Stéphane Dion says that Canadians are smart enough to accept a carbon tax, and he seems willing to bet the next election on it. It's awesome that we have an opposition leader too naïve to recognize that however revenue-neutral and environmentally beneficial his plan is, this may not be the most politically savvy time to hike gas prices.
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A lot happens in and around Toronto, but we can only write about so much in a week. Here's the best of the rest, in a new weekly feature we're calling Superfluist. Superfluist will appear every Friday night.
Over the past month, Hillary Clinton has been on the hunt for a campaign song, with her "exploratory committee" website inviting her followers to vote on a winner. Finalists included born-and-bred American bands like U2 and Shania Twain, as well as tried-and-true musical legends like Smash Mouth. This morning, however, the winner was announced. And Hilary Clinton's 2008 campaign song is...that Céline Dion song from that Air Canada commercial! It's such a good song it didn't even need to be on the ballot to win!
We think we've figured out the secret to Tyler Clark Burke's success. Cram as many party ideas into one event as possible. Case in point is her new old country, '70s rock social Lang Thang in the backroom of the Sparrow (92 Ossington) on Wednesday night.
Whereas Margaret Wente blows the whistle on off-the-record police meanderings, the rest of Toronto looks toward a viable solution to growing gun problems. One idea that has neary a mention by Wente or anyone else is that of giving a greater voice for those marginalized by Canadian society.
Rumours are a-fly that the CBC will be back in the house as early as next week. No, we're not referring to the Classic Buick Club or Canadian-Born Chinese or Cold-Blooded Creatures, we're referring to the most-trusted news source in Canada. Torontoist has obtained such information from an ex-CTV producer, via somebody we met on the streetcar yesterday. Sound like an unreliable source followed by an unfounded rumour? Well check your facts, mister:
I'm *sixeyes. I'm back. And Torontoist is sick of radio. The kind of )... Torontoist could go on, but that would be redundant (but it does feel good). Yeah, Torontoist just noticed that all the c.r.a.p. referenced was female... oh, but there are some 'males' who terrorize radio as well. Tim McGraw ("Live Like You Were Dying"... this is Celine Dion on steroids... not an improvement), Daniel Powter ("Bad Day" or is it "Had A Bad Day"... whenever he unleashes one of his oooooohowwwooohowww's Torontoist has to think, 'Oh, so that's what a squirrel sounds like when it's run over). There are many more, it's just that Torontoist doesn't recognize who these guys are and therefore can't make fun of them.

Newsstand: November 27, 2009