If Not Harper, Then Who?
“I’ve seen issues come up before that get a lot of press attention, and sometimes a photograph or sometimes a side issue can move votes, but I always believe that…
October 2015
On technological preferences
Shorter Diane Francis: I don’t much like Facebook, but this Google machine is neato. I just typed in “Harper Conservative Talking Points”, and it practically wrote my column for me!
Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk: vote Liberal
Eric Grenier's threehundredeight.com is a great resource for strategic voters, as this map illustrates. Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk The riding in question is Haldimand-Norfolk on the shores of Lake Erie,…
Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk: vote Liberal
Eric Grenier’s threehundredeight.com is a great resource for strategic voters, as this map illustrates. Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk The riding in question is Haldimand-Norfolk on the shores of Lake Erie,…
Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk: vote Liberal
Eric Grenier's threehundredeight.com is a great resource for strategic voters, as this map illustrates.Strategic voting in Haldimand-NorfolkThe riding in question is Haldimand-Norfolk on the shores of Lake Erie, which includes…
Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk: vote Liberal
Eric Grenier’s threehundredeight.com is a great resource for strategic voters, as this map illustrates. Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk The riding in question is Haldimand-Norfolk on the shores of Lake Erie,…
#elxn42 Platform Review – Conservatives
Given the lengths Stephen Harper has gone to in limiting how his party is presented publicly as well as the Cons’ general status quo campaign theme, it may come as…
Will Turkey Become NATO’s First and the Muslim World’s Next Failed State?
NATO’s only Muslim member state, Turkey, has made great strides in developing a modern, even high-tech society. Turkey’s aerospace industry, for example, is highly advanced and may even soon field…
And You Think You’ve Got a Tough Commute.
The Chinese drive to modernize hasn’t always been very well thought out. After all, who was the engineer who came up with the idea of a 50-lane highway into Beijing?…
#elxn42 Platform Reviews – Overview
The combination of a majority government and an extra-long campaign period has left Canada’s major political parties with ample time to refine their election platforms. And regardless of what your…
Harper to blame for Elections Canada’s awful voter registration mess
Elections Canada has made an awful mess of voter registration for the 2015 federal election. It’s a mess that recalls bad memories of the 2011 robocall scandal. Stephen Harper is…
The Real Threat of Harper . . .
As we inch toward Election day and the NDP looks to be out of the running and much the anti-Harper vote edges toward the Liberals, many people are, I believe,…
An Ex-Pat Canadian Sees Harper as "the Last Remnant of George w. Bush"
The Guardian has given a lot of coverage to Canada’s election campaign, much of it focusing on Stephen Joseph Harper, Shifty Steve. The latest is an op-ed from a Canadian…
Strategic voting in North Island-Powell River: vote NDP
The teams over at votetogether.ca have begun making recommendations in dozens of ridings for the up-coming election. They have recommended that strategic voters in North Island-Powell River support vote the…
Strategic voting in North Island-Powell River: vote NDP
The teams over at votetogether.ca have begun making recommendations in dozens of ridings for the up-coming election. They have recommended that strategic voters in North Island-Powell River support vote the…
Strategic voting in North Island-Powell River: vote NDP
The teams over at votetogether.ca have begun making recommendations in dozens of ridings for the up-coming election. They have recommended that strategic voters in North Island-Powell River support vote the…
Strategic voting in North Island-Powell River: vote NDP
The teams over at votetogether.ca have begun making recommendations in dozens of ridings for the up-coming election. They have recommended that strategic voters in North Island-Powell River support vote the…
Strategic voting in Nanaimo-Ladysmith: vote NDP
A new poll for BC from Insights West (pdf) confirms that strategic voters in Nanaimo-Ladysmith should vote NDP. Here are their poll results: Poll in Nanaimo-Ladysmith The good people at…
Strategic voting in Nanaimo-Ladysmith: vote NDP
A new poll for BC from Insights West (pdf) confirms that strategic voters in Nanaimo-Ladysmith should vote NDP. Here are their poll results: Poll in Nanaimo-Ladysmith The good people at…
Strategic voting in Nanaimo-Ladysmith: vote NDP
A new poll for BC from Insights West (pdf) confirms that strategic voters in Nanaimo-Ladysmith should vote NDP. Here are their poll results:Poll in Nanaimo-LadysmithThe good people at votetogether.ca have…