Leaving all policy discussion aside, one of the most disheartening aspects of the last five years of minority government under Harper has been a consistent erosion of the adversarial process in our democracy. The list is long but includes: centralizi…
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Congrats
Congratulations Dippers and Greens, what an historic showing.The Bloc might be history, as in the not so distant past and the Cons get their coveted majority at the expense of the Liberals. I for one am leery of the future with a Conservative majority…*shudder*
Original post blogged on zerodivision.
politics on CAPS LOCK: Challenge
What next? Difficulty: No defeatist talk or whining.
Continue readingpolitics on CAPS LOCK: CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION 2011 LIVEBLOGGING: *** UPDATED COMPULSIVELY ***
I AM STONE SOBER LISTENING AND SOMETIMES WATCHING THE PRE-ELECTION SHOW FROM ATLANTIC CANADA OVER SKYPE AND IT’S KIND OF SUCKY NOT BODING WELL GUYS GOT TO BE HONEST 5:32 OBVIOUSLY NOT COMMITTING ANY OFFENCES UNDER THE CANADA ELECTIONS ACT TONIGHT 5:34 IAN HANNOMANSING OPINES THAT PEI IS A LIBERAL
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: Vote Nobody and play the Wendy Mesley drinking game instead
I found this brilliant piece of awesomely cynical graffiti eleven years ago beside a Chinese restaurant in Guelph, Ontario. Just like every election cycle as far back as I can remember there has been talk recently, mostly on CBCNN, about … Contin…
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Calls saying polling stations moved reeks of Conservative dirty tricks
This is reminding me of Florida back in 2000, sadly this type of behaviour has moved north to Canada along with the negative political ads and smears.
Its being reported that some voters have been called and told that their polling stations have m…
Canadian Soapbox: Stephen Harper tweets that a coalition government would be legitimate
Democracy is all about choices, deciding which individuals and which parties we want to represent us in government. There has been some concern that Stephen Harper might not accept the rules of our democracy if he were to be leading a minority gover…
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Its going to be a Harper Majority
The polls open in less than 24 hours, so its time for a prediction…and sorry to say it looks to me like a Harper majority. Based on the polls, especially those relating to the province of Ontario, I see Harper’s Conservatives garnering somewhere…
Continue readingthe woodshed: The assault on democracy
Read this excellent summary by Lawrence Martin and then tell me we can afford to give Stephen Harper another term as president prime minister.
Have a look at the regional polling numbers, the Conservatives are the choice of the majority in only Albe…
Canadian Soapbox: Time to decide on the kind of politics we want….
This should have been an election about ideas, an election on Harper’s record over the past five years, an election about competing visions of the kind of Canada we want now and in the future.
Sadly this election is none of those things.
This el…
Canadian Soapbox: Harper majority out of reach? DON’T BET ON IT!!!
Surprise surprise, Stephen Harper’s tightly controlled campaign machine has sprung a leak. The Toronto Star is reporting that senior Conservative party insiders are saying ‘they’re just not there’ in terms of being able to garner enough seats aft…
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Sun Media – Smear trumps journalism
Okay, we all know the story by now. Jack Layton went to a licensed massage clinic something like 15 or 16 years ago. Yawn.
That an organization that tries to pass itself off as a source for news would even bother reporting this is one thing, but t…
Canadian Soapbox: Québecois et Québecoise – Canada a besoin de votre aide…
Français c’est ma 2eme langue, donc s’il vous plait excuse mes plusieurs fautes et lire ce que j’ai a dire a vous autres.
Pour moi, Québec c’est la couer de la democracie içi en Canada. Vous etes toujours au courant au sujet de les nouvelles, …
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Parkdale-Highpark Riding All Candidates Debate Response
I recently attended the all candidates debate for the Parkdale-Highpark riding hosted by the BWVRA and wanted to share my thoughts on the debate, the candidates and various issues that were brought up. While this post will undoubtedly be specific t…
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Things Stephen Harper told us…
Stephen Harper talks a good game, I’ll certainly give him that. And the game he’s talking now is about doom and gloom should Canadian voters decide to elect a sizable number of Jack Layton’s NDP to our Parliament.
Fair enough Mr. Pri…
the woodshed: Who’s fault will it be?
So the Globe and Mail has endorsed Harper, admitting they value money over democracy. While their competition is definitely anti-Harper, they haven’t made any endorsement just yet (as of the time this was originally written, see update below) and we …
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The NDP surge and its consequences
The largest political story of the week has nothing to do about policies, it is about the fact that after months of poll numbers that stubbornly refused to budge the NDP has actually experienced a considerable surge in popularity confirmed by a half do…
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
Continue readingConfessions of a Liberal Mind: Muskoka Adventures, G8 edition!
I made a couple of video blogs about the G8 pork in Muskoka. Take a look
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