Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Coyne, among others, are wrong to suggest separatism was recently defeated by Quebec voters. Well they aren’t just wrong, they’re hypocritical. Since the close defeat of separatism in the 1995 referendum, federalists have demanded a clear question for any public decision on Quebec sovereignty.
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The Scott Ross: Quebec Election Shows Hypocrisy On Clarity Act
Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Coyne, among others, are wrong to suggest separatism was recently defeated by Quebec voters. Well they aren’t just wrong, they’re hypocritical. Since the close defeat of separatism in the 1995 referendum, federalists have demanded a clear question for any public decision on Quebec sovereignty.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Quebec Election Shows Hypocrisy On Clarity Act
Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Coyne, among others, are wrong to suggest separatism was recently defeated by Quebec voters. Well they aren’t just wrong, they’re hypocritical.Since the close defeat of separatism in the 1995 referendum, feder…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Trudeau Was Conservative With Nonprofit
In the free market prices reflect demand, instead of choosing a few events to speak at arbitrarily, Justin Trudeau set a price to attend those gatherings that wanted him the most. This method of relying on market prices to benefit charities and businesses is a rather conservative idea. So yes
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Trudeau Was Conservative With Nonprofit
In the free market prices reflect demand, instead of choosing a few events to speak at arbitrarily, Justin Trudeau set a price to attend those gatherings that wanted him the most. This method of relying on market prices to benefit charities and businesses is a rather conservative idea. So yes
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Trudeau Was Conservative With Nonprofit
In the free market prices reflect demand, instead of choosing a few events to speak at arbitrarily, Justin Trudeau set a price to attend those gatherings that wanted him the most. This method of relying on market prices to benefit charities and busines…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
*UPDATE 05/15/13: With Christy Clark’s amazing upset I am happy to admit the below post is wrong. BC has its first popularly elected female Premier. Congratulations, it is an incredible victory.Christy Clark had as much chance of winning BC’s election …
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
*UPDATE 05/15/13: With Christy Clark’s amazing upset I am happy to admit the below post is wrong. BC has its first popularly elected female Premier. Congratulations, it is an incredible victory. Christy Clark had as much chance of winning BC’s election today as Canadian politics has gender equality, and that’s
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Christy Clark Loses & So Does Gender Equality
Christy Clark had as much chance of winning BC’s election today as Canadian politics has gender equality, and that’s close to zero. With six female premiers, soon to be five, Canada looks like a pretty equitable place, but just as with Christy Clark’s chances on election day, looks can be
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Another Thing Trudeau & Layton Have In Common
Justin Trudeau and the late Jack Layton have quite a few similarities, underestimation by Conservatives is yet another. It wasn’t too long ago a certain inexperienced federal politician became leader of a third place political party. Though the son of a prominent politician1, in his early life he had not
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Why Justin Trudeau Shouldn’t Lead The Liberals
For the very same reason why so many Liberals want him to win, Justin Trudeau shouldn’t become Liberal Leader. If 150,000 people only supported Justin Trudeau because of substance then there would be no argument against the 41 year-old MP for Papineau. A Trudeau only made popular by policy would
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Wynne-ing Like It’s 2006…And Losing Like It’s 2008
Today Ontario Liberals chose their next leader, but if 2006 is any indication, they might have just chosen their next loser. Similarities between Kathleen Wynne’s recent victory in the Ontario leadership race and Stephane Dion’s in the federal Liberal leadership contest in 2006 suggest a just as similar electoral future.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Trust In Trudeau
Because Stephen Harper was a self-described “radical right-wing ideologue”, he was the only one who could make the conservatives more Liberal. Because Barack Obama was so anti-war, he was the only one who could make the Democrats more pro-war than Republicans. In both cases it was each man’s close association
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Blandness Is Easy To Merge With Liberals, NDP, & Greens
Why should the Liberal Party, the NDP, and the Green Party merge? Because they are already united in blandness.
If these parties were not bland, if they were not vague, or if they even had the slightest unique trait among them, merging would not be an…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Not So Leblanc Slate
Leadership races are often an opportunity for a political party to start over with a blank slate, Liberals might not get that chance if a slightly hypocritical Dominic Leblanc gets his way. Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc is discouraging anyone from running for leadership who only seeks to raise their profile
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberal Party’s Future, New Apple or Old Microsoft
Tablet computers have been around for years, but it took Steve Jobs to make them popular. Though the Liberal Party has been around longer than any tablet computer, it shares more than a few similarities with the now ubiquitous device. The Liberal Party has strong fundamentals and viable market share
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Old Incumbent Liberal MPs Are A Problem
Only 4% of NDP MPs and 7% of Conservative MPs have been in Parliament since 1999 compared to 40% of Liberal MPs. If the Liberal Party needs to change, it needs to start with its MPs. The Liberal Party’s main problem is it’s old. It’s few MPs are the oldest
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: This Is What A Liberal Victory Looks Like
Union membership is dwindling nationally; the New Democratic Party is erasing socialist principles from its constitution; and that most left-leaning party elected its most right-leaning candidate for leader. The role of churches in society is weakening and their attendance is diminishing; there has been record spending and historic increases in
Continue readingpragmaticcanadian: Connecting With Voters
Part of it is policy. Part of it is leadership. Most of it is passion. I am of the belief that when voters aren’t simply voting against someone else, than they will be voting for the party who’s leader gives them the most hope for the future. They will be
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Bearded, Women, Leaders
It’s been 70 years since a major party leader had a beard, over 110 years since an opposition leader had one. A century ago facial hair used to be quite common, in Parliament and out. The NDPs selection of the bearded Thomas Mulcair as Leader makes one wonder, if beards
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