Friday, July 10, 2009

Challenging assumptions

A reader points out the news that the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a policy banning political messages on transit advertising (a policy which was replicated in Regina around the 2007 provincial election).

Now, I agree entirely with the view that there's absolutely no reason why a political message shouldn't be permitted where a commercial ad would be - and on that basis there's no problem with the Supreme Court's decision. But I'd see the deeper issue as one which dovetails nicely with the question of whether the Canadian left is doing enough to offer a real alternative to the corporatist philosophy: namely, is there any good reason why public transit should serve as a commercial billboard both inside and out?

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