Editable Map of #elxn42 boundaries
Looking for a map of Canada’s new 338 constituencies that you can colour code on your own? Are you a visual learner and like to see how support looks on…
August 2015
How Trudeau can remove the debate veto imposed by Harper and Mulcair
Possible debaters So Mulcair has decided he will only debate if the prime minister is debating? And Harper has decided not to debate in a forum that would attract the…
August 2: Part II
Sorry, part one stopped abruptly before I got to my main topic. I couldn’t fix it. So I had to find a child who could. I was talking about the…
TPP talks fail: Part of Harper’s disastrous economic project ends, says Council of Canadians
The recent failure of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations spoils Harper’s agenda promoting the corporate takeover of the Canadian public good, says the Council of Canadians. The post TPP talks fail:…
My big tweet of Day One
Check out the number of retweets and favourites. I’d say there’s a consensus Team Orange made a big error on Day One of the Long March, wouldn’t you? Cue the…
On end goals
We can fully expect Canada’s election campaign to feature plenty more talk about possible coalition outcomes – which are favoured by the public, and may represent the best way to…
From CBC Polls Éric Grenier’s Poll Tracker-From ThreeHundredEight.com
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called on the Governor General to dissolve parliament and schedule an election for October 19th. This will be a Harper big…
Globe & Mail: 95% Chance Harper Government will be replaced in election
The mighty Globe & Mail has spoken, on this, the first day of our election campaign. The writ has been dropped, and the G&M has carried the golden election forecast…
Harper’s economics and geocentrism
Harper’s economics and geocentrism Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics What a month it’s been. While the first half of 2015 has not been kind…
End of an Era, Beginning of a New One
It’s time to finally lay to rest Blunt Objects. I’ve had a lot of fun on this site, there is no doubt about that, but it is time I moved…
August 2: Sunday odds and ends.
Yesterday, I forget to mention the Faith Page of the Irving Press – always inspiring and uplifting page. I was always look forward to the sermonette on this page as…
#Elxn42 is Called – and a New Site
On October 19th, Canadians will decide who gets the govern this country for the 42nd time. An election has been called after Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Governor General David…
Saturday Photo: Orange Wave…
This is from a photo I took of a clementine back in 2011, just after the amazing sweep of Quebec by the New Democratic Party. Election night was amazing–nobody believed…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Frank Pasquale and Siva Vainhyanathan write that we shouldn’t mistake schemes intended to get around employee standards and other laws for innovations worth…
Strat Plan Part 2: The Shuffle Game
In the second part of my critique of Collingwood’s woo-hoo strategic plan, I will look at the shuffle game. This is where consultants give contestants – I mean participants –…
Does Hypocrisy Underlie the Long Writ Period?
It’s official. Stephen Harper went to the Governor General and initiated the official election campaign period, which will be about twice as long as the minimum the Canada Elections Act…
Good to go
A few images which may or may not become highly relevant in just a few minutes.