The Star
The Toronto Star
We are we are The Star. Tattoo it on your butt. A strong United And independant Canada. Social justice for all. Individual civil liberties. The rights of working people. The necessity of Government.
Shortly before his death in 1948, Joseph E. Atkinson transferred ownership of the paper to a charitable organization given the mandate of continuing the paper’s liberal tradition. In 1949, the Province of Ontario passed the Charitable Gifts Act,barring charitable organizations from owning large parts of profit-making businesses, that effectively required the Star to be sold.
Atkinson’s will had directed that profits from the paper’s operations were “for the promotion and maintenance of social, scientific and economic reforms which are charitable in nature, for the benefit of the people of the province of Ontario” and it stipulated that the paper could be sold only to people who shared his social views. The five trustees of the charitable organization circumvented the Act by buying the paper themselves and swearing before the Supreme Court of Ontario to continue what became known as the “Atkinson Principles”:
- A strong, united and independent Canada
- Social justice
- Individual and civil liberties
- Community and civic engagement
- The rights of working people
- The necessary role of government
Descendants of the original owners, known as “the five families”, still control the voting shares of Torstar, and the Atkinson Principles continue to guide the paper to this day. In February 2006, Star media columnist Antonia Zerbisias wrote on her blog:
Besides, we are the Star which means we all have the Atkinson Principles — and its multi-culti values — tattooed on our butts. Fine with me. At least we are upfront about our values, and they almost always work in favour of building a better Canada.
From Wikipedia article on The Star.
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