Mar 25 2020 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — Food. Drugs. Ventilators. Welcome to the survivalist economy, where production is stripped down to the bare bones — the things that people cannot do without or they will literally die. Governments have declared your local Loblaws an essential service, drug companies are racing to find treatments and vaccines, and auto manufacturers are retooling their plants […]
Mar 16 2020 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — Social distancing: it’s already the phrase of the year, and we’re only in March. But thanks to COVID-19, the term is breaking the internet. Schools are closed, events are cancelled, and we’re all supposed to stand at least six feet away from each other. Particular attention is focused on those most at risk, such as […]
Feb 28 2020 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — The end of oil? Only in Canada, eh. As the global demand for fossil fuels rises consistently, year over year, Canadians are told yet again, we should leave ours in the ground. This week, environmental activists celebrated the death of the Teck Frontier mine. Environmentalist David Suzuki promptly tweeted “AWESOME news! Teck has withdrawn its […]
Feb 18 2020 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — Peace, order and good government. In Canada today, all three of those elements are in short supply. Blockades have shut down the country’s entire rail system for over a week. Hundreds of workers have been laid off, and more will be in the coming days. Demonstrators barricaded the B.C. legislature and roughed up employees and […]
Dec 13 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — Adios, Andrew Scheer. In a sorry end to a sorry election, the Conservative leader has now (finally) stepped down. After weathering the indictments of his former campaign director, his communications director, the Quebec Conservative wing and the backers of the Scheermustgo.ca website, Scheer’s leadership ultimately foundered on the revelation that the Conservative Party of Canada […]
Nov 29 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — He’s digging in. Against increasing odds, Andrew Scheer is sending every signal that he intends to remain leader of the Conservative party. Last week, Scheer overhauled his office, dismissing chief of staff Marc-André Leclerc and communications director Brock Harrison. His campaign manager, Hamish Marshall, saw his contract expire, as well. This week, Scheer unveiled a […]
Oct 22 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — How do you lose a million votes and still win government? Answer: you’re the Liberal Party of Canada. In the 2015 election, the Liberals garnered just shy of seven million votes; in 2019, their total fell to 5.9 million. Yet the party still managed to garner 157 seats, holding its own in Atlantic Canada, winning […]
Oct 18 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — “Everything I tried to do in the last four years has been focused on bringing Canadians together. Yet we find ourselves in a more polarizing, more divisive election. I really hope that Canadians pull together and I hope Canadians make the choice to pull together.” Thus spoke Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau at an announcement in […]
Oct 11 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — Another debate, another chance for the main party leaders to go mano a mano before voters go to the polls, including the advance polls that open this weekend. It was also the leaders’ last chance in the federal election to be on the same stage and directly distinguish themselves from their rivals. But it wasn’t […]
Oct 4 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — The TVA French leaders’ debate has come and gone, and for once, pundits actually seem to agree on a few things. The first is that newbie Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet won the debate, giving a solid performance that will breathe even more life into his already-resurgent party. The second is that NDP Leader Jagmeet […]
Sep 27 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — What kind of green matters more to you: the planet or your wallet? According to the latest Ipsos poll, Canadians will take the cash, thanks. The poll found that a full 46 per cent of us aren’t willing to spend a single cent to save the planet. Of those who would chip in, only 12 […]
Sep 19 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — What were you doing when you were 29? Working? Buying a condo? Getting married? Dressing up in blackface and brownface at parties? Yeah, I didn’t think so. As Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau tries to extricate himself from an increasingly inextricable situation, one question looms large: how could a grown man, an educated man who sought […]
Sep 13 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — And they’re off! The 2019 federal election officially started Wednesday, as the prime minister traipsed out to Rideau Hall and requested the dissolution of Parliament from the Governor-General. Afterwards, Justin Trudeau took to the podium to address the assembled journalists and the nation in a short but pointed speech outlining the Liberal party’s priorities for […]
Jun 26 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — There’s a lot of hot air blowing around Ottawa, and not just because summer has finally arrived. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been busy talking up climate change, even as he jetted to the Raptors’ parade last week in Toronto and skipped the House of Commons vote on declaring a “climate emergency.”
Jun 17 2019 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Global News — Is Quebec the most intolerant province in Canada? The majority CAQ government has passed two controversial bills that prohibit the wearing of religious symbols by state employees in a position of authority, toss out 16,000 immigration applications, and impose a values test on newcomers.