Half an hour devoted to the pleasures of the rear end on Discovery's The Sex Files. Sex counsellor Sue Johanson holding up a vibrator on WTN's Sunday Night Sex Show. Even in prime time, innuendo at least, if not the real thing, is everywhere. We've come a long way since the 1960s and the separate beds of Rob and Laura on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Sensing a growing acceptance level in society, broadcasters are pushing sex.
Tax cuts can wait.
Canadians want to see their governments spending again. When it comes to selling political ideas to the public, Jean Chretien has always understood that symbols mean as much as substance. On Nov. 4, the day the new cabinet was sworn in, incoming ministers either walked to Rideau Hall for the ceremony or arrived in their own cars. The unspoken but obvious message was that the government intended to conduct itself modestly with taxpayers' money. The mini-buses drove off, and haven't been seen since.