Hub Dialogue: Karim Bardeesy on building a constituency for big ideas
In this Hub Dialogue, The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer speaks to Karim Bardeesy, the candidate for the Ontario Liberal nomination in Parkdale-High Park.
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Norm Macdonald's story is a triumph, not a tragedy
We’ll never fully know the odd alchemy that made Norm Macdonald tick. But the harder you look, the more you’ll find that this strange, funny man will serve as a reminder of what a life it can be.
Canada must find its own way in a century that belongs to no one
Any hopes that China would become as lucrative a market as the United States with its own special relationship have been dashed by the hard lesson that China has no special relationships beyond those that serve China.
Drew Fagan: On infrastructure, the parties have a lot to agree on
Infrastructure is one of those $100 words that can mean almost anything. The legendary American journalist Theodore White wrote that the word was meant “to conceal political explosives.” In fact,…
Grenache Day celebrates a grape that deserves more respect
Grenache Day sounds like a fake holiday dreamed up by a public relations firm eager for an excuse to peddle a client’s wares. But it’s not really, and it was conceived by a group of respected French producers.
Opinion: It’s no coincidence we have shortages in the most regulated sectors of our economy
In the remaining days of this campaign when policy experts and politicians assert that the government needs to intervene to correct a market failure, we shouldn’t merely accept their claims. Canadians ought to push them for evidence that the real problem is a case of the market malfunctioning and not the government short-circuiting the market’s signalling device.
Philip Deck: Foreign investment in the real estate market is an opportunity, not a threat
Housing is scarce because our municipal political system does virtually nothing other than get in the way of development. It’s scarce because people resist any kind of change to their local neighborhoods.
Antonia Maioni: TVA debate shows a three-way race in Quebec
Election debates are important because they allow some focus to emerge from the wallpaper of electoral signage and campaign noise.
Rudyard Griffiths: Deficits used to matter. Now the parties don’t even tell us the price tag
The Hub started the federal election with a clarion call for more and serious debate of the competing policy visions of the country’s major parties. At today’s halfway mark in the campaign…
For a sweet, fresh and vibrant wine, keep an eye out for Donnafugata Passito Ben Rye
The Donnafugata Passito Ben Rye is typically both very sweet and fresh and vibrant. Typical fruit notes range from orange and citrus through peaches and apricot.