Fellow DemReform blogger CuriosityCat has a great post today on a little tidbit that passed the lips of Jack Layton: “The way to stop Stephen Harper from getting a majority is to take Conservative seats one by one, and defeat the MPs who are there. That’s how you stop Mr. Harper from getting a majority,” I […]
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Pample the Moose: Too early for a post on strategic voting?
In a historic vote today, the Canadian government was found in contempt of Parliament. It’s a shame they couldn’t have also been found in contempt of the Canadian people, of logic, of sound policy-making and in contempt of a host of other principles t…
Continue readingPop The Stack: So, how did that strategic voting go?
So in case you haven’t heard, Rob Ford was elected Mayor of Toronto last night. But you knew that, to find out why (oh why??) read my post from earlier today explaining how Toronto electing a conservative mayor and a progressive council actually makes a lot of sense. But this comment is about the vigorous […]
Continue readingPop The Stack: Time to Come Together Around Democratic Reform
Today I’m going to tell you my vision for creating a national discussion about Democratic Reform. If you’re a regular reader of PopTheStack you know that one of the things I’m really passionate about is fixing our democracy in Canada. There are lots of things wrong with the way that voices of Canadians are heard, […]
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