We need thicker skins NDP
I am still getting over the huge success of our party in this election. My first thought was that the NDP did great but if you take Quebec out we…
2011
So you sent him packing….
Now he's gone and you rejoice in your victory. You have politically destroyed a man who's only failings seemed to be that he was a decent and intelligent person. And…
Trivial
As usual, the media seem to be focusing on trivialities, like how young some of the new NDP members of parliament are:Canada's problem for the next four years is not…
Did NDP Sectarianism Screw Canada? Part 2
On Saturday, May 7, The Toronto Star, published a front-page “Exclusive” article entitled “What Really Sunk Ignatieff and the Liberals”, written by veteran reporter Linda Diebel. You can read it…
Ruth Ellen, The Mona Lisa of Our Time
1 photo. How does a politician, no less a photogenic one that took InternetMarketing as part of her Marketing Diploma at Kingston's SaintLawrence College, have a grand total of 1…
Reflection on the Election
Poring over the entrails leads me to a couple of observations. First, as is usually the case, the change in the distribution of seats which commands headlines is an imperfect…
Working against a permanent Conservative majority
This originated as a comment over at Thwap's place, but perhaps I should expand on it a bit.Call me a hair-splitter if you must, but while certain individual Liberal activists…
UC Berkeley offers subsidized new media workshop – Multimedia reporting and convergence for journalists
The Knight Digital Media Center at UC Berkeley is hosting an all expenses paid new media workshop for journalists, freelancers and educators. The Workshop runs from July 17 -22 and…
It Has Been a While Since I’ve Blogged
It’s been over a month since I’ve updated my website. Sometimes I’ve entered a second week since posting something new, but never a full month. It hasn’t been from having…
Ralph Nader Speaks . . . .
On the Canadian election, U.S. politics, the "security perimeter" and proportional representation.All in less than 8 minutes.Concentrated, rational analysis . . . .Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Courage, candour and inspiration – A review of The Interrupters
The new Steve James documentary is courageous and beautiful social cinema.
Will the NDP become the new Liberal Party?
Almost since he was elected NDP leader in 2003, Jack Layton has mused about replacing the Liberal Party as the official opposition. He was roundly ridiculed for this fantasy and…
The Assassination of bin Laden: Its Use and Abuse
The assassination of bin Laden has been celebrated as a great strategic victory by the White House, the European capitals and all the major mass media outlets throughout the world.…
Artists-in-residence @ Eyebeam Art & Technology Centre – Call for applications for Fall/Winter 2011
Eyebeam Gallery is looking for artists to come and play. The Eyebeam artist-in-residence program is inviting artists to create and teach in their labs and studios in NYC from September…
Some post-election thoughts.
Some articles with better insight than I can provide: The Liberal 34. Renewing the Liberal Party: Leadership. The Liberal Party: What went wrong and where to next? Election Post Mortem:…
Dissecting the 2011 vote
Having reaffirmed once again my inability at making accurate predictions, I am going to offer now my very personal reading of the results of the general election held in Canada…
The Perils of “Strategic” Voting
Several Toronto Star and Globe and Mail columnists have suggested that the Conservative majority resulted from too little strategic voting for the Liberals. In every federal election that I can…
TFSAs and progressive savings policies
With Harper's majority secured, it is quite likely that the popular Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA's) will double the allowable contributions to $10k per year by 2014. There is a…
Reforming the Liberal Party: At the top, part one
In my last reform post I touched on reforming the Liberal Party from a leadership perspective. Today, I'd like to touch on reforms from a party structure, procedure and philosophy…