[UPDATED Jan 20, 10:00 a.m.] My three top issues that will guide my decision remain as before: Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments. This is the key issue for me. We work, play, live and die in communities. Local elected officials are the
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Challenging the Commonplace: BC Liberal Leadership: Order of preference 2
[UPDATED Jan 20, 10:00 a.m.] My three top issues that will guide my decision remain as before: Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments. This is the key issue for me. We work, play, live and die in communities. Local elected officials are the
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: BC NDP Leadership: Order of preference
Finally! More, though not all expected, contenders for leadership of the BC NDP have entered the race.
Adrian Dix isn’t expected to do so until next week. That is past the due date (January 17th) for new members whose votes can affect the leadership …
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: BC NDP Leadership: Order of preference
Finally! More, though not all expected, contenders for leadership of the BC NDP have entered the race. Adrian Dix isn’t expected to do so until next week. That is past the due date (January 17th) for new members whose votes can affect the leadership race. That January 17th deadline irks
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: BC NDP Leadership: Order of preference
Finally! More, though not all expected, contenders for leadership of the BC NDP have entered the race. Adrian Dix isn’t expected to do so until next week. That is past the due date (January 17th) for new members whose votes can affect the leadership race. That January 17th deadline irks
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: It’s Baaaaaack!
Just like I said last time, the per-vote subsidy will be in Harper’s next election platform – and likely in the upcoming budget. See around the 10-minute mark.
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: It’s Baaaaaack!
Just like I said last time, the per-vote subsidy will be in Harper’s next election platform – and likely in the upcoming budget. See around the 10-minute mark.
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: It’s Baaaaaack!
Just like I said last time, the per-vote subsidy will be in Harper’s next election platform – and likely in the upcoming budget. See around the 10-minute mark.
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party’s new leader – who will be elected April 17th – must sign up for membership in the party by January 17th.
So far, the only declared "heavy-hitter" in the leadership race (according to insiders) has been John Horgan, who announced his intention January 10th. Other ‘heavy hitters’ rumoured to enter but yet to declare are Adrian Dix
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party’s new leader – who will be elected April 17th – must sign up for membership in the party by January 17th. So far, the only declared “heavy-hitter” in the leadership race (according to insiders) has
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party’s new leader – who will be elected April 17th – must sign up for membership in the party by January 17th. So far, the only declared “heavy-hitter” in the leadership race (according to insiders) has
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: UPDATE Jan 4/11: BC Liberal Leadership – Order of preference
[See ETAs below]
It’s early days yet in the BC Liberal leadership race, but it appears there will be only the five contenders who have already declared – although a BC Liberal in good standing could run for leader as late as 13 days before the leaders…
Continue readingChallenging the Commonplace: Of Decades Past and Future
As 2010 comes to a close, my hope for the coming decade is for an overhauled Canadian Parliament and similar changes to the BC Legislative Assembly. I doubt anything substantive will change in terms of policy or direction – for this country, this provi…
Continue readingFive of Five: Calgary Herald Opposes Basic Democracy
To no one’s surprise the Calgary Herald wrote an op-ed wholly justifying the Senate’s vote down of Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act. It seems so twisted, to me I can only summarise it in point form:The bill would cause irreparable econ…
Continue readingFive of Five: Link Byfield "Resigns"
Link Byfield resigned his position as one of Alberta’s senators-in-waiting today. I was hoping at his press conference he might have explained why his friend Senator Bert Brown participated in a shady vote down of a House of Commons Bill, passed by an…
Continue readingPop The Stack: Pander, pander here. Pander, pander there.
Stephen Taylor has an interesting article about the decision to block the potash buyout today in the National Post. The gist is that fiscal conservatives are being betrayed by this protectionist action. I’m actually not sure which way I would go on the question of letting a foreign company own the potash resource. There are […]
Pop The Stack: Vote, Check, Stalemate
Just saw this post about NDP-Liberal Coalitions by Gregory Morrow over on democraticSpace and my comment was getting so long it might as well be a blog post. Greg makes the point that with all this talk of how the NDP and Liberals should form an alliance or coalition before or after the election one […]