Election Day
Well, I don’t have to tell you that today is the day. If you didn’t vote at the advanced polls, be sure to get out and have your voice heard.…
May 2011
Election Prediction
Conservatives: 154 New Democrats: 62 Liberals: 62 Bloc Quebecois: 29 Greens: 0 Independents: 1 Turnout: 62%...
65 Years
The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there’s no good reason to go into space–each discovered, studied, and remembered…
Osama may be dead, but we still have to stay in Afghanistan
I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. -Mark Twain Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed, it appears, by the CIA. The question…
NDP looking strong on eve of Canadian election
In an EKOS-iPolitics poll for May 1 the gap between the NDP and front-running Conservatives has narrowed to just 3 points. The poll has the Conservatives with 34.6% of support…
Public Policy Forum Testimonial Dinner
The Public Policy Forum is a centrist NGO based in Ottawa whose mandate is to promote dialogue and engagement among the major policy stakeholders in Canada. Its current President is…
On the Eve of the election.
I am hoping for the best, expecting the worst. As are so many of us. What will happen tomorrow is open to debate. Endless debate. We have heard so many…
Non-Election News (i.e. Life Goes On)
First, the big news that will no doubt overshadow the election tomorrow: Osama bin Laden Dead Yeah, that's sort of a huge story. And second, something that will be overshadowed…
The Political Economy of Professional Wrestling: Capital, Unions and Spandex
Wage Labour on the Fringes For all the attention it received, to my knowledge, no one provided much of a political analysis of Darren Aronofsky’s 2008 award-winning motion picture The…
Vote Nobody and play the Wendy Mesley drinking game instead
I found this brilliant piece of awesomely cynical graffiti eleven years ago beside a Chinese restaurant in Guelph, Ontario. Just like every election cycle as far back as I can…
Help your local Catch 22 campaign "pull the vote" on Monday
While I've never run for public office, I have run for several union positions over the past 25 years. Having both won and lost elections by just a single vote,…
#elxn41: You Have Another Choice
Nation, this is usually the time when I get up on my soapbox and exhort you, in the strongest possible terms, to make sure you go out tomorrow and exercise…
Election Day Eve
Based on no story but inspiration from an online friends. Thanks Erik and Red! ;)
a song for election day
"I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush" ...actually the song is about the use of agent orange in Vietnam, but...well, make up your own metaphor, I'm not sure…
Federal Election Prediction
With the 41st Canadian General Election Day arriving tomorrow, it seems that it is time for me to get my election prediction on the record. I am predicting a Conservative…
Going Green (Mark MacKenzie) in Ottawa West-Nepean
Finally decided to go with Mark MacKenzie with my vote tomorrow. I have respect for Anita Vandenbeld and what she has done in the past but Mark MacKenzie’s message resonates…
Buh-Bye Bin Laden!
Saint Obama to announced today that Osama Bin Laden, architect of the Sept 11th Terrorist attacks that killed 3,000 innocent people in NYC and the Pentagon, has been killed by…
Vote Swap Canada 2011: Facebook app finds you someone to strategically vote swap with
Use it now! http://voteswap.sharurl.com/voteswapcanada/ Instructions Submit your riding, party you support, and parties you're willing to vote for. Review your matches. Submit requests to swap votes with the people you've…
Dippers in Denial
Dippers are used to being totally ignored because their party is usually insignificant. That's why no one reads their platform and no one bothers to bash their candidates.Until now.When ill-informed…
Calls saying polling stations moved reeks of Conservative dirty tricks
This is reminding me of Florida back in 2000, sadly this type of behaviour has moved north to Canada along with the negative political ads and smears. Its being reported…