Author: bionicliberal

It seems politicians focus more on young voters because they think there’s still a chance to reach them. Perhaps they think the rest of us are a lost cause. Or maybe they can reach the young in their places of learning in a large group so it’s easier. But I

There are few politicians around today, who are both this accessible and this unflappable whist being pursued so vigorously by the stalkerazzi. If it was me, I’d be havin’ the heebies and I might be prone to snap and offer some of these so-called media types the Shawinigan Handshake. Then

In the interest of being my own game changer, I’m boycotting all manipulative provocateurs and the alarmist spin machines they rode in on. These folks are spoiling for a fight and they’re trying to egg the rest of us on to do the fighting for them. Why? Sometimes it’s just

My all time most viewed blog post, 109 hits yesterday surprisingly and top of the Blogger Stats Charts is this one written back in early May. Feedback I’ve received indicates a certain amount of consensus on what the next Liberal Leadership Race should look like. Most people agree we need

Deconstructing successful leadership using the theory that people are not as interested in WHAT you do as they are in WHY you do it, with Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why.

People really care about this issue but most of us don’t believe any political party will ever give up all that power. This great interview with Elizabeth May is worth watching for anyone interested in democratic reform in Canada.

Entrepreneur and successful executive Jeff Church founded Nika Water to create a thriving social enterprise that supports clean water projects in impoverished countries. In this inspiring lecture, Church lays out his motivations for striking out on his own, the challenges of the global water crisis and the essential lessons aspiring

For all the reasons listed here and one more. I’m not fighting that fight again. I’m not fighting to keep someone out of the leadership. I’ll fight to get someone in. I won’t fill myself with negative energy and direct it toward a negative cause. I’ll fill myself with positive

Okay Liberals, start your engines, only this time don’t let a turf war over Bob Rae or anyone else overshadow what we need to do in choosing a new leader. Give the candidates their fair chance to be heard and make the winner really work for their victory. Imagine how

“At its heart, leadership is about taking initiative and influencing those around you — and that doesn’t just apply to people at the top of an organizational hierarchy. Everyone in an organization can demonstrate leadership, and they should.” ~ John Kotter

If all you ever did was read news reports, you might start to believe that nothing good ever happens in the world and the Zombie Apocalypse is truly upon us. War everywhere you look. Class wars. Political wars. Religious wars. Race wars. The whole concept of community and cooperation is

But not in a fun 1960s movie way or a 1970s Canadian rock band kind of way. It’s a foot in the mail, dismembered body parts, real-life cannibal zombie drug overdose, deadly traffic jam on Mt. Everest, climate change flooding kind of mad world.

Last night I received two messages, both criticizing majority government rule. One was a mailing from the Liberal Party of Canada and the other was a robo-call from the Ontario NDP. Two sides of the same coin. Most people are unhappy with majority governments, unless of course it’s their party

The smartest people I know in politics use some form of this philosophy in their messaging. When you lose your shit and declare war on everyone, it’s all about your ego and has nothing to do with having a purposeful political discourse with the community at large.

“Us Now” is a documentary film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the Internet and tells the stories of online networks that are challenging the existing notion of hierarchy. For the first time, it brings together the foremost thinkers in the field of participative governance to describe

Reaching once again into his Magic Tickle Trunk of Recycled Republicanisms, Stephen Harper has trotted out some nifty new EI reform policies. You can’t blame him though. When you’ve never had any real ideas of your own what choice do you have but to “borrow” whatever’s on offer from your

Go serpentine!

This story got a lot of play yesterday. Just another Conservative MP behaving like a human being and voicing an opinion. Well, we can’t have that now can we? But it’s not just Conservatives feeling the sting of the whip. Members from all parties have voiced their concern that MPs

Protests are happening all over the world. Protests against governments. Protests against corporations, bankers, oil companies, the 1% who profit while the rest of us pay the price for the constant boom and bust that unfettered greed produces. In a way, we’re even protesting against our own stupidity for buying

A little blast from the past for your post long weekend viewing pleasure…