The Q&A

July 5, 2010

World's headed for another Great Reset, says urban guru

Richard Florida says society is in 'the midst of a tectonic shift to a fundamentally new economic order, the shift from an industrial to an idea-driven economy.' It's headed for another Great Reset.

Reset this: Author of the bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida, pictured in Ottawa, recently released his new book, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.

June 21, 2010

'It's urgent we deconstruct what the jihadist is saying'

By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH

Bestselling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks about her new book, Nomad, Muslim extremists, female 'honour' killings, female genital mutilation, forced marriages, and why the West should reject jihadists.

Author, author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali. ‘I wrote this book to answer questions that were written to me by the readers of Infidel. There were a lot of questions.’

June 14, 2010

'We're in a period where a new media is being born,' says Global's Newman

By KATE MALLOY

Global National anchor Kevin Newman will leave his job in August. But he has a lot to say about national network news, the profoundly evolving media industry, political coverage, and federal politics.

A reporter’s life: Kevin Newman, ‘I’ve always felt like a conduit for the viewers of the broadcast and the questions that I ask I felt accountable to them for, not for political aides.’

May 24, 2010

Canada can own 21st century, America's blowing its advantages

By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH

But the federal government must continues its path of free trade, tax reforms and fiscal prudence, argues author Brian Lee Crowley.

The Canadian century: Brian Lee Crowley, pictured left, says the U.S. has squandered its advantages and is now blowing its opportunities. ‘They’re talking about trillion dollar deficits.’

May 17, 2010

Author connects dots in Harper government's overtures to religious right in public policy, courting theo-cons

By HARRIS MACLEOD

Marci McDonald's new book suggests Stephen Harper is using religion as a wedge issue and fears it could lead to polarization.

Of courting theo-cons: Marci McDonald told The Hill Times that going back to Stephen Harper’s speech to Civitas ‘in which he’s talking about courting theo-cons, there seems to be an organizing principle that makes it all fall into one coherent field of strategy, and I think we need to know that.’

May 17, 2010

Canada, U.S. not paying much attention to each other these days, 'kind of bizarre'

By JEFF DAVIS

Donner prize-winning author Brian Bow says Canada-U.S. relations ain't what they used to be.

Author, author: Brian Bow won the $35,000 Donner Prize for the year’s best book on public policy.

May 17, 2010

Flanagan pushes for restoration of aboriginal property rights, emancipation from Indian Act

By KATE MALLOY

Tom Flanagan says he's learned a lot since writing First Nations? Second Thoughts. Today, he's calling for the restoration of aboriginal property rights.