While I haven’t made it to a Nathan Cullen event yet, and still have my reservations about his joint-nomination proposal, I did get the audio from a recent speech he made in Vancouver when local MP Fin Donnelly endorsed him for leader of the NDP. You can hear the audio
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The Progressive Right: NDP to Accredit Bloggers at Convention?
It could be me, but I could find no information on whether bloggers (or the media for the matter) will be accredited at the NDP leadership convention in March. Since the convention is being held in Toronto, I could partake in the event with little cost to me. However, I cannot
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
Yes, we’re at the point in the campaign where we can’t go a couple of days without plenty of developments – even in the absence of formal debates or other major events. So let’s take a look at how the week ended on the campaign trail. – Niki Ashton received
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Canada’s Occupy and labor activists rally against Caterpillar’s state-sponsored corporate greed
Occupy Ottawa activists are expected to join thousands of Canadian Occupy and labour activists in London, Ont., on Saturday, January 21, for a massive rally against Electro-Motive Diesel Canada. The company, a subsidiary of U.S. …Read More
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
Last night’s Toronto leadership forum has received plenty of attention, including media coverage as well as personal takes from Ian Welsh and Progressive Proselytizing. Subject to the below my own take on the candidates didn’t change much from what I saw in December’s debate, but a few points do seem
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Hot Or Not: January 18th NDP Leadership Debate Edition
Hot: Beards: The hottest accessory at the Tom Mulcair after-party was a beard. If you are showing solidarity with your leadership or simply waiting in the forest for the revolution to come, you need to get yourself a beard. Transit City: The planning policy that would have turned “Toronto the
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Toronto NDP Federal Leadership Debate Reactions
I attended the Toronto Area Council NDP Federal Leadership Debate. What follows is a range of reactions about the candidates, policies, and themes in this debate. Crowd: The crowd packed the 850 seat theater at the Bloor Collegiate Institute leaving 150 outside and unable to enter; an excellent showing, especially given that this is
Continue readingTerahertz: 1 month left to register #ndpldr
There’s less than one month left until the deadline to register as a member of the NDP so that you can vote for the next leader of the NDP and leader of the Official Opposition (and hopefully our next prime minister in 2015). Go to the website and register today,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On constructive alternatives
Yes, plenty of key websites will be going dark today – and for good reason based on the U.S. legislation being protested. But today also marks one month from the February 18 membership deadline in the NDP’s leadership race. So today may be a good time to sign up to
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Liberal voting reform endorsement reduces chances of NDP-Liberal merger
The question of a Liberal-NDP merger was something that was discussed quite openly following Harper’s ascent to a majority. Such poltical heavyweights as Jean Chretien even weighed in on the idea, and Jack Layton (an opponent or merger) has now passed away. It is thus worth noting, given recent events, how such
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Repetition for effect
Since Aaron Wherry has rightly connected the NDP’s response to Lise St-Denis’ floor-crossing to its efforts to engage constituents on other issues, I may as well offer a similar bit of reiteration. So here’s what I had to say last time it was noted that the NDP was working on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
No, I won’t claim to have entirely comprehensive coverage of the NDP’s leadership race. But I do try to catch the developments that strike me as significant for each candidate and the race as a whole…so let’s take a look at what’s new over the past few days. To start
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Thomas Mulcair: He didn’t choose France for you
Thomas Mulcair is French by choice. It’s not terribly difficult to predict the sort of response that a political attack machine could run with this untimely revelation. We’ve seen it all before. A little over five years ago, New Democrats were quick to join the base nativist attacks on Stéphane
Continue readingCowboys for Social Responsibility: Even when they do things in Quebec, the NDP starting point is denial
First answer: This is not our way of doing things so I would be extremely surprised if it came from us – Guy Caron, NDP MP and Quebec caucus chairSecond answer: I’m just calling to confirm that those were done by the party – NDP spokeswoman Sally HousserAislin certainly wouldn’t
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On new challenges
Every so often, it seems to be necessary to remind the pundit class that there isn’t a reset button that will magically restore Canadian politics to where they were three or four election cycles ago. So let’s take a look at the theory that the Bloc should be the favourite
Continue readingTerahertz: Youth ostracism in Canadian politics
Elections in recent history have told the same story again and again: Young people aren’t voting. Sure, some of us are. Many others are attempting to bring in more of their peers through vote mobs and other social media pressures, yet to date the evidence is that these efforts have
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament in Review: November 17, 2011
Thursday, November 17 saw a Liberal opposition day turned into a discussion about the sad state of water supplies to Canada’s First Nations. But while all parties were able to support the motion, there was plenty of room for contrast as to who was most interested in dealing with the
Continue readingPetition to End Discriminatory Convention Registration Process
As many of you are now aware the party has banned youth and unwaged delegates from registering for convention online. If you weren’t already aware check out my previous post on the issue here. There is now a petition available which will be sent to party headquarters demanding that all
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – January 15, 2012
At the outset of this week’s rankings, I’ll offer a reminder that the below is intended to reflect my analysis as to how likely any given candidate is to win the NDP’s leadership race, rather than my own personal ballot or any other endorsement of one candidate over another. And
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