Saturday 13 March 2010

Jason Cherniak

Jason Cherniak is a lawyer working in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada. He graduated from Dalhousie Law School and studied Ethics, Society and Law and History while attending Trinity College at the University of Toronto.
Jason is one of the top Canadian Liberal bloggers, with regular readers including many elected politicians and members of the Canadian media. He is the founder and president of Liblogs.ca, the unofficial list of Canadian Liberal bloggers.
Jason was Stéphane Dion’s Blog Campaign Co-Chair and sat on the Internet Task Force of the Liberal Renewal Commission. He is currently president of Central Region for the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) and the Richmond Hill Federal Liberal Riding Association.
Jason’s comments are his own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of any campaign or candidate that he might be supporting in any official or unofficial capacity. Please feel free to email him with any media inquiries or requests.

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The News should not be spun by editors

I think I get the whole print journalism trade. On one hand, the main goal is to inform the people. On the other hand, you need to sell papers. As a result, you try to write your news stories in an interesting manner that will both inform and entertain at (...)

3 sep. 2008 | 1 comment | Jason Cherniak

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South Ossetia may be a case for unilateral succession

As the Soviet Union disintegrated, NATO was very quick to recognize every independent state that came out of it. The result was a number of countries with large Russian minorities outside of Russia. Those Russians were and still are, in many cases, (...)

14 aoû. 2008 | | Jason Cherniak

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Harper : Québec is an autonomous nation

Forget the cabinet shuffle. This story is far more important. Stephen Harper is actually saying that he believes in an "autonomous" Québec. This is the sort of word that peoples tend to use as they struggle for independence. As just one (...)

26 jui. 2008 | | Jason Cherniak

People

RIP George Carlin

There are other bits that I like better, but this one seems quite timely.

24 jui. 2008 | | Jason Cherniak

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Not the ’natural governing party’, but maybe a party that only knows how to govern ?

It’s interesting to see how quickly the tables can turn. After over two years of what seemed like uncertainty, suddenly the opposition Liberals have a plan that could have been drafted by civil servants for its detail. Compared to the mish-mash (...)

23 jui. 2008 | | Jason Cherniak

Media

The power of the press needs reasonable limits

Racism, anti-Semitism and sexism used to be rampant in Canadian society. Black people would be denied apartments in buildings with racist owners. Signs at beaches would say "no dogs or Jews". Some woman were kept in the kitchens and bedrooms and (...)

17 jui. 2008 | 1 comment | Jason Cherniak

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Canada : Religion doesn’t belong in the legislature

I’m sorry, but I have to disagree with the Ontario Provincial Parliament (apparently all MPPs) and the Canadian Jewish Congress. Prayers out-loud have no place in the legislature. The idea is that the Lord’s Prayer will be said every day. (...)

13 jui. 2008 | | Jason Cherniak

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Judges must remain non-political

This is unacceptable. Supreme Court judges have been nominated by a very non-political process since Brian Mulroney was prime minister. The legal community would accept applications and vet candidates for their legal abilities. Eventually, a list of (...)

29 mai. 2008 | | Jason Cherniak

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> Harper’s attack on the CBC is undemocratic

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(xxx.xxx.xxx.80) 23 January 2008 19:10

Thanks, but I am not a dwarf. Just short at 5’5".

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Not a dwarf

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by Jason Cherniak (xxx.xxx.xxx.80) 23 January 2008 19:09

Thanks, but I am not a dwarf. Just short at 5’5".

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> Defining Terrorism

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(xxx.xxx.xxx.39) 26 July 2007 16:18

You have to follow the link to my previous article, which links to an article by Annan.

Part of the point is that states don’t commit "terrorism". They can sponsor it to the extent that they might pay real terrorists to commit acts of terrorism, but if you want to talk about state actions like targetted assasinations then you should be discussing war crimes - not terrorism.

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> Conservatives attack democracy

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(xxx.xxx.xxx.238) 10 May 2007 18:29

You should read today’s post.

http://jasoncherniak.blogspot.com/2...

It is foolish to suggest that the Liberals don’t have "broad public support" when they are historically the most successful Canadian political party. The issue is that Liberals don’t tend to rely on volunteers to donate money.

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