Whenever I look in the mainstream, Canadian media, they are always showing the negative side of RIM. For the record, everyone I know has a blackberry. The media must change its narrative. Some may feel the blackberry is an endangered species. Instead of bashing a Canadian company, the media should encourage RIM to diversify their [...]
Concerned volunteers are now sending letters to key politicians to help save Ontario Place. Several months ago, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the closure of Ontario Place, which is a historical landmark. Plans are now under way to replace this public space with a privately run casino. Presently, a lot of concerned citizens are mobilizing to [...]
There are always the memories of doing stupid things when one is young. We all have such memories. For example, I remember going as a youth delegate to the Federal Liberal Leadership convention in Calgary Alberta in 1990. Yes, on that ticket I supported Tom Wappel then Member of Parliament, representing the Scarborough West constituency. [...]
I look with amazement at the news of drought conditions in Britain. A vast desert spreading before me with sand piling up against the Houses of Parliament. The Thames run dry, people with buckets scraping at muddy holes to survive until the World food programme drops sacks of food from Hercules planes. Lorries piled high [...]
Back in 1997, I met then North York Mayor Mel Lastman by chance in Scarborough, Ontario. Apparently, I had walked into the Scarborough Civic Center and stumbled upon a media photo op. At that time, Lastman was facing then Toronto Mayor Barbara Hall for the new amalgamated city of Toronto, municipal elections. “Mr. Lastman,” I said, [...]
The old arts funding model in Canada must change because it only benefits those who are connected. The government should not fund the author, musician, or filmmaker. The the rules are rewritten, the government can actually save money and stimulate an industry, or the economy itself. How? In the past Oprah, or Simon, would [...]
What is it with this latest crop of politicians? What part of the fact that a growing section of society simply cannot cope financially any more, don’t they seem to get? Do they even care? In this so-called United Kingdom of ours, more and more people are now classified as living in ‘fuel poverty’. We’re [...]
A dozen Iranian Canadians meet in North Toronto. Amongst them is Kavoos Soofi, who was freed last Friday, February 10th, 2012. It took him a week to find the bail money, consisting of $50,000 promised, signed equity and $40,000 cash. Soofi stopped his hunger strike on February 4th, after he heard the authorities had cancelled [...]
We are going to rule the World Donald! You are right there Mitty, us rich people knows what is best for everyone. Quack, quack, quack. Those poor people are so stupid, they think that Democracy allows them a choice. Quack, quack, quack. I don’t like poor people Donald, no money, no cars, no houses, living [...]
Kavoos Soofi immigrated to Canada from Iran in 2004 through a student visa. It expires every 2 years. In 2006, he renewed his visa and applied for refugee status. He was rejected outright and appealed through PRRA, a form of a pre-risk assessment format. A few weeks ago, he went to get the results and [...]
