Centrist Canadians? That would be the mindless middle class twits who keep electing the idiots who pass for governing bodies in this country. The caption to your photo of Bruce Anderson is twice as long as it needs to be. 'Bruce Anderson says Centrist Canadians don't think' would be adequate, or possibly 'Centrist Canadians don't think Dick', which would be more accurate.

LOL! Bruce Anderson! So reliable & unbiased! (snicker!) "Bruce Anderson is one of Canada’s most experienced advisors specializing in issue, marketing and reputation management. For more than two decades he has helped corporations, governments and political leaders understand the context in which they operate and develop successful communications programs. " -from his firm's website.
And Andrew Coyne - well known for his writing for the National Post.
Wow, way ta pick 'em CBC!

The CBC is Canada's propaganda machine. It's called "programming" for a reason!

Dick Cheney admits to authorizing "enhanced interrogation techniques" like waterboarding and slicing one's genitals with razor blades like they did to Binyam Mohamed.

I say next time a CBC propagandist...I mean "panelist" says slicing genitals with razor blades is "not torture" than he should take part in a demonstration.

I watched this segment on the CBC and could not believe my ears when they denied Cheney's complicity in torture, I was truly stunned. A bit stunned of me to be stunned, but I keep watching for some strange reason. Maybe it's because the CBC is my public broadcaster & I keep hoping they might act in the public interest. Silly me.

Compared to Cheney and Bush, Charles Manson was an underachiever.

"His attitude reminded me of Mohandas Gandhi's famous dictum: 'First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.'"

The fact that you could even write and publish this sentence with what I imagine was a straight face only goes to show the degree to which your delusions have progressed, Charlie. Between giving an affirming voice to Randy Quaid, UFO believers, 9/11 conspiracy theorists, Israel haters, and, increasingly, people who choose to call Dick Cheney not merely an asshole, but a "war criminal" and a "fascist," yet for some reason never had anything to say about the real fascists in both conflicts in question (Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan), the Georgia Straight is slowly but surely becoming a platform for all the crazies of the Western world under your leadership. Congratulations! A job well done. After all, it would probably create a tear in the fabric of reality if anyone in this city were to ever formulate any sort of relevant criticism.

Nestor:
I will leave it up to Charlie to respond to the particulars of your wide-ranging complaint, if he so chooses.
However, I will say that I find it strange that you--someone who, on the face of it, at least, appears concerned about having all facets of any given story examined--are intolerant about the Straight giving voice to any interpretation of an issue that is contrary to the position held by yourself.
I suggest you use the "search" function on this page to find articles in the Straight on topics of interest to yourself. We publish commentaries by, and stories about, a wide range of people and organizations, without discrimination.
I suggest it is intolerant and shortsighted of you to label this wide range of constituents "all the crazies of the western world".
We are open to input, articles, suggestions, and comments from everyone.
Including yourself.
You have a nice day.

"I find it strange that you--someone who, on the face of it, at least, appears concerned about having all facets of any given story examined--are intolerant about the Straight giving voice to any interpretation of an issue that is contrary to the position held by yourself."

Aside from the fact the your "search function" is among the worst I've ever come across (for instance, I couldn't even find this very article searching for either "CBC," "manufacture," or "consent"), I call bovine feces on your claim to "fair and balanced." I would say that you have become the exact opposite of that other North American news outlet that uses this tagline, but that would be giving too much credit. If, at least, you were the mouthpiece for progressive propaganda you (secretly) fancy yourself to be, your current flurry of a dozen or so articles and opinion pieces per week demonizing Dick Cheney and George W. Bush would have had an equivalent prior to 2001 and 2003, respectively, in a similarly voluminous series of texts attacking the way, say, communists were treated under Saddam Hussein or women under the Taliban. And if you were truly neutral, as you (officially) claim, why have you never published anything in support of creationism or critical of global warming? After all, if your argument for publishing UFO nuts and 9/11 "truthers" (I still hate that they even get to use that term) is to give a platform to all convictions, no matter how insane and counterfactual their foundations, why not also "teach the controversy" when it comes to the Earth being 6000 years old? Face or, rather, admit it: There is nothing neutral about the Straight. Don't get me wrong, I personally don't consider that to be a bad thing. You don't have to, in fact you shouldn't, give a voice to every ideological nutcase in the world (and I use ideology strictly in the Marxist sense here, as always). What I disagree with is your selection and what it says about you.

Nestor:
I suggest that a reasonable person would type the article subjects' names in a search box, especially if those names appear in the headline. Try it some time.
As far as "never" publishing "anything" in support of creationism or about how communists were treated under Saddam Hussein:

http://www.straight.com/article/the-return-of-god
http://www.straight.com/article/searching-for-truth-in-religion-and-science
http://www.straight.com/article-63752/saddam-hussein-hanged-for-the-wron...

The subject of women's treatment under the Taliban turned up too many hits to reproduce here.
And we have posted so many comments and opinions from climate-change deniers that we have taken a lot of flack from regular readers.
But we are committed to doing just that, because this is a democratic forum, despite the picture you are attempting to paint.
The fact that you use words such as "hate" and "insane" and "crazies" says enough about your wish to limit conversations online.
And we still publish your comments. Although this discussion has used up enough space on this particular thread.
You have a nice day.