LeDaro 2015-10-20 11:45:00
Finally, Stephen Harper is gone – an end to a decade-long nightmare for our country. His politics of control, fear, and division finally caught up to him. We got our…
October 2015
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Your news links for today: Justin Trudeau pledges ‘real change’ as Liberals leap ahead to majority government – CBC News Canadaland Commons: Election Night Special – CANADALAND Podcast Real Change…
Emancipation Syndrome
Harper is out. Trudeau is in, big time. I didn’t vote for either of those guys or Mulcair, yet I’m enormously relieved that Stephen Harper didn’t return for the final…
Trudeau Man, I, Ahh… I Don’t Know
Canadians were so eager to get rid of Stephen Harper, they forgot they weren’t served very well by a mainstream party holding a majority on power the last 4 years.…
Trudeau Man, I, Ahh… I Don’t Know
Canadians were so eager to get rid of Stephen Harper, they forgot they weren’t served very well by a mainstream party holding a majority on power the last 4 years.…
On clean slates
Needless to say, last night’s election results represented something close to the NDP’s worst-case scenario on a lot of fronts: both in terms of seat counts, and losing the seats…
A Brief Note On #Elxn42 And Moving Toward A New Left
This much is clear: with the NDP’s federal collapse last night, the neoliberal Third Way experiment can clearly be declared a failure. But now what? Now, to build ─ not…
The morning after, measured in tweets
Congrats to Butts, Telford, Broadhurst, Reporter, McNair, Gainey, Astravas, et al. You helped to make a little history: Nick Cave.#cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 20, 2015 She’ll kill me,…
A few interesting statistics
The election result in the end probably showed that strategic voting in most ridings was unnecessary or, indeed, count-productive. But I take some pleasure in the following statistics: my post…
A few interesting statistics
The election result in the end probably showed that strategic voting in most ridings was unnecessary or, indeed, count-productive. But I take some pleasure in the following statistics: my post…
A few interesting statistics
The election result in the end probably showed that strategic voting in most ridings was unnecessary or, indeed, count-productive.But I take some pleasure in the following statistics:my post recommending that…
A few interesting statistics
The election result in the end probably showed that strategic voting in most ridings was unnecessary or, indeed, count-productive. But I take some pleasure in the following statistics: my post…
They Ran from the Left, Will They Govern from the Right?
Canadians’ basic decency won yesterday, with the decisive defeat of Stephen Harper’s politics of fear and hate. Thank goodness! Now, however, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will have to hold to their…
On Faith Restored
This will be a brief post, as there are likely far more interesting things to read from the professional pundits, but I would like to offer a few reflections on…
The high cost of affordability
Affordable housing is crucial to the economic and social vitality of every municipality. Without it, people cannot afford to live here, which means they will look for jobs in places…
Stephen Harper No Longer Prime Minister of Canada
Finally Canadians have vote out the Conservative party led by Stephen Harper. Their nine year rule saw Canada lose respect from around the world. Canada has earned a reputation of…
Can we Finally Retire Useless Poll-Based Seat Projections?
Another election, another problematic night for Canada’s pollsters. Although national polling picked up the late election Liberal surge (some say the polls themselves were responsible for that surge – but…
We Await The Future
http://www.abc.net.au/ The day after Justin Trudeau delivered his father’s eulogy, Stephen Harper — then head of the National Citizens Coalition — wrote a scathing assessment of Pierre Elliott Trudeau: