Category / Commentary

What does polling tell us about how concerned Canadian are about transparency issues? And should the public have a right to know why senior public officials get fired?

Squeezed by the throat, our public broadcaster is beginning to resemble a state-controlled network.

Journalists at major Canadian newspapers are increasingly interested in disability-related stories—and are more conscious of how they’re telling them.

Concerns about the lack of documentation of federal officials’ decision-making began long before Suzanne Legault’s recent report.

If a newspaper chain falls in the media forest, will anyone hear it?

What might have been a short article about the casualties of gentrification becomes a feature on class, family, isolation and belonging.

Does an election advertising law in Manitoba go too far? And why is the Harper administration hiding the cost of the country’s combat missions?

MLA and climate change scientist Andrew Weaver’s libel victory highlights the important role and challenges for subject-area specialists within journalism.

Two recent books on the Harper administration come up with somewhat different answers to that question.