|
“Actually, we’re getting along quite well with these guys.” An anonymous senior government official told the Globe and Mail that all looks peachy ahead of a meeting between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump—but it won’t be in Ottawa, to head off the massive protests that would inevitably result. As the new White House messaging reality comes into focus, observers are starting to shift from comparing Trump to Rob Ford
to comparing Trump to Stephen Harper.
|
|
|
|
Doug Saunders wins the first Canadian hot-take contest of the Trump presidency. With every pundit trying to say something unique about the inauguration, the Globe and Mail columnist broke on through: “If you thought you’d never see anything on TV as frightening as 9/11, this was it,” tweeted Saunders. “But the consequences of this are far more damaging.” Backlash churned into clickbait.
|
|
|
|
Today's edition of 12:36 is brought to you by Greg Cassidy. Greg loves tigers. Greg is thinking of bringing two big tigers to Toronto. Greg is looking for books on tigers, and needs a big cat cage for when the tigers finally arrive. Greg sometimes has wild dreams about tigers. (Greg is a very interesting guy.)
|
|
|
|
Toronto Sun plays nice with bike-riding pinkos. Bitching about city cyclists is a perennial staple of the tabloid, but Lorrie Goldstein just wrote a puff piece on Fix Coffee + Bikes, a new shop located at Gladstone and Queen. Lest you think this means everything has gone totally topsy-turvy, though, Goldstein discloses that the store's owner, former Metrolinx transit planner Fred Sztabinski, also happens to be his cousin.
|
|
|
|
Torstar woes probed by the Globe. The lack of enthusiasm for Star Touch set the stage for a long look at how time might be running out at One Yonge Street. Nonetheless, a delayed search for a new CEO is afoot—even though it’s unlikely that the hire will be a media revolutionary.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|