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The Scott Ross: Liberal Pride
Many Liberals may take pride at the sight of increasing poll numbers, they shouldn’t. The Liberals have problems, increasing poll numbers aren’t going to fix them. Liberals need to build a new party, that will take time, determination and purpose. Poll numbers aren’t going to stop backroom deals, poll numbers
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Less Liberal, Less Canadian
In 2006 Howard Dean spoke at the Liberal Leadership convention. In 2008 many Liberal organizers went to the United States and worked for the Democrats. In that same year many Liberals attempted to draw similarities between Liberal Leadership candidate and longtime American resident Michael Ignatieff with Barack Obama. In 2009
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Why Canadians Want The Worst Politics Of America
Canadians would support our own political institutions if we didn’t idealize worse ones. The last few years have offered an incredible contrast in politics between what interests Canadians and what is best for Canadians. In looking at what has attracted support recently it is undeniably clear that pervasive American values
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Cost of Conservative Religious Hegemony
How much would you give to protect your own religious freedom? Probably a lot, from money, to political action, to perhaps your life. I suspect you would give comparably to protect that freedom of another Canadian. Now what would you give to protect the religious freedom of only people in
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Office of Religious Freedom: Persecuting Tolerance
Canada does not have an Office of Free Speech, it does not have a Bureau of Foreign Public Safety, it does not even have a Multi-Purpose Room of Peace Protection, but with priorities in order, this Conservative government is making sure Canada will soon have an Office of Religious Freedom.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberals & Conservatives, Two Halves of One Party
Are the BC Liberals a coalition of federal Conservatives and Liberals or are the Conservatives and Liberals just a federal party not yet united? There’s an answer to that question and though it relies on perspective, it doesn’t rely on your own. The BC Liberal Party is sometimes cited as
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Great Liberal Difference.
Having the luxury of being in government for so long allowed Liberals to think they were special, that there were huge differences between them and other parties, well there aren’t and they should stop thinking there are. Yes there are differences between all the parties, but they are far less
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Canadian Liberals & British Labour
“Before you’re the answer, people have to ask the question.”- Senior Labour Party Official, as quoted in The Guardian Canadian Liberals and British Labour share similar circumstances, and there’s certainly lessons to be learned in being ready to seize opportunities. “As for the politics, Balls believes there is a natural
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Nothing Is Foreign To The Universe
There are creatures that live on a planet that originated thousand of light years away but you and I do not call them alien. There are strange beings that survive on a rock composed of particles from the edge of the universe, but we have known of their existence for
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: A Conservative Winter
Looking upward and looking forward, I see some parallels today between the weather, between those fixtures in the sky and us, and our political struggle. The clouds may cover or block out the sun, they may make the world dull, dreary, cold and harsh. Like a certain other party; they
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Political Life
Recently I had the opportunity to run in a municipal election, and though I handily lost, I had one of the greatest experiences of my life. The joy did not come from a forum, it did not come from money raised, or from supporters gathered; my satisfaction came from a
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: A Sign of Democracy
During an election there may be one name on each campaign sign that litters a street, but those signs stand for all of us. When it comes to vote, we may grow weary of all the brochures, of all knocks on our doors, and of all the politics; but we
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Montreal Gazette Is But One Example Of False Reporting
The next NDP Leader will be decided by Labour. According to the NDP’s constitution, unions will be receiving 25% of the vote in the upcoming NDP Leadership contest.Is that true? No. Did that stop the Montreal Gazette’s Jordan Press from reporting it tw…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Remember the Man, Not the Icon
A lot of people are mourning, but not as many of them are mourning Jack Layton.
Instead of mourning the man, many are mourning an image that didn’t exist. Jack Layton was a good person, he was a good husband, he was a good father, but instead of remem…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: NDPs National Council Could Decide Next Leader
The NDP does not have a leader, and to make things worse, the next one might be chosen even before there’s a vote.
How the New Democratic Party holds their leadership vote in January will be important because it will affect who will win it. And even t…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Canadian Conservatives & Their Fascist Connections
While Conservatives continue to attack Pierre Elliot Trudeau for being interested in communism when he was younger, they ignore that their Conservative Leader at that same time was funding anti-semitic, hitler supporting, soon-to-be-jailed Canadian fas…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: NDP Doesn’t Have Leadership Selection Process
The NDP has an interim leader but doesn’t have a process to elect a real one.
Hopefully the New Democratic Party doesn’t have to worry about this for a long time, but it is odd that it is the only party without a leadership selection process.
Accordi…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: From The Heart To The Crisis In East Africa
The crisis in East Africa is only a world away if the actions of your heart are limited to the confines of your chest. Of course if you can move your hands with your heart, if you can give with your heart, there is no distance your care, your charity, …
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: 5% GST Will Cost Canadians $156 Billion By 2016
When you’re at a gas station buying that impulsive chocolate bar, do you still think of the two cents that the 5% GST saves you? No? That’s good, because it actually doesn’t.
In fact, the lowered GST is costing you more money than you save, and every …
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