That’s us over in the corner there. And Lizzy May got stuck with a Bloquiste. All’s well.
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Continue readingThat’s us over in the corner there. And Lizzy May got stuck with a Bloquiste. All’s well.
Link.
Continue readingKady’s post on the composition and chairing of committees notes that there’s some risk the Cons could try to use their majority to rewrite the rules. But it’s worth pointing out that there doesn’t look to be much precedent for that step in recent decad…
Continue reading“Don’t worry,” said the woman, “It’s legal.” This lass (same one as this post, actually) was commenting on the Conservative bypassing the spending limit on their 2008 campaign. Don’t worry, she said, it’s…
Continue readingBefore Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees:”Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday he will ask oil industry refiners, distributors and retailers to appear before a parliamentary committee to e…
Continue readingPeace,
Order & Good Government is the title a blog about
exactly that, a recent post contained links to some opinion and
reports from some individuals well versed in constitutional matters.
If you think that this election is going to either make such …
I think it is sad that the majority of
Canadians don’t understand the basic workings of their own
government. This ignorance speaks to a major failure of the
education systems across the country as well as to the apathy
brought on by relative pro…
the voters elect the House of Commons to governthe leader of the current government (the government before the election) has the right to meet the House and attempt to gain its confidence, however usually the party with the most seats gets the first op…
Continue readingThere has been a lot of talk lately about the exclusion of Elizabeth May in the leaders debate. May is the leader of the Green Party and was included last election, but left on the outside this time around. May has gone as far as taking the decision by the
Continue readingThe idea of a coalition government is dead for the simple reason that it is not in Michael Ignatieff’s political interest to enter into a coalition that would require him to share power. Although it is in his political interest not to contradict Stephe…
Continue readingWhile thousands worldwide sacrifice their lives for the right to free elections Canadians complain about having one.That is not to say there are no reasons for some Canadians not to want an election. Certainly if you support the Reformatories you have …
Continue readingThe following letter has been recently published
at http://plblack99.blogspot.com/
, I do not know Mr Black and can only say that I agree wholeheartedly
with him, we must indeed focus upon the attacks by the Harper regime
upon our democratic instituti…
I have been trying hard
to NOT turn this site into an anti Harper Regime rant but it is very
difficult given that said regime is constantly providing more
ammunition to reinforce the position that they are indeed an
antidemocratic bunch that will igno…
With a federal election
possibly in the offing in the near future I have been checking up on
the actions of my current member of parliament. In doing so I have
found two great sites that allow you to do just that far easier than
on the official govern…
“I am no fan of hyperbole. The notion
that democracy in a safe, successful, wealthy country like Canada,
constitutionally dedicated to “peace, order, and good
government,” could be “in peril” may strike some
readers as over the top.” So
sa…
It seems that there are
still some folks that cannot see the difference between taxpayer
funding of political partys by a per vote subsidy and taxpayer
funding by tax credits for individual donation, and the The
Jurist had a great breakdown of the nu…
With the recent round
of ‘advertising’ by political partys and the character assassination
contained in many of them one has to wonder what, if anything they
have to do with our democratic process. When you add this
out-of-election-period spate of ‘ad…
With the possibility of
an election once again (still?) in the news it was good to see that
Gov. Gen. David Johnston has been busy brushing up on constitutional
governments in case he is called upon to navigate a choppy political
crisis. That he
has s…
The House of Commons will vote on a motion to call on the Government to reinstate the long form census, about 40 minutes from now. It is known that the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc will all support the motion, with the Conservatives likely voting against it…
Continue readingTake a look at this simple and clear article on Democractic Reform from Fair Vote Canada. This is what Canadians need, a clear argument why our democracy is broken. There are some great basic arguments here that anyone interested in fixing our democracy should be repeating over and over to everyone they talk to about […]
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