Alternate Voting – or AV – will have massive implications with respect to voting in Canada (and will hopefully marginalize all of those who vote for dogs instead of cats).
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Excited Delirium: MayDay 2011 Aftermath: Let the Distractions and Deflections Begin
Constantly lampooning the NDP for having the only youth in their party may provide a short-term distraction from the crimes of the Cons, but it ain’t gonna last.
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: In Canada It’s All Part of the Game
The Canadian federal general election has come and gone and from what I can gather most Canadians are pretty well satisfied with the results: a majority government, the centre left in opposition, the blasted sovereignists almost swept completely off th…
Continue readingExcited Delirium: MayDay 2011: Yer Blues, Orange Crush and RIP LPC
In 2015, the only thing that will defeat the Cons is a concerted effort. The ‘death by a thousand cuts’ approach by Canada’s progressives will only ensure that we never have a voice in this country.
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Canada’s Facebook Election Changes the Face of the Nation
Yes, I’ve seen the latest polls and have jumped on the bandwagon. I’m putting aside the pessimist belief that the vagaries of the voting system would undo the sudden rise in support of the NPD.There’s something historic going on and it has more than j…
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Green Party Canada: Advance Polls and the Youth Vote.
The Green Party of Canada has been surprisingly effective in this election, in some respects anyway. I have been a vocal critic of the Leadership of the Party, but given the bad choices made, they are doing the right things to win Elizabeth her Seat in SGI
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Green Party Canada: Week 2 of the 2011 Election
Not a terribly impressive week for the Green Party of Canada. The debate about the debate has mostly run it’s course, is there anything there to replace it?
Continue readingBlevkog: A useful tool for strategic voting.
Hello bloggers of Canada! Grab this file! strategic-voting.xls I misspent a few hours this weekend creating what I hope is a useful spreadsheet for voters in the upcoming election. The sheet contains all of the information I could grab from the 2008 ge…
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Green Party Canada: Week 1 of the 2011 Election Campaign
The Green Party is getting great publicity from their exclusion from the televised debate. They should have been ready to turn that into something electorally significant, instead of simply crowing over a bunch of free publicity. Here is how they can really benefit from this almost an election issue.
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Green Party Moment: Is it Time for Real debate on Nuclear Power?
Elizabeth May is hosting a joint news conference with Linda Keen, the Nuclear watchdog dismissed by the Conservatives for watching. Might be interesting, might actually be worthy of news coverage
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