Watch the NDP’s Nathan Cullen call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a liar for breaking his promise that the 2015 federal election would be the last election under Canada’s anti-democratic first-past-the-post voting system. The post Nathan Cullen calls Trudeau a liar for breaking electoral reform promise [VIDEO] appeared first on The
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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: How Young Voters are accessing information about elections, from the National Youth Voter Survey
“Young people don’t vote,” is a common refrain heard in Canadian politics and until recently, low voter turnout by younger voters supported that claim. The recently released National Youth Voter Survey conducted by Elections Canada following th…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian Youth Overcame Harper’s Fair Elections Act, Owned 2015 Federal Election
Brigette DePape was right when she vowed that “despite the Harper government making it harder for us to vote, young people are going to be the game-changers nobody saw coming” during the 2015 federal election. Elections Canada’s 2015 National Youth…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Tale Of Two Canadas
That is the title of a very interesting piece by Michael Valpy in today’s Star that is well-worth reading. His thesis offers something of a challenge to a post I put up the other day talking about the fact that our core values as Canadians managed to s…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Redefining Government
Those of us who followed closely the dark years of the Harper regime are well-aware of its ethos: government is an impediment and an intrusive force, foisting itself upon people who would be far better off left alone. The tax-cut policies of the regime, along with the creation of TFSAs,
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Election 42 Post-mortem. Good things ahead for Liberals nationally, and in Brantford-Brant
The campaign is over for the 42nd general election, and I will make a slow but gradual return to normalcy and to blogging. I have been notably absent from here.. mainly because I have more or less been volunteering on my friend Danielle Takac’s Brantford-Brant campaign full time (more on
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rick’s Rant: About Those Conservative Newspaper Endorsements
Redoubtable Rick is relentless in his excoriation of both The Globe and Mail and The National Post for their corporate-driven endorsements of the Harper regime during our recent election: Recommend this Post
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: What do the federal election results mean for Edmonton and Alberta?
With the excitement of the 2015 federal election one week behind us, now is a good time to take a look at how the results of the election could impact Edmonton and Alberta. The reality of a majority Liberal government in Ottawa… Continue Reading →
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: David Suzuki: Environmentalists expect a renewed relationship with Trudeau government
Persecuted during Harper’s divisive politics, Canada’s environmentalists look forward to a renewed relationship with the Justin Trudeau federal government, says David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki: Environmentalists expect a renewed relationship with Trudeau government appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On The Post-Election Employment Prospects Of The Harper Fallen
In Power Play’s Don Martin’s considered opinion, they are decidedly dim: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On The Restoration Of Canada’s Soul And Other Matters
There is a series of excellent letters in today’s Star that I hope you will take time to read. I am reproducing the first two dealing with what the ejection of Harper means for Canada; the third, about the long-form census, is followed by a link to an As It
Continue readingTrashy's World: Harperendum, the main stream media and some final thoughts on #elxn42…
With the revelations that in the dying days of the campaign a strategy was floated in the CPC war room that would have Harper come out and declare that this would be his last election, it confirms something that I suspected a few weeks ago: that the election had shifted
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Ready
Three years ago, there were very real questions being asked about whether or not the Liberal Party would still exist after the next federal election. The party was in a death spiral, having fallen to just 35 seats in the previous election. I was still blogging regularly at the time
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On Faith Restored
This will be a brief post, as there are likely far more interesting things to read from the professional pundits, but I would like to offer a few reflections on the implications of last night’s election results. The past ten years have seen some very dark times for Canadians. Probably
Continue readingCalgary Grit: The West is in
When I first started blogging over ten years ago, I wasn’t sure a night like tonight would ever come to pass. But, ladies and gentlemen, I present your first TWO Calgary Liberal MPs in over 40 years: And a very honourable mention to Matt Grant in Calgary Confederation, who ran
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: A Canadian Progressive’s Case Against Justin Trudeau Becoming Canada’s Next Prime Minister
Here are The Canadian Progressive’s ten arguments against Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau replacing Stephen Harper as Canada’s next prime minister: The post A Canadian Progressive’s Case Against Justin Trudeau Becoming Canada’s Next Prime Minister appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingLeDaro: The Day of Change
I hope Canadians send Harper harping back to Calgary. Harper has damaged our country’s reputation, muzzled scientists, and ran a campaign based on racial intolerance. It is time for him to go. Also, everyone, exercise your democratic right, vote.
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Calgary Grits
For Calgary Liberals who have had doors slammed in their faces, who have been the punchline of countless political jokes, who have worked hard for great candidates only to see them in single digits on election night. For all of you, yesterday was truly gratifying. Seeing the Liberal Party leader
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Decision Time
It has been, in the estimation of most people, an almost unbearably long campaign; its eleven weeks’ duration likely tested the mettle of the most ardent of political junkies. Yet at the same time it has probably served at least one positive purpose for those who don’t follow politics very
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Jack Layton: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done”
With opinion polls and the corporate media already declaring Justin Trudeau the winner of the 2015 federal election, the late Jack Layton would tell Thomas Mulcair and the New Democrats: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.” The post Jack Layton: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be
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