In the last blog post, I talked a bit about how the financial system in our democracy is ultimately harming our ability to vote effectively. If you didn’t read it, the long and short of it is we need publicly funded elections in order to really hand po…
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Canadian Political Viewpoints: Hey, Must Be the Money
So, a lot has happened. Two Premiers down, a Federal Finance Minister out, and numerous other political developments. As interesting as some of those would be to talk about, it’s also a tad old news at this point. Besides, there’s not much that hasn’t been said and that I feel
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So, a lot has happened. Two Premiers down, a Federal Finance Minister out, and numerous other political developments. As interesting as some of those would be to talk about, it’s also a tad old news at this point. Besides, there’s not much that hasn’t been said and that I feel
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Hey, Must Be the Money
So, a lot has happened. Two Premiers down, a Federal Finance Minister out, and numerous other political developments. As interesting as some of those would be to talk about, it’s also a tad old news at this point. Besides, there’s not much that hasn’t …
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Canadian Political Viewpoints: Quebec as Scorched Earth
The devil is in the details. For the longest time, the Conservatives have identified a resurgent Liberals as their go-to target. Pollsters confirm that the Liberals have indeed enjoyed a bump in their support thanks to the new Trudeau Era. Even the media has placed greater emphasis on the Liberals,
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The devil is in the details. For the longest time, the Conservatives have identified a resurgent Liberals as their go-to target. Pollsters confirm that the Liberals have indeed enjoyed a bump in their support thanks to the new Trudeau Era. Even the media has placed greater emphasis on the Liberals,
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Same As The Old Boss
I know, the blog has been dark for quite awhile. Call it a lack of inspiration, or perhaps a small amount of callousness over world events at moment, but either way here I am…Once more onto the breach, and all. And despite some interesting events to talk about, we’re going
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Same As The Old Boss
I know, the blog has been dark for quite awhile. Call it a lack of inspiration, or perhaps a small amount of callousness over world events at moment, but either way here I am…Once more onto the breach, and all.And despite some interesting events to t…
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Same As The Old Boss
I know, the blog has been dark for quite awhile. Call it a lack of inspiration, or perhaps a small amount of callousness over world events at moment, but either way here I am…Once more onto the breach, and all. And despite some interesting events to talk about, we’re going
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Why Reform Will Fail
Source: CBC News: Conservative MP Michael Chong Makes Bid to Fix ParliamentEven with Perrin’s e-mails being found amongst the clutter, and some shake ups in the Senate, let’s take a bit of a break and look at a ‘non-releated-but-totally-releated’ conse…
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Source: CBC News: Conservative MP Michael Chong Makes Bid to Fix Parliament Even with Perrin’s e-mails being found amongst the clutter, and some shake ups in the Senate, let’s take a bit of a break and look at a ‘non-releated-but-totally-releated’ consequence of the Senate Scandal fallout. Ontario Conservative MP Michael
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Source: CBC News: Conservative MP Michael Chong Makes Bid to Fix Parliament Even with Perrin’s e-mails being found amongst the clutter, and some shake ups in the Senate, let’s take a bit of a break and look at a ‘non-releated-but-totally-releated’ consequence of the Senate Scandal fallout. Ontario Conservative MP Michael
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: With Freedom and Liberty for Some, Sometimes.
I know, I know, the senate scandal had some interesting things happen this afternoon. But, as I started this post prior to those revelations, we’ll talk about this first and senate tomorrow or so. Somehow, I have ended up on the mailing list for C…
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I know, I know, the senate scandal had some interesting things happen this afternoon. But, as I started this post prior to those revelations, we’ll talk about this first and senate tomorrow or so. Somehow, I have ended up on the mailing list for Conservative MP Joy Smith; I would
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: With Freedom and Liberty for Some, Sometimes.
I know, I know, the senate scandal had some interesting things happen this afternoon. But, as I started this post prior to those revelations, we’ll talk about this first and senate tomorrow or so. Somehow, I have ended up on the mailing list for Conservative MP Joy Smith; I would
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Deja Harper
With much more of a whimper than a bang, Harper’s three ‘disgraced’ Senators have been suspended from the Senate. No doubt, Conservative insiders are patting each other on the back and sitting back and assuming that this headache is finally about the p…
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With much more of a whimper than a bang, Harper’s three ‘disgraced’ Senators have been suspended from the Senate. No doubt, Conservative insiders are patting each other on the back and sitting back and assuming that this headache is finally about the pass. But is it? Recent polling data has
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Deja Harper
With much more of a whimper than a bang, Harper’s three ‘disgraced’ Senators have been suspended from the Senate. No doubt, Conservative insiders are patting each other on the back and sitting back and assuming that this headache is finally about the pass. But is it? Recent polling data has
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Throw Away The Key
As promised during our talking about the throne speech, though slightly detoured due to Senate revelations, I think it’s time we sit down and talk a bit about prisons. Prisons are arguably one of those ‘flashpoint’ topics in politics; the sort of issue where you find extremes on both sides,
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