace-in-afghanistan/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:41:37 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258856 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/still-believe-in-a-negotiated-peace-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Arsala Rahmani, tasked with reconciling with the Taliban, is shot dead in Kabul.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-conservatives-on-cap-and-trade-yes-no-and-maybe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-conservatives-on-cap-and-trade-yes-no-and-maybe/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258830 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/the-conservatives-on-cap-and-trade-yes-no-and-maybe/feed/ 0 Before throwing the Foreign Affairs Minister under the bus yesterday afternoon, Peter Kent actually... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/we-want-to-make-sure-the-legislation-gets-through-first/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/we-want-to-make-sure-the-legislation-gets-through-first/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 12:30:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258826 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/we-want-to-make-sure-the-legislation-gets-through-first/feed/ 0 In an interview with the CBC yesterday, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley was pressed... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/trial-begins-for-the-butcher-of-srebenica/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/trial-begins-for-the-butcher-of-srebenica/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:56:10 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258841 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/trial-begins-for-the-butcher-of-srebenica/feed/ 0 The trial of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian-Serb general who helped plan and oversee... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinese-telecoms-canadian-ties-raise-security-fears/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinese-telecoms-canadian-ties-raise-security-fears/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:53:06 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258836 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/chinese-telecoms-canadian-ties-raise-security-fears/feed/ 0 A former top U.S. intelligence official is sounding the alarm about a Chinese tech... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/tom-mulcair-and-the-tar-messengers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/tom-mulcair-and-the-tar-messengers/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 04:36:24 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258822 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/16/tom-mulcair-and-the-tar-messengers/feed/ 0 Mulcair seems to believe Harper has the premiers of the western provinces waiting by the Harperphone http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:16:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258789 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-commons-more-than-400-pages-and-still-short-on-details/feed/ 0 Funny how the opposition can't seem to find much in this budget bill http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/where-do-you-stand-on-quebec-student-strikes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/where-do-you-stand-on-quebec-student-strikes/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:27:09 +0000 David Newland http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/where-do-you-stand-on-quebec-student-strikes/feed/ 0 ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/gm-drops-facebook-ads-days-before-ipo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/gm-drops-facebook-ads-days-before-ipo/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:59:24 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258792 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/gm-drops-facebook-ads-days-before-ipo/feed/ 0 General Motors announced plans to stop advertising on Facebook Tuesday, just days before shares... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/throwing-john-baird-under-the-bus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/throwing-john-baird-under-the-bus/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258787 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/throwing-john-baird-under-the-bus/feed/ 0 Pressed this afternoon to explain John Baird’s linking of the National Roundtable’s demise to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:26 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258495 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/judge-was-right-to-keep-raffertys-laptop-out-of-the-trial/feed/ 0 His Google searches and downloads--however sick--were not the point http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/did-texas-execute-another-innocent-man/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/did-texas-execute-another-innocent-man/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:10:01 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258647 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/did-texas-execute-another-innocent-man/feed/ 0 A new investigative report by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review is providing the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:43:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257855 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/stockholms-twenty-somethings-cut-loose-at-mid-day-discos/feed/ 0 Lunchtime dance parties break up the monotony of the workday and are spreading across Europe and beyond http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/review-the-art-of-the-sale-learning-from-the-masters-about-the-business-of-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/review-the-art-of-the-sale-learning-from-the-masters-about-the-business-of-life/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:42:13 +0000 Ken MacQueen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258088 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/review-the-art-of-the-sale-learning-from-the-masters-about-the-business-of-life/feed/ 0 Book by Philip Delves Broughton http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/hunger-games-in-cannes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/hunger-games-in-cannes/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:16:46 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258692 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/hunger-games-in-cannes/feed/ 0 Twilight kids Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart come of age, and get naked, in Cannes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/leonard-cohen-honoured-as-ninth-laureate-of-the-glenn-gould-prize/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/leonard-cohen-honoured-as-ninth-laureate-of-the-glenn-gould-prize/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:30:23 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/leonard-cohen-honoured-as-ninth-laureate-of-the-glenn-gould-prize/feed/ 0 John Prine, Cowboy Junkies, Michael Ondaatje, Adrienne Clarkson, and Alan Rickman paid tribute to the bard http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:25:01 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/post-nuclear-etiquette-of-cool/feed/ 0 The country's government encourages 'office casual' but workers are reluctant to dress down, despite soaring temperatures http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:04:19 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258699 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-acquitted-of-all-charges/feed/ 0 Guilty of curiosity http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/eu-dodges-recession-greece-lurches-toward-new-vote/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/eu-dodges-recession-greece-lurches-toward-new-vote/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:36:00 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258636 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/eu-dodges-recession-greece-lurches-toward-new-vote/feed/ 0 The EU and the Eurozone narrowly dodged a second recession in three years, with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-accused-g20-plotter-not-guilty-on-all-charges/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-accused-g20-plotter-not-guilty-on-all-charges/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:10:19 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258661 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/byron-sonne-accused-g20-plotter-not-guilty-on-all-charges/feed/ 0 Byron Sonne, an accused G20 saboteur and professed civil libertarian, was found not guilty... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/life-with-help-how-did-we-get-so-useless/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/life-with-help-how-did-we-get-so-useless/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:20:01 +0000 Cathy Gulli http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257821 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/life-with-help-how-did-we-get-so-useless/feed/ 0 We’ve outsourced our lives. Now we can’t do a thing for ourselves. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/jim-flahertys-philosophy-of-employment/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/jim-flahertys-philosophy-of-employment/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258669 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/jim-flahertys-philosophy-of-employment/feed/ 0 While deferring to Human Resources Minister Diane Finley for further details of what the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/top-murdoch-lieutenant-charged-in-phone-hacking-probe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/top-murdoch-lieutenant-charged-in-phone-hacking-probe/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:41:36 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/top-murdoch-lieutenant-charged-in-phone-hacking-probe/feed/ 0 Rupert Murdoch’s former top-lieutenant in the UK was charged Tuesday with conspiring to pervert... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-slow-quiet-death-of-vic-toews-internet-surveillance-plan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-slow-quiet-death-of-vic-toews-internet-surveillance-plan/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:36:06 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258625 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-slow-quiet-death-of-vic-toews-internet-surveillance-plan/feed/ 0 The Conservative party has quietly shelved Bill C-30, the Internet surveillance act Toews once... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/a-special-cake-for-the-queen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/a-special-cake-for-the-queen/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:03 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/a-special-cake-for-the-queen/feed/ 0 The Monarchist League of Canada held a special reception on the Hill to mark... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/c-38-the-ndps-response/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/c-38-the-ndps-response/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:41:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258660 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/c-38-the-ndps-response/feed/ 0 The official opposition has launched a three-part response to the budget bill, including public... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-carbon-tax-historys-greatest-monster/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-carbon-tax-historys-greatest-monster/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:14:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258652 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/15/the-carbon-tax-historys-greatest-monster/feed/ 0 Without amendment or correction, John Baird’s warning that a carbon tax would kill your...