george soros

The former Liberal leader says the university he runs in Hungary—backed by George Soros—is being ‘targeted’ by the government

Despite spending billions on promoting democracy and Western-style liberalism around the world, Soros seems to have relatively little to show for his efforts, writes reviewer Chris Sorensen

Paul Dewar calls on the Harper government to support a financial transaction tax at the G20.

Frances Bean Cobain comes of age, Ai Weiwei opens up, and Vladimir Putin’s latest macho stunt backfires

A coalition of rabbis chastises the network for “unacceptable” references to Nazis and the Holocaust

Will the apathy and rage seen this week now spill over into national elections?

Elizabeth Taylor tweets, Clay Aiken slams Adam Lambert, and a Shatnerquake

OMG OMG! You’ll never believe this — like, moments after typing up the final entry in my liveblog of the Avaaz.ca campaign launch, who should appear in front of me but a friendly neighbourbood John Baird campaign staffer, bearing a stack of freshly printed press releases bearing the fabulously evocative headline: “SHADOWY FOREIGN ORGANIZATION ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE CANADIAN ELECTION” – which would be awesome enough all on its own, but the subhead made it even better: Apparently – their words, not mine – a “Wall Street Billionaire” is “bankrolling [the] campaign”.