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On Budget Eve All Signs Point to Spring Election
Ottawa, Ontario
This article revolves around the passing of the federal budget and the call for an election, which may occur, if not it was not passed. Stanfield and his Conservative Party declared that they would vote against tax cuts for…
This article revolves around the passing of the federal budget and the call for an election, which may occur, if not it was not passed. Stanfield and his Conservative Party declared that they would vote against tax cuts for…
Tags: Conserative, Election, Federal budget, NDP, Politics, Robert Stanfield
Liberals Dream of an East-West Alliance
Ottawa, Ontario
A unique but potentially fruitful political tactic the Libreral Party was considering is discussed by Desbarats. The Liberal government was considering abandoning the Toronto and southern Ontario area in favour of focusing on…
A unique but potentially fruitful political tactic the Libreral Party was considering is discussed by Desbarats. The Liberal government was considering abandoning the Toronto and southern Ontario area in favour of focusing on…
Liberals Ready to Try Anything to Regain Power in the West
Vancouver, Bristish Columbia
The Liberal regional party conference in Vancouver was seen to potentially serve as a staring point for improved relations between the Liberal party and western Canada. Desbarats saw this as a risky move because it…
The Liberal regional party conference in Vancouver was seen to potentially serve as a staring point for improved relations between the Liberal party and western Canada. Desbarats saw this as a risky move because it…
Tags: Liberal, Pierre Trudeau, Political parties, Politics
Trudeau Takes a Crash Course in Politics
Vancouver, Bristish Columbia
As Desbarats explains, Trudeau’s rise to political power was extremely quick, therefore he did not have much political experience or a deep understanding of the way the Liberal party operated. Trudeau had since been…
As Desbarats explains, Trudeau’s rise to political power was extremely quick, therefore he did not have much political experience or a deep understanding of the way the Liberal party operated. Trudeau had since been…
Tags: Leadership, Liberal, Pierre Trudeau, Politics
Social Credit Scents Power in Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Many of the Quebecers that Desbarats spoke with during the lead-up to the Quebec provincial election, seemed to feel that the Social Credit Party would win the election. The organization of the party's campaign seemed to be…
Many of the Quebecers that Desbarats spoke with during the lead-up to the Quebec provincial election, seemed to feel that the Social Credit Party would win the election. The organization of the party's campaign seemed to be…
Why are we in Viet Nam? Well,… er…
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada had joined the International Commission of Control and Supervision in Vietnam. Desbarats attributed Canada’s decision to join to both a genuine belief that the country could help mediate a truce as well as Canada's belief…
Canada had joined the International Commission of Control and Supervision in Vietnam. Desbarats attributed Canada’s decision to join to both a genuine belief that the country could help mediate a truce as well as Canada's belief…
The Last Angry Man: In the Beginning They Were Five, Including Progessor Trudeau. Now There is One, Rene Levesque, Preparing for that One Final Battle
Toronto, Ontario
The magazine article profiles politician Rene Levesque and his political legacy. He was seen by a younger, less radical, more conservative, generation as part of an “ancient regime” but he still had some political tenacity left at…
The magazine article profiles politician Rene Levesque and his political legacy. He was seen by a younger, less radical, more conservative, generation as part of an “ancient regime” but he still had some political tenacity left at…
Tags: Commentary, Pierre Trudeau, Politics, Rene Levesque
Gastronomic Roulette: Just Once You'd Like to Say, "Wow!" to a Resturant Meal in London
London, Ontario
Desbarats describes the quality of London’s restaurants as being somewhere between “the wasteland of Hamilton and the Valhalla of Toronto.” He admits there were a few, mainly ethnic, restaurants that he enjoyed: Anthony’s on…
Desbarats describes the quality of London’s restaurants as being somewhere between “the wasteland of Hamilton and the Valhalla of Toronto.” He admits there were a few, mainly ethnic, restaurants that he enjoyed: Anthony’s on…
Tags: Food, Life Style, London, Restaurants
Our Own Third World Give us a Jolt
Desbarats recounts a journalism conference at Western’s Graduate School of Journalism, during which the issue of how well Canadian aboriginal news stories were covered was raised by Dan David, the first Canadian Indian journalist to work…
Seeking Refuge In The Past: The Romanticism of Victorian Poets Offers Solace in a Troubled World
London, Ontario
In this article, Desbarats argues that humans are inherently romantic and that we have, to our detriment, ignored the value of Victorian poetry in a world consumed by computers and fear of nuclear fallout.
In this article, Desbarats argues that humans are inherently romantic and that we have, to our detriment, ignored the value of Victorian poetry in a world consumed by computers and fear of nuclear fallout.
Tags: Electronics, Life Style, Romanticism, Victorian poetry
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