This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stephanie Desmon interviews Ziyad Al-Aly about the reality that anybody infected with COVID-19 faces a substantial risk of heart problems as a result. And Moira Wyton examines what British Columbia could be doing to limit the spread of the Kraken sub-variant, while Paul
Continue readingTag: Fair Vote Canada
Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kit Yates offers a reminder of ignoring the exponential growth of COVID-19 as the Delta variant puts many jurisdictions back on that same path. And the BBC reports on the belated recognition by Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte that the slashing of
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: The centennial of broken Liberal promises on PR
A recent newsletter from Fair Vote Canada reminded us that the Liberals have been promising proportional representation (PR) for 100 years. And not delivering. In 2021 we celebrate, if that’s the word, the centennial of broken promises. The Liberals 1921 campaign promise followed the party’s endorsement of single transferable vote,
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Calling all democrats
Every Canadian concerned about the quality of democracy in this country frets about the inability of our electoral system to do the thing it exists for—create a government that represents the people. We currently have a federal government formed by a party that only received the electoral support of a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Eric Cadesky writes about the psychology behind adherence to – and deviation from – the social distancing rules needed to keep us all safe. – Nora Loreto discusses how COVID-19 has exposed the lethal problems with Canada’s long-term care system. Karl Belanger points
Continue readingCitizens’ Assemblies Gaining Favour
Democracy has been producing some perverse results recently. A prime example is our neighbour to the south. In 2016, the American people elected Hillary Clinton, one of the most qualified candidates they have ever been offered for president, but they got Donald Trump, undoubtedly the least qualified candidate they have
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Emily Stewart reports on Elizabeth Warren’s message about the need to end corruption and corporatism in order to make U.S. politics work for people. Martin Wolf writes that a rigged economic system is undermining the prospect of viable democracy. And Andrew MacLeod examines
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Nick Falvo lists ten things to know about social programs in Canada. And Mike Crawley offers a painful example of Ontario’s social safety net and employment law both falling short, as injured workers are forced to go to work even when ill or
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, following up on this post as to the Libs’ cynical repudiation of the very concept of ideas and values in politics. For further reading…– Fair Vote Canada’s list of National Advisory Board members is here – and as noted, it hardly reflects the spin of being “anti-Liberal”. And FVC’s
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Citizens for Public Justice laments the Libs’ and Cons’ joint effort to vote down the NDP’s push for a national anti-poverty strategy. And Sean Speer and Rob Gillezeau make the case for an improved Working Income Tax Benefit which should be palatable
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Jason Kenney quits his job on federal electoral reform committee – so why are we paying him, again?
PHOTOS: Ride, Jason, Ride! Moving day in Ottawa. Jason Kenney’s arrangements to pack up his office and return to Alberta may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Kenney in Calgary; commentator Corey Hogan on TV. Softly, softly, Jason Kenney has quit his job on the Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform, presumably to give […]
The post Jason Kenney quits his job on federal electoral reform committee – so why are we paying him, again? appeared first on Alberta Politics.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: NDP Introduces Mixed-member Proportional Representation Motion
New Democrats introduce in the House of Commons a motion for a mixed-member proportional representation electoral system at the federal level. The post NDP Introduces Mixed-member Proportional Representation Motion appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPop The Stack: Conservative Party Does Not Believe in Equality of Voters
This fascinating and scary post just showed up on the FairVote Canada Facebook page: The Conservative version of equality. Bigger picture below. A couple of things to notice here and I’ll just leave it at that. They’re Worried The Conservative party is worried about what the NDP and Green Party
Continue readingPop The Stack: Conservative Party Does Not Believe in Equality of Voters
This fascinating and scary post just showed up on the FairVote Canada Facebook page: The Conservative version of equality. Bigger picture below. A couple of things to notice here and I’ll just leave it at that. They’re Worried The Conservative party is worried about what the NDP and Green Party
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Former Liberal Leader Bob Rae Joins Fair Vote Canada’s Advisory Board
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Bob Rae. (Photo: Fair Vote Canada) Former Liberal leader Bob Rae has joined the National Advisory Board of Fair Vote Canada, a grassroots multi-partisan citizens’ campaign for voting system reform in Canada. Rae joins a cast of distinguished Canadians and progressives already serving on the board, including David
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Here is a snapshot of opinion from Cowichan Conversations readers who voted in the poll in response to changing our electoral system from ‘First Past the Post’ to a ‘Proportional Representation’ system that is used in many countries throughout the world today. There is a
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Fair Vote Canada’s out to lunch on Ranked Ballot Initiative, treatment of its own members who support it.
I’ve shared some common ground with Fair Vote Canada over the past few years, because I support electoral reform to our electoral system, as they do, and I generally believe a form of Proportional Representation is a good system to have to cure what ails our current Parliamentary system, as
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Liberal Leadership Race: Critical Strategy for Leadnow and Fair Vote Canada
Both are recommending to their tens of thousands of members that they join the Liberal Party as Supporters and vast votes for meaningful electoral reform when voting for the next leader. But there is one startling statistic that should impact their strategy if they really want to be effective, and
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frank Graves writes about the decline of Canada’s middle class – and notes a parallel between the type of economy which tends to produce broad social failure, and the Cons’ familiar obsession with extraction: The other key factor is rising inequality and a
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Three Part Series: What progressive groups must do to defeat, or stymie, the Harper regime
Canada’s progressive community needs to make some significant changes if it hopes to slow down the assault being carried out on the country by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and their right-wing allies. The observations and suggestions I will make in this three-part series are based on what I was able
Continue reading