While Donald Trump is slagging the media and creating his alternate fact universe, journalists around the globe are risking life and limb in multiple hot spots to get the story out. By SHEILA COPPS First…
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Nation-to-nation status sounds good in principle
What actually happens in practice is another matter. By SHEILA COPPS First published in The Hill Times on May 7, 2018. OTTAWA—Nation-to-nation status sounds good in principle. What actually happens in practice is another matter.…
Misogyny lives, and the internet is giving it too much oxygen
The only way to stop poison spewing from hate sites is to shut them down and deny the cover of anonymity to potential perpetrators. That would be a noble outcome of the horrific Toronto tragedy.…
Politics can be a four-letter word, last week’s was ugly
Political disputes between Alberta and British Columbia and the opening salvos of the Ontario election left most spectators wondering how low politics could go. By SHEILA COPPS First published on Monday, April 23, 2018 in…
Convention designed to rev Grits up for 2019, election win or bust
Reading post-convention tea leaves will be the job of bureaucrats, lobbyists, opposition parties and policy makers. The aftermath of the weekend will focus on which parts of the policy platform will make the election cut.…
Toronto Pride should be ashamed
Today’s Toronto Pride ban is damaging an inclusive celebration of diversity. Pride is repeating the very history that it claims to abhor. By SHEILA COPPS First published on Monday, April 9, 2018 in The Hill…
Data mining key to winning elections
What most voters do not realize, is that the real targeting work is done long before anyone ever knocks on your door. Data mining permits political campaigns to dig deeply and understand exactly what each…
Facebook’s global data breach unsurprising, but calls for Zuckerberg’s head puzzling
Buyer beware, Facebook postings will be mined by less than honest marketers. And that includes politicians. By SHEILA COPPS Published first on Monday, March 26, 2018 in The Hill Times. OTTAWA—Facebook’s global data breach is…
Ford could be next Ontario premier, he just has to keep his mouth closed for three months
Ontarians want change but may fear the kind of change that Doug Ford would bring. Fear and loathing will be undeniable factors in the next election. But a campaign based on policy would favour the…
Recognition of Viola Desmond a positive step, but we need more than symbols to reach full equality
So why does everyone know so much about Rosa Parks and so little about Viola Desmond?Could it be that the racism which was pervasive in Canada during Desmond’s life, was swept under the rug or…
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