The country we want doesn’t use fake feminism to hate (repost)
‘When we talk about the country we want, we must talk about values that respect, protect and guarantee women’s rights,’ write two dozen leading feminists. The election rhetoric based on…
2015
Election 2015: Trudeau’s Court of Economic Advisors
“I don’t read newspapers, I don’t watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.” Justin Trudeau’s surprising confession in a 2001 Globe and Mail essay…
Strategic Voting in Central Nova: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Central Nova The riding of Central Nova in Nova Scotia is a riding where strategic voting could make a difference. Its long-time MP, Peter MacKay, is not…
Strategic Voting in Central Nova: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Central Nova The riding of Central Nova in Nova Scotia is a riding where strategic voting could make a difference. Its long-time MP, Peter MacKay, is not…
Strategic Voting in Central Nova: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Central NovaThe riding of Central Nova in Nova Scotia is a riding where strategic voting could make a difference. Its long-time MP, Peter MacKay, is not standing…
Strategic Voting in Central Nova: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Central Nova The riding of Central Nova in Nova Scotia is a riding where strategic voting could make a difference. Its long-time MP, Peter MacKay, is not…
#elxn42 Platform Review – Liberals
Finally, let’s take a look at the Liberals’ platform. Leaving aside the question of whether the Libs can plausibly live up to their campaign messaging of simultaneously being more progressive…
Rick Mercer on Stephen Harper’s Great Niqab Distraction
As we know Stephen Harper has tried to make the niqab controversy the centrepiece of his campaign, as instructed by his brutish Aussie flying monkey Lynton Crosby.And while most sane…
Vive la revolution: Why Liberal and NDP supporters will decide how to vote despite their leaders
The Great Canadian 2015 RevolutionThe Harper government has, during its four years of majority government, managed to persuade millions of Canadians that they have to vote in a different way…
Forum Poll: Why Stephen Harper has only 7 days left as prime minister
The Great Canadian 2015 Revolution The Harper government has, during its four years of majority government, managed to persuade millions of Canadians that they have to vote in a different…
A Sign Of the Times?
This afternoon I was in Niagara-on-the-Lake, which seemed to be sporting a lot of Tory signs. This one, I thought, perhaps said more than might have been intended: Recommend this…
#elxn42 Platform Review – NDP
I’ve pointed out before that Tom Mulcair’s practice – both in pursuing the NDP’s leadership and in leading the party – has been to continue largely with the party’s existing…
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…
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,…