Very quickly I’m going to cover some of the numbers that have come out of the race tonight, including regional breakdown and some interesting ridings. This is all in the “points” method, not raw votes, but I’ll get to those… eventually. So, lets start off with the national numbers. Justin
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Trudeau’s Win by the Numbers
Over the past year, there have been thousands of articles written about Justin Trudeau, his father, and his leadership campaign. Since it hasn’t been a big secret he was going to come out on top, we’ve also seen thousands of articles about what his win means. So rather than rehash
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: So Typically Classless
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In just under a month on May 11th, I’ll be speaking in Vancouver at a conference about the intersection of documentary, addiction, madness and social health. I’ll be speaking about NFB and activist docs and focusing on three new conceptual frames I’m developing in my documentary research: proximal empathy, hierarchies
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5858…Jean Chretien Approved
Heard it with my own eyes. Just saw the former PM, Jean Chretien, on CTV Newsthingy with Kevin Newman gushing about the new leader of the Liberals, Justin Trudeau. Hey, you gotta figure that no matter what happens the new job will look good on his resume, eh? WFDS
Continue readingLeDaro: Surprise! Justin Trudeau wins the Liberal leadership
I thought he gave a great speech, Liberals have good reason to be optimistic going forward. Update: This post was done by my friend J.K. He is more optimistic than I am. Now that Justin Trudeau is the leader of LPC, time will tell how Trudeau’s enthusiasm translates into reality.
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: This is, perhaps, the end of the beginning
I hate to use World War Two-related references, as someone will always think I’m invoking Goodwin’s Law. So I hope you can accept that I intend no comparisons to the antagonists of that conflict when I say, as I ponder the end of the Liberal Party of Canada’s leadership race,
Continue readingHalf an Hour: McLuhan – Understanding Media – Summary of Chapters 11-14
My contribution to the Understanding Media Reading Group Chapter 11 McLuhan writes, in Chapter 11 of Understanding Media, that “The mysterious need of crowds to grow and to reach out, equally characteristic of large accumulations of wealth, can be understood if money and numbers are, indeed, technologies that extend the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5857…Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
The talking heads were finally right. The next leader and next Prime Minister of Canada is Justin Trudeau. Happier days are here again.WFDS
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Coronations are not held after 104,552 votes are counted…
Coronations are not held after 104,552 votes are counted, nor are coronations held in hotel conference rooms. *COUGH* Congratulations/Félicitations Justin Trudeau! 😀 SCC
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Justin Trudeau is just plain Wrong about Micro-Targeting being negative.
Uh-oh. I read this article on Friday and it got right under my skin. Taken together with past statements by Justin Trudeau that he would not allow negative attacks on the Conservatives ( or presumably the NDP), I am wondering if I find myself back in Green Party Land, where
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Ding Dong the People’s Song and the Progressive Hero
Well it didn't make it to the number one position on this week's music charts. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead has failed to reach the number one spot in the music charts. The Wizard of Oz song, which has been at the centre of an online campaign by opponents of
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Hard Work + Hope = Why I voted for Justin Trudeau
The leadership results are coming in the next hour. I am so proud of my party. Over 104, 000 people voted for Liberal leader which is more than voted in the last Conservative Party and NDP leadership races! So here is a quick post on why I voted for Justin Trudeau
Continue readingwmtc: why i haven’t blogged about rehtaeh parsons and how the story makes me feel
I feel some kind of obligation to write about Rehtaeh Parsons. Not because I imagine I have something important to add to the conversation, just because she is on my mind so much, and when that happens, I must write. For non-Canadian readers, this is why we know the name
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Ms Soapbox’s Great Adventure—Off to the Leg (it rhymes with “edge”)
Last week Ms Soapbox was introduced to the Legislative Assembly by Liberal MLA, Laurie Blakeman, the oldest (as in longest-serving, not age!) opposition MLA. Ms Blakeman noted that Ms Soapbox was a lawyer but said the House wouldn’t hold that against her. Ms Soapbox stood to receive the “traditional warm
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: NDP Convention 2013: Federal Leader Thomas Mulcair’s Keynote Speech
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Tex of NDP leader Thomas Mulcair‘s prepared speech, delivered to delegates to the New Democrats’ biennial policy convention in Montreal on Saturday. Thank you very much. Look at this crowd. What energy. Thousands of New Democrats from coast-to-coast-to-coast. From the Northwest Territories to Southern Ontario. From Victoria to
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: "Final" turnout numbers (Updated)
Teddy here again; this time on the right day! I’ve gathered the data from the turnout results and present them to you in this table: It would seem requiring registration has ensured that most of those who put in the effort to do so will actually bother to vote. Turnout
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Stiglitz and Muclair VS. Trudeau and ?
Just returned from the NDP policy convention. While I’m not pleased that those assembled voted to replace the preamble with a more touchy-feely document (the vote was something 900 to 200), I was delighted the convention kicked off with Joseph Stiglitz talking about the dangers of austerity (!!!) and proceeded
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Anne Frank was a "Great Girl"? Really?
I don’t want to offend any Bieber fans out there but this kid’s a total, self-absorbed jerk. Apparently he spent an hour touring the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam. On his way out he took time to leave this entry in the guest book: “Truly inspiring to be able to
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Using a Thesaurus to woo the centre…
In an effort to modernize the language of its constitution, NDP delegates voted to excise the word “socialism”, like a tumour. Anyone with a thesaurus can tell you that “sustainable prosperity” and “a society that shares its benefits more fairly” are synonyms — not antonyms — for “socialism”. Re-branding is
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