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Spies from Canada's Security Intelligence Service could be watching you. But who's watching them?
09 Nov, 2010 | 0:28:35 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Everybody loves a spy. "FBI", "CIA", and "NSA" are commonplace acronyms in films, TV shows, books, and video games, but somehow the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (or CSIS) has stayed out of the public eye. Where's our James Bond in a toque, using ski poles to dispatch terrorists bent on blowing up the Peace Tower? An organization accustomed to flying...
09 Nov, 2010 | 0:28:35 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Everybody loves a spy. "FBI", "CIA", and "NSA" are commonplace acronyms in films, TV shows, books, and video games, but somehow the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (or CSIS) has stayed out of the public eye. Where's our James Bond in a toque, using ski poles to dispatch terrorists bent on blowing up the Peace Tower? An organization accustomed to flying...
In light of Canada's failed bid for the UN Security Council, is it time to rethink foreign policy?
26 Oct, 2010 | 0:28:45 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
This October, for the first time since 1946, Canada lost a bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council. Portugal pulled off a surprise victory, shocking those who thought the seat was a done deal for Canada. In the wake of the decision, pundits and politicians have been hurling accusations: the Tories blamed Ignatieff's public criticism of...
26 Oct, 2010 | 0:28:45 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
This October, for the first time since 1946, Canada lost a bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council. Portugal pulled off a surprise victory, shocking those who thought the seat was a done deal for Canada. In the wake of the decision, pundits and politicians have been hurling accusations: the Tories blamed Ignatieff's public criticism of...
Four experts comment on how to make Canadians more content.
13 Oct, 2010 | 0:27:30 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
How happy are you? Happier than yesterday? Happier than ten years ago? If not, you might live in Ottawa. Our nation's capital is, according to one recent study, also the capital of Canadian depression. Do the doldrums stem from the drudgery of civil service, the accumulated disappointment of their hockey team's recent playoff performances, or from something more fundamental? What...
13 Oct, 2010 | 0:27:30 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
How happy are you? Happier than yesterday? Happier than ten years ago? If not, you might live in Ottawa. Our nation's capital is, according to one recent study, also the capital of Canadian depression. Do the doldrums stem from the drudgery of civil service, the accumulated disappointment of their hockey team's recent playoff performances, or from something more fundamental? What...
By incorporating technology into our biology, do we lose a piece of our humanity?
28 Sep, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
The first axiom of the Transhumanist Declaration is that: “Humanity stands to be profoundly affected by science and technology in the future. We envision the possibility of broadening human potential by overcoming aging, cognitive shortcomings, involuntary suffering, and our confinement to planet Earth.” The declaration is a missive that attempts to lay the social, political, and philosophical groundwork for the...
28 Sep, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
The first axiom of the Transhumanist Declaration is that: “Humanity stands to be profoundly affected by science and technology in the future. We envision the possibility of broadening human potential by overcoming aging, cognitive shortcomings, involuntary suffering, and our confinement to planet Earth.” The declaration is a missive that attempts to lay the social, political, and philosophical groundwork for the...
Big ideas and analysis on the news from an intelligent Canadian perspective
13 Sep, 2010 | 0:29:15 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Alberta's oil sands are the biggest industrial undertaking Canada has ever seen. Actually, they're the biggest industrial undertaking Earth has ever seen. At the rate they're being developed, they'll be producing around three million barrels of oil a day by 2018. As derricks pump oil from the ground, they're also pumping money into the economy. But after the recent Gulf...
13 Sep, 2010 | 0:29:15 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Alberta's oil sands are the biggest industrial undertaking Canada has ever seen. Actually, they're the biggest industrial undertaking Earth has ever seen. At the rate they're being developed, they'll be producing around three million barrels of oil a day by 2018. As derricks pump oil from the ground, they're also pumping money into the economy. But after the recent Gulf...
Big ideas and analysis on the news from an intelligent Canadian perspective
07 Sep, 2010 | 0:30:10 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
A race to the top of the earth is on, to claim ownership of the hotly-contested, potentially valuable Arctic territory. As climate change melts the polar ice, trade routes are opening up and untapped oil, gas and mineral reserves are becoming accessible - and every country nearby wants in on the action. In 2007, Russia planted a titanium flag four...
07 Sep, 2010 | 0:30:10 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
A race to the top of the earth is on, to claim ownership of the hotly-contested, potentially valuable Arctic territory. As climate change melts the polar ice, trade routes are opening up and untapped oil, gas and mineral reserves are becoming accessible - and every country nearby wants in on the action. In 2007, Russia planted a titanium flag four...
Big ideas and analysis on the news from an intelligent Canadian perspective
31 Aug, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
As frosh weeks kick off across the country, university enrolment is increasing and class sizes are getting larger, while cuts to federal and provincial education funding have made it harder for schools to scale their quality with their growing size. A recent study by the Canadian Council for Learning warned that Canada is falling behind other industrialized nations, and that...
31 Aug, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
As frosh weeks kick off across the country, university enrolment is increasing and class sizes are getting larger, while cuts to federal and provincial education funding have made it harder for schools to scale their quality with their growing size. A recent study by the Canadian Council for Learning warned that Canada is falling behind other industrialized nations, and that...
