Mark Bourrie

Canada

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Lawyer, Author, Trilobiter. “A curious and eclectic writer” -Quill and Quire Rep: John Pearce, Westwood https://t.co/O9RiTwxeST About Me: https://t.co/eVpgubW3Sc

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Articles

Poilievre Finally Gets the Election He’s Been Dying For. But Is It Too Late?

1 month ago | thewalrus.ca | Mark Bourrie

R ichard lives in a pup tent in downtown Ottawa, next to the Bank of Canada and about a block from the temporary home of the House of Commons. He’s a thin, tough man in his sixties. Or he could be in his fifties. When you’ve worked outside for years as a roofer and then end up on the street, your face has seen a lot of sun. Carrying a heavy load of trauma and anxiety is also a great way to look older than you are. Richard gets by on $789 a month from the Ontario Disability Support Program.
Read an excerpt from Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre

1 month ago | theglobeandmail.com | Mark Bourrie
Mass Exodus Underway at Canadaland?

Oct 16, 2024 | fairpress.ca | Mark Bourrie

Karyn Pugliese(Pabàmàdiz) is a great editor. She was hired to edit Canadaland after doing a prestigious Niemen Fellowship at Harvard, after a very tough competition. Before that, she was senior editor at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and a contract worker on some of the CBC’s better radio shows, eventually leading two of its investigative shows.
The Value of Trump(ism)

Oct 11, 2024 | fairpress.ca | Mark Bourrie

How are we going to miss him if he will never leave? I’m talking about Donald Trump. Everyone’s writing about him. I might as well. Actually, no. I’m writing about the media, and the weird dance that they’ve been doing for years. It started in the 1970s, in New York, where Trump became a local celeb by buying up real estate and being the kind of rich swine that were a big deal when the city was broke. He kept coming back like herpes, anytime he could: Home Alone 2, Saturday Night Live, The Apprentice.
Rippers and Weavers

Sep 26, 2024 | fairpress.ca | Mark Bourrie

Six weeks into the Covid pandemic, New York Times columnist David Brooks, a who’s had a stellar career in journalism and book publishing, sat down to write a column. Brooks sees America’s public sphere as a place inhabited by “rippers” and “weavers”. Under the headline “How the Trump Ploy Stopped working,” Brooks said Donald Trump and his ilk are rippers. They see everything through the prism of politics. Rippers, whether on the left or right, see politics as a war that gives their lives meaning.
My Canada Includes Slovenia

Aug 23, 2024 | fairpress.ca | Mark Bourrie

The Tory message machine is impressive. I’d argue that, at least right now, it’s miles ahead of any other party. Pierre Poilievre and his team are good at creating a simple message, getting it out at rallies across the country, and using the Internet to distribute what they see as the best parts. Sometimes, Poilievre’s video makers screw up. In mid-August, 2024, they posted a three-minute YouTube video of Poilievre’s speech at the Calgary Stampede.
Is Radio Dying, Or Did It Just Evolve?

Aug 20, 2024 | fairpress.ca | Mark Bourrie

Saturday night, I lay in bed, thinking about the piece I want to write after news of the demise of CHML, which was once the most important radio station in Hamilton. CHML still, as an AM news station and broadcaster of live sports, had a role in the community. Last week, it was shut down this month by Corus, who claimed they couldn’t find a way for stations to make money. Big cities are following small towns, losing radio stations as their newspapers die.
When Andrew Lawton gets rehabilitated, we should all worry.

Aug 13, 2024 | fairpress.ca | Mark Bourrie

Lawton is an interesting piece of work. Sometimes politician. Sometimes a far-right radio host. Now an author. Lawton emerged from the fog of the right-wing internet some fifteen years ago. He ran for Doug Ford’s Tories until he was fired in 2018. After bouncing around a bit, he was hired as managing editor of True North, a right-wing news and media outlet.
BOOK EXCERPT: Mark Bourrie's Crosses in the Sky a sober portrait of cultures colliding

Jul 21, 2024 | ottawacitizen.com | Mark Bourrie

Advertisement 1Jesuits such as Jean de Brébeuf were children of privilege, indulging their hunger for adventure in foreign places. The Hurons saw them as idiots, unable to fend for themselves. • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentIn the early 1600s, the Jesuits tried to create their own nation on the Great Lakes and turn the Huron (Wendat) Confederacy into a model Jesuit state.
Jaren Kerr and the Curse of Canadaland

Jul 20, 2024 | fairpress.ca | Mark Bourrie

When I went to Toronto to watch lawyers for Theresa Kielburger, Canadaland and Isabel Vincent argue the anti-SLAPP motion filed by Canadaland in the lawsuit between Mrs. Kielburger and Jesse Brown’s podcast shop, I wondered if I’d see any of the many defendants from the “Canadaland” collective. Maybe even the big fella himself.