My essay on the McGuinty era
The former premier projected an image of a man who might lack vision and lead a boring, but competent, government. I argue in tomorrow’s Observer that Dalton McGuinty turned out to be the precise...
View Article19 things I will do to your copy
We editors often grumble when outside writers submit work full of fiddly changes for us to make. We don’t mind making a sentence smoother, or writing a great headline. But removing double spaces for...
View ArticleMark Tewksbury on Olympic boycotts – in 2007
Back in 2007, I wrote this: It’s not like the Beijing Games are a one-time screw-up. The IOC has chosen to hold the 2014 Winter Games in Russia, near Georgia and Chechnya. Presumably, this is to...
View ArticleSubmission guidelines for opeds
At some point, I’ll make this a permanent feature on our website somewhere. But for now, since people do ask for them from time to time, here are our submission guidelines: * If you’d like to submit an...
View ArticleWas Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy really “banned” in Canada?
I’m a science fiction geek and a free-speech advocate with an interest in Canadian law and policy, so the tweet from Tor,com could have been designed to get my attention: Douglas Adams’ HITCHHIKERS...
View ArticleAndrew Potter on Nelson Mandela and notions of citizenship
The Citizen’s editor, Andrew Potter, wrote this column about the meaning of Nelson Mandela’s citizenship for us in 2001, when he was a professor. * The post-modern Canadian June 15, 2001 Andrew Potter...
View Article‘Let Canada take the lead and let the chips fall where they may’
I came across this Citizen editorial from 1986 in our archives. It’s an interesting snapshot of how Canadians saw the politics of South Africa sanctions, and the role of the Commonwealth, in the years...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court makes the right ruling on prostitution
I’m so pleased that the Supreme Court has recognized the harms done by Canada’s laws, laws that make it incredibly difficult for women to protect themselves. Here’s our editorial from March 2012, after...
View ArticleThe Harper Conservatives and Elections Canada
This essay of mine was first published in October, 2013 in the Citizen’s weekly Observer section. Since we’re about to get election-act reform in Canada, it seems now is a good time to repost it....
View ArticleThe creation of an editorial cartoon
One of our regular cartoonists, Patrick LaMontagne, created this video of the creation of the editorial cartoon that appears in the Citizen today.
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