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"We can't allow things that are inaccurate to stand." — The Word of Our Dan, February 19, 2008.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Hot fuss

“After months listening to Ontario politicians and the national media crying a river about how Ontario has had to stoop to collecting equalization payments I believe I’ve finally figured out what all the fuss is about.”

So froths one of the frothier corners of the intertubes.

Herewith, a list of twenty Canadian daily newspapers, and the total number of articles, editorials, op-eds, and letters to the editor which they have published in the past twelve months, up to and including today, which contain the words “Ontario” and “equalization” (or, in the case of Le Droit, “péréquation”.

Nineteen of the papers on the list are in Ontario. One is not. Not surprisingly, the two major Toronto dailies, as national and Ontario papers of record, top the list.

The Ontario papers marked with an asterisk serve metropolitan markets which are larger than the one served by the non-Ontario paper.

So, really now: where has more “fuss” been made over Ontario’s status as an equalization-receiving province?
Globe and Mail*                 77
Toronto Star* 66
The [St. John's] Telegram 33
National Post* 31
Sault Star 27
Toronto Sun* 23
Ottawa Citizen* 22
Waterloo Record* 22
Guelph Mercury 21
Le Droit* 21
Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal 20
Brantford Expositor 20
London Free Press* 16
North Bay Nugget 16
Hamilton Spectator* 15
Kingston Whig-Standard 14
Ottawa Sun* 14
Belleville Intelligencer 14
Windsor Star* 13
Chatham Daily News 11

1 Comments:

At 7:36 AM, May 22, 2009 , Blogger Edward Hollett said...

How dare you challenge the truth when it comes from people so dedicated to telling the truth that they make stuff up just so that they can consistently say stuff that is true even if it is made up?

You have to beleieve what they say over there at the froth factory.

After all, they are so committed to ending censorship that they pledge to shut down anyone who says otherwise.

That's right. They will censor in the fight to end censorship. They will tell whopping great fairy tales in their effort to spread the truth.

By calling them froth, you insult the fluffy and insubstantial stuff that floats on my coffee.

 

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