I recently read a good opinion piece in The Meaford Independent, titled, The Challenge of Remaining Informed & Engaged in Municipal Governance in Our Busy Modern World, In it, editor Stephen Vance opines about the difficulties of engaging the public in municipal issues and government. It’s refreshing to see an
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Views from the Beltline: Trump exposes the "truth" myth
One of the most common comments voters make about politicians is “I wish they would just tell us the truth.” If only that were true. But it isn’t. Voters don’t want to be told the truth, they want politicians to say what they, the voters, want to hear, things that
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Trump exposes the "truth" myth
One of the most common comments voters make about politicians is “I wish they would just tell us the truth.” If only that were true. But it isn’t. Voters don’t want to be told the truth, they want politicians to say what they, the voters, want to hear, things that
Continue readingLeft Over: Coalition of Progressives: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2014/11/why-progressives-may-soon-be-forced-to.html The usual desultory conversations have been making the media rounds regarding a Liberal/NDP coalition…yet the typical trivial fracas in Parliament seems to be vetoing the idea before it hits the ground.. Trudeau oversteps, Mulcair gets castigated for responding, the Cons snigger in the background as the rest of us
Continue readingLeft Over: SuperCrusty and the Lazy Opposition Don’t Come to Blows
B.C. teachers’ strike: Union rejects premier’s demand to suspend strike Union says government remains entrenched, inflexibile and unwilling to bargain. CBC News Posted: Sep 03, 2014 10:51 AM PT Last Updated: Sep 04, 2014 7:58 AM PT All of you 5 cent a comment Liberal trolls can say and think
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: ConservAntive senAntor argues Elections Cantada shouldn’t promote voting
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/linda-frum-stirs-controversy-with-elections-canada-questions-1.2606836
Continue readingLeft Over: Harper: The Working Class Can Kiss My….
Minimum wage in Canada: One woman’s story No fancy meals and no vacations: ‘I am working poor’ CBC News Posted: Jan 14, 2014 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 14, 2014 7:06 AM ET This is an article that could have been written forty-odd years ago, when I arrived
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: We Need Uninformed Voters As Much As We Need Informed Ones
Just as you need a brain and a heart, a country needs voters who know the issues and voters that don’t. As the election for the American President looms, after months, if not years of campaigning, countless ads, two debates so far (not counting the twenty or so for Mitt
Continue readingLeft Over: And the “I didn’t Vote” Whingers are at it Again….
As the proverbial dust settles on our raped and pillaged Canadian democracy, there are outcries everywhere about this drastic rewrite of our country’s laws and protections.. How many of the whiners out there actually voted, and if they did, voted for the Tories? Bet they won’t be too quick to
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Worst Scandal in Canadian History
We’re in the worst scandal in Canadian history. Stephen Harper was first elected in 2006 because Canadians were outraged over the sponsorship scandal. The Conservatives were not chosen because they were the best, but because the Liberals were the worst. Today opposition parties are focusing on the Robocall scandal, because
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