by Rob Cottingham | Nov 17, 2005 | Politics
Ah, nostalgia: it seems like such a short time ago that anyone who believed in fighting climate change — and meeting our commitments under the Kyoto Protocol — was an anti-business extremist who lived in some kind of socialist dream world. Time to add a... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 30, 2005 | Communicating, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix, Politics
When The Karasik Conspiracy hits bookshelves this September, the plot may sound just a wee bit familiar: a group of shadowy terrorists conspires to murder thousands of Americans by poisoning the medicine they’re importing from Canada to beat U.S. drug prices. It... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 17, 2005 | Everything Else
NDP candidate Paul Summerville keeps surprising me. The first surprise was that he’s a social democrat at all. It’s not something you expect from an economist whose resume includes names like RBC Dominion, TD Bank Financial Group, Jardine Fleming and... by Rob Cottingham | Jul 19, 2005 | Politics, Technology
Here’s a cool idea: a site called How’d They Vote, dedicated to telling you how your MP has voted, how often she or he speaks in the House… and, most fascinating of all, how nasty they are in debate. HTV has waded 3 per cent of the way through... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 25, 2005 | Politics, Technology
Against my better judgement, in a moment of weakness, I voted at the so-called National Marriage Referendum site (run by “Defend Marriage Canada”, which under truth-in-packaging laws will soon be renamed “Restrict Marriage Canada”). They...