OK Canada, you win. Keep your outdated voting system. Continue to outsource the nation’s governance function to one person and his inner circle. Carry on with this democratic farce called the general election. I’ll have none of it. I used to believe that it is worth the effort to engage
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the disgruntled democrat: You Were Right Kim, An Election Is No Time To Discuss Serious Issues
Back in the 1993 Canadian General Election the then Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell, in a moment of candor declared that “an election in no time to discuss serious issues,” and judging by the manner in which the 2015 Canadian General Election has unfolded, she was right, at least
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Back in the 1993 Canadian General Election the then Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell, in a moment of candor declared that “an election in no time to discuss serious issues,” and judging by the manner in which the 2015 Canadian General Election ha…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: You Were Right Kim, An Election Is No Time To Discuss Serious Issues
Back in the 1993 Canadian General Election the then Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell, in a moment of candor declared that “an election in no time to discuss serious issues,” and judging by the manner in which the 2015 Canadian General Election has unfolded, she was right, at least
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Desperate Times Require Desperate Measures: Canada’s Old Stock Political Parties Fan the Flames of Prejudice With Canada’s Old Stock Voters
Pretty pathetic if you ask me. During the longest campaign in living memory, suddenly the question of a Muslim woman wearing the niqab (a partial veil that covers the face but not the eyes) is front and center during the 2015 Canadian General Election. WTF? Recently, a Canadian tribunal overturned the requirement that a woman could
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Desperate Times Require Desperate Measures: Canada’s Old Stock Political Parties Fan the Flames of Prejudice With Canada’s Old Stock Voters
Pretty pathetic if you ask me. During the longest campaign in living memory, suddenly the question of a Muslim woman wearing the niqab (a partial veil that covers the face but not the eyes) is front and center during the 2015 Canadian General Election. WTF? Recently, a Canadian tribunal overturned the requirement that a woman could
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Desperate Times Require Desperate Measures: Canada’s Old Stock Political Parties Fan the Flames of Prejudice With Canada’s Old Stock Voters
Pretty pathetic if you ask me. During the longest campaign in living memory, suddenly the question of a Muslim woman wearing the niqab (a partial veil that covers the face but not the eyes) is front and center during the …
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Hey Canada, Step Into the 21st Century: Stop Outsourcing Governance of the Nation
I get the Empire Loyalist thing. The way we go about running our society is firmly anchored in our colonial past. Canada is a proud member of the British Empire. Well, the world has changed a lot since the demise of our historical progenitor. The UK is no longer a world
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Hey Canada, Step Into the 21st Century: Stop Outsourcing Governance of the Nation
I get the Empire Loyalist thing. The way we go about running our society is firmly anchored in our colonial past. Canada is a proud member of the British Empire. Well, the world has changed a lot since the demise of our historical progenitor. The UK is no longer a world
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Hey Canada, Step Into the 21st Century: Stop Outsourcing Governance of the Nation
I get the Empire Loyalist thing. The way we go about running our society is firmly anchored in our colonial past. Canada is a proud member of the British Empire. Well, the world has changed a lot since the demise of our histori…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: It Took A Photo of a Child Washed Up on a Beach To Get Canada’s Poltical Class To Shut the Fuck Up About the Economy
Last week’s electoral campaign in Canada took a turn from the banal to matters of importance. Early in the week, we learned that the Canadian economy had contracted for two consecutive quarters, and, as a result, the Canadian economy is by definition in a recession, albeit a mild one. Because the official
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: It Took A Photo of a Child Washed Up on a Beach To Get Canada’s Political Class To Shut the Fuck Up About the Economy
Last week’s electoral campaign in Canada took a turn from the banal to matters of importance. Early in the week, we learned that the Canadian economy had contracted for two consecutive quarters, and, as a result, the Canadian economy is…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: The 2015 Ballot Box Question: Who Can I Trust To Do The Right Thing?
The first couple of weeks of the Canadian 2015 General Election are mercifully over and the ballot box question has emerged, largely due to what has happened in the courtroom during the Mike Duffy trial and not by what has been said by the leaders duri…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: The 2015 Ballot Box Question: Who Can I Trust To Do The Right Thing?
The first couple of weeks of the Canadian 2015 General Election are mercifully over and the ballot box question has emerged, largely due to what has happened in the courtroom during the Mike Duffy trial and not by what has been said by the leaders during the campaign. During the
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Canada Embraces Its Watergate Moment And The People Will Decide, Maybe.
We could call the latest scandal in Canadian politics Duffygate, our version of the Watergate scandal that rocked America during the 1970s. There are of course differences (tape recorded conversations vs. emails) but there are a lo…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Canada Embraces Its Watergate Moment And The People Will Decide, Maybe.
We could call the latest scandal in Canadian politics Duffygate, our version of the Watergate scandal that rocked America during the 1970s. There are of course differences (tape recorded conversations vs. emails) but there are a lot of similarities in the unfolding of the two scandals. In both instances, an unpopular leader of
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: When It Comes To Boring Nobody Does It Better Than Canada
A Group of Canadians Watching the Leaders Debate Same as it ever was . . .Same as it ever was . . . (Once In A Lifetime, The Talking Heads) It’s a moody Manitoba mornin’Nothing’s really happening, it never does (Moody Manitoba Morning, The Bells) Having lived all my life
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: When It Comes To Boring Nobody Does It Better Than Canada
A Group of Canadians Watching the Leaders DebateSame as it ever was . . .Same as it ever was . . . (Once In A Lifetime, The Talking Heads)It’s a moody Manitoba mornin’Nothing’s really happening, it never does (Moody Manitoba Morning, The Bells)Ha…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: The Big Bumble: The 2015 Canadian General Election
Sometimes, I think Canada should change it’s name to Bumbleslavia, a land in which people bumble along and where bumbles are common and appreciated by the people: “Did you see the latest bumble? Yeah, that was a good one. It will be hard to beat.” The latest Big Bumble — methinks
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Greece Has Been Shat Upon With the Dung of the Devil
Over the last few weeks, I could not but help notice the parallel narratives unrolling with the Pope on tour in South America condemning the moral bankruptcy of our present economic system and the arduous negotiations surrounding yet another bailout of the Greek government. In short, the Pope repeatedly exposed
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