Big ideas and analysis on the news from intelligent, interesting and influential Canadian experts.
04 Aug, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Canada is known for doing a few things really well: hockey, pancake toppings, and statistics. StatsCan is widely regarded as one of the world's leading statistical agencies, and its central duty is to take the census every five years. Since the first official census in 1666, Canada has gone from a colony of 3,200 to a nation of 34 million....
04 Aug, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Canada is known for doing a few things really well: hockey, pancake toppings, and statistics. StatsCan is widely regarded as one of the world's leading statistical agencies, and its central duty is to take the census every five years. Since the first official census in 1666, Canada has gone from a colony of 3,200 to a nation of 34 million....
Big ideas and analysis on the news from a Canadian perspective.
27 Jul, 2010 | 0:29:30 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
As Canadians, we're famous for our sense of humour. Some of America's biggest stars happen to come from north of the border: Mike Myers, Jim Carey, Lorne Michaels, Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Russell Peters, just to name a few. So why are Canadians so funny? Is there a unique brand of Canadian comedy?
27 Jul, 2010 | 0:29:30 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
As Canadians, we're famous for our sense of humour. Some of America's biggest stars happen to come from north of the border: Mike Myers, Jim Carey, Lorne Michaels, Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Russell Peters, just to name a few. So why are Canadians so funny? Is there a unique brand of Canadian comedy?
Big ideas and commentary on the news from interesting, influential, and intelligent Canadians.
20 Jul, 2010 | 0:27:52 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
In 2008, only 58.8 per cent of eligible Canadians voted in the federal election- the lowest number in Canadian history. Voter turnout has been steadily declining since 1993, and chief among absentees is the youth vote. Generation Y participates less than their parents did at the same age. So what's wrong with the kids these days? A clichéd sentiment that...
20 Jul, 2010 | 0:27:52 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
In 2008, only 58.8 per cent of eligible Canadians voted in the federal election- the lowest number in Canadian history. Voter turnout has been steadily declining since 1993, and chief among absentees is the youth vote. Generation Y participates less than their parents did at the same age. So what's wrong with the kids these days? A clichéd sentiment that...
Big ideas and commentary on the news from interesting, influential, and intelligent Canadians.
20 Jul, 2010 | 0:29:15 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Six months have passed since an earthquake devastated Haiti, leaving an estimated 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured and more than one million homeless. Now, half a year and millions of dollars later, the damage is still largely unrepaired – the result of ineffective leadership and uncoordinated aid efforts. Bureaucracy has stymied much needed donations and so far only about 10 per...
20 Jul, 2010 | 0:29:15 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Six months have passed since an earthquake devastated Haiti, leaving an estimated 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured and more than one million homeless. Now, half a year and millions of dollars later, the damage is still largely unrepaired – the result of ineffective leadership and uncoordinated aid efforts. Bureaucracy has stymied much needed donations and so far only about 10 per...
A look at the political and personal ramifications of G20 on the city, the country, and the world.
06 Jul, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Toronto is starting to recover from its G20 hangover. The graffiti has been scrubbed away, the broken windows replaced, and no evidence remains of the police cars set ablaze by black-clad protesters. And while the damage to the city is fixed, the damage to its reputation may be harder to patch up. Images of destruction burned across the world's media...
06 Jul, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
Toronto is starting to recover from its G20 hangover. The graffiti has been scrubbed away, the broken windows replaced, and no evidence remains of the police cars set ablaze by black-clad protesters. And while the damage to the city is fixed, the damage to its reputation may be harder to patch up. Images of destruction burned across the world's media...
The Mark Radio brings you big ideas and analysis on the news from a Canadian perspective.
29 Jun, 2010 | 0:29:15 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
What does it mean to be Canadian? Is it the beer-drinking crowd, singing songs around a Muskoka campfire? The new immigrant studying for a citizenship test? Fishers emptying their nets, and farmers tending their fields? An Inuit building an inukshuk in Nunavut? Maple syrup? Hockey? Poutine? Or is the Canadian experience the amalgamation of all of these ideas, each playing...
29 Jun, 2010 | 0:29:15 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
What does it mean to be Canadian? Is it the beer-drinking crowd, singing songs around a Muskoka campfire? The new immigrant studying for a citizenship test? Fishers emptying their nets, and farmers tending their fields? An Inuit building an inukshuk in Nunavut? Maple syrup? Hockey? Poutine? Or is the Canadian experience the amalgamation of all of these ideas, each playing...
Interviews with Canadian experts, providing commentary on the week's news.
28 Feb, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
In this episode, host Chris Mitchell interviews three people with very different ideas about privacy. www.themarknews.com
28 Feb, 2010 | 0:30:00 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
In this episode, host Chris Mitchell interviews three people with very different ideas about privacy. www.themarknews.com
Interviews with Canadian experts, providing commentary on the week's news.
22 Feb, 2010 | 0:29:56 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
The 2010 Games have united Canada, but have divided the city of Vancouver. In this episode, we hear analysis from fans and foes of the Olympic Games. www.themarknews.com
22 Feb, 2010 | 0:29:56 |
EN | Chris Mitchell |
The 2010 Games have united Canada, but have divided the city of Vancouver. In this episode, we hear analysis from fans and foes of the Olympic Games. www.themarknews.com
