Ishmael N. Daro
Why Canadians Hate Toronto
Virtually every part of the country has reason to resent Toronto, for sins both real and imagined.
All the Data Tech Companies Collect Still Can't Rival the Old-School Census
Statisticians need better quality data than your Facebook 'likes.'
Teens Obediently Ask Snowden Boring Questions About Resisting Surveillance
Edward Snowden's spirit animal is a cat, not that anyone was allowed to ask.
Burger King's Move North Isn't So Great for Canada
The King’s sudden interest in taking up Canadian citizenship has a lot to do with avoiding taxes through a process of “tax inversion,” and moving the fast-food giant north to Canada doesn’t mean more money for the country.
Canadian Sex Workers Are Speaking Out Against The Conservatives’ Prostitution Law
6 months after the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the country’s prostitution laws as unconstitutional for failing to protect sex workers, the Conservative government is set to pass new legislation that seems poised to make the problem worse.
The End of Toronto’s The Grid Is Another Blow to the Troubled Canadian Media Landscape
What has already been a terrible year for the Canadian journalism industry got worse earlier this week when free Toronto weekly The Grid announced it was ending its three-year run, both in print and online.
Canada’s Response to the Sentencing of Canadian-Egyptian Journalist Mohamed Fahmy Borders on Indifference
Egypt handed down stiff sentences this week against Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and two Al Jazeera colleagues who have been detained in the country since December on vague terrorism charges. Despite calls for help from the Fahmy family...
Trudeau’s Liberals Should Follow Their Own Advice and Give Poor People Money
When the Liberal party held its policy convention in Montreal last month, most of the attention was given to Justin Trudeau’s empty speeches and the rapturous applause they received. But the party also passed a resolution for a proposal that could...
A Canadian Journalist Is in an Egyptian Jail and Nobody Seems to Care
If there’s anything that usually galvanizes journalists, it’s the mistreatment of one of their own. But more than a month after an Al Jazeera journalist was arrested in Egypt for “broadcasting false news,” most Canadians are probably still unaware of...