Number of people per seat under Harper’s new plan (per StatsCan Q2 2011 Estimates): PEI: 36,464 Newfoundland and Labrador: 72,940New Brunswick: 75,546 Saskatchewan: 75,563Nova Scotia: 85,949Manitoba: 89,327Québec: 103,631 Alberta: 111,157British Columbia: 111,544Ontario: 112, 778
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Number of people per seat under Harper’s new plan (per StatsCan Q2 2011 Estimates): PEI: 36,464 Newfoundland and Labrador: 72,940New Brunswick: 75,546 Saskatchewan: 75,563Nova Scotia: 85,949Manitoba: 89,327Québec: 103,631 Alberta: 111,157British Columbia: 111,544Ontario: 112, 778
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Occupy Main Street
The protests that have broken out south of the border and are apparently moving north are misguided in their rage. What people remember about the financial meltdown of 2008 was the crashing of the market, the credit crisis and the bank bailouts. They seem to forget that while the banks
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Occupy Main Street
The protests that have broken out south of the border and are apparently moving north are misguided in their rage. What people remember about the financial meltdown of 2008 was the crashing of the market, the credit crisis and the bank bailouts. They…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Occupy Main Street
The protests that have broken out south of the border and are apparently moving north are misguided in their rage. What people remember about the financial meltdown of 2008 was the crashing of the market, the credit crisis and the bank bailouts. They seem to forget that while the banks
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Ontario’s Back to the Future Election
It was a strange night on Thursday as Ontario re-elected Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals to another term at Queen’s Park. Much has been made that the majority is over and that the Premier should be chastened by the result. Yes, McGuinty lost votes from hi…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Ontario’s Back to the Future Election
It was a strange night on Thursday as Ontario re-elected Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals to another term at Queen’s Park. Much has been made that the majority is over and that the Premier should be chastened by the result. Yes, McGuinty lost votes from his obliteration of the inept John Tory
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Ontario’s Back to the Future Election
It was a strange night on Thursday as Ontario re-elected Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals to another term at Queen’s Park. Much has been made that the majority is over and that the Premier should be chastened by the result. Yes, McGuinty lost votes from his obliteration of the inept John Tory
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Direct Democracy Fails British Columbia
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, direct democracy doesn’t work. With apologies to Kent Brockman, the result of the HST referendum demonstrates why direct democracy is a terrible way to determine public policy. The argument here is not nece…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Direct Democracy Fails British Columbia
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, direct democracy doesn’t work. With apologies to Kent Brockman, the result of the HST referendum demonstrates why direct democracy is a terrible way to determine public policy. The argument here is not necessarily about the HST itself. I happen to like
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Direct Democracy Fails British Columbia
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, direct democracy doesn’t work. With apologies to Kent Brockman, the result of the HST referendum demonstrates why direct democracy is a terrible way to determine public policy. The argument here is not necessarily about the HST itself. I happen to like
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Death of a Leader
The Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth is dead. Jack Layton’s life was cut short far too quickly. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Jack Layton was for better or worse a dominant force in Toronto politics for the last thirty…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Death of a Leader
The Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth is dead. Jack Layton’s life was cut short far too quickly. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Jack Layton was for better or worse a dominant force in Toronto politics for the last thirty years. Jack Layton served the people of Toronto-Danforth
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: Death of a Leader
The Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth is dead. Jack Layton’s life was cut short far too quickly. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Jack Layton was for better or worse a dominant force in Toronto politics for the last thirty years. Jack Layton served the people of Toronto-Danforth
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: A Deficit of Progress
That the United States should find itself in this position is not exactly unexpected. The US Congress has been loathe these last 10 years to pay for the foreign adventures, tax cuts and new entitlements that they have proven all too willing to fund. The thing is the chickens have
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: A Deficit of Progress
That the United States should find itself in this position is not exactly unexpected. The US Congress has been loathe these last 10 years to pay for the foreign adventures, tax cuts and new entitlements that they have proven all too willing to fund. The thing is the chickens have
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: A Deficit of Progress
That the United States should find itself in this position is not exactly unexpected. The US Congress has been loathe these last 10 years to pay for the foreign adventures, tax cuts and new entitlements that they have proven all too willing to fund. …
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: The Canadian Economy’s Strange Success
On Friday, Statscan reported that the Canadian economy added another 22,000 jobs in May and that the unemployment rate fell to 7.4%. The economy grew in the first quarter at a healthy annualized clip of 3.9% and according again to statscan it did so i…
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: The Canadian Economy’s Strange Success
On Friday, Statscan reported that the Canadian economy added another 22,000 jobs in May and that the unemployment rate fell to 7.4%. The economy grew in the first quarter at a healthy annualized clip of 3.9% and according again to statscan it did so in all the right way. Huge
Continue readingAll Politics Is Local: The Canadian Economy’s Strange Success
On Friday, Statscan reported that the Canadian economy added another 22,000 jobs in May and that the unemployment rate fell to 7.4%. The economy grew in the first quarter at a healthy annualized clip of 3.9% and according again to statscan it did so in all the right way. Huge
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