Media and Culture Tag

07 Sep 2012 Worth reading and sharing: Conservatives have to start fighting back in the culture war

By Brian Lilley, Sept 6, 2012: For the past week I’ve been talking a lot about the economy. Covering the Republican convention last week and the Democratic convention this week I’ve talked about how the economy is THE issue, the big issue. In our coverage of the Quebec election I talked about how the economy was the issue that Quebec’s leaders avoided despite that province lagging when it should be leading. For conservative minded people it is almost always about the economy. Some parts of the conservative movement want it only to be about the economy and when election time comes they want people like me to shut up about all the cultural issues. Abortion. Don’t mention it.

07 Jun 2012 Is it Time for Canada to Leave the UN?

Pressure is mounting for Canada to take an honest look at our participation in the United Nations. Conservative MP Larry Miller has made it public that he is fed up with the UN "and will urge Government to review Canada's participation in the United Nations." His comments come shortly after a commentary by Brian Lilley about the same topic (see below). To add to that, not long ago, we posted another strong article against the UN and their farcical approach to human rights. We have also posted a trailer to a new documentary about the UN to round this up. If you agree with MP Miller, please take a minute to send him a note ([email protected]) and CC your MP.

24 Feb 2012 Religion, and the CRTC’s Paternalistic Leftover

February 21, 2012 - Ray Pennings (Cardus Blog) Among the annoying foibles of our era is the tendency to forget the lessons of history. Even more annoying, however, is misusing them. Last week, the CRTC denied a request from Crossroads Television Systems (CTS) to amend its licence. Currently, Crossroads must provide at least 20 hours a week of “balanced programming” between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. CTS sought relief from that provision on economic grounds. It asked that its quota of “balance” be measured over the entire broadcast schedule rather than...