On narrow targets
At this stage of the federal election campaign, the seemingly wide range of outcomes is entirely an artifice of a first-part-the-post system with multiple parties contending for seats. Barring a…
September 2021
The bloc québécois’ housing platform
With Canadians heading to the polls in a federal election this month, I’ve written a 600-word overview of the Bloc Québécois’ housing platform. It’s available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/ten-things-to-know-about-the-bloc-quebecois-housing-platform/
On concealed motivations
Martin Lukacs worked for years documenting and explaining the Libs’ concealed raison d’etre… Whenever discontent builds up, the Liberals have always been there to safely channel it, like a political…
KINSELLACAST 176: Lilley, Mraz on election heroes and zeroes
The post KINSELLACAST 176: Lilley, Mraz on election heroes and zeroes first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Stop the Canada-US hybrid war against Venezuela!
The lack of any discussion of Canadian foreign policy during this election is shocking and shameful — almost as shameful as Canada’s foreign policy itself. Take the case of Venezuela.…
Our Scruffy, Run-Down Town
There’s a gravel trail that runs along the waterfront, north of the Shipyards development, that’s been blocked by barricades since the spring. It’s been that way at least six months,…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Jeremiah Rodriguez reports on the omission of Canadians with disabilities from much of the election campaign, while pointing out the priorities which…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Graham Thomson discusses how the UCP has put politics over public well-being in choosing to let COVID run rampant (while now seeking…
Canada’s in a housing crisis. It’s time for radical solutions
If we’re serious about tackling the housing crisis in this country, we need to have the guts and the honesty to point out the root of the problem in the…
from the archives: all over the world, i tell people where to go
On our recent trip to Oregon and California, I made a note every time someone asked me for directions. That may seem like an odd thing to track — unless…
Having failed to establish a CPC link, we’ll just ignore it
In any other country, when an organizer for a political party (here, #PPC) is charged criminally with assaulting a Prime Minister and the leader of another party (here, #LPC) it…
A Sunday Reflection
Nothing like shining a light on the ignorant and the benighted, eh? Recommend this Post
Talking the Fourth Week of #Elxn44 on CTV News Channel
Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Akshay Tandon for the “Political Pulse” panel along with Colin MacDonald and Maureen Harquail. We reviewed the fourth week on the campaign trail,…
What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast – #Elxn44 Week Four
The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Tim Barber, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode…
#ELXN44: Legault, My Ego
Some notes and thoughts about Legault’s interference in the federal election; 9/11 and media bailouts. None of it has to be this way. The post #ELXN44: Legault, My Ego first…
The Shame Of It
I was never a fan of George W. Bush. He made some terrible decisions that had far-reaching consequences. But, yesterday, in a speech in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, he spoke the unvarnished…
Tale of the tour tape
About to talk about this on @CFRAOttawa @a_pinsent: the leaders’ tours in September. The first list is @JustinTrudeau. Second, @erinotoole, then @theJagmeetSingh. They’ve all been campaigning in Liberal strongholds. Which…
Election Follies and Funnies #21: Trudeau rising
This was not what I was expecting today https://t.co/ELl1vwCNy8 — Stephen Maher (@stphnmaher) September 11, 2021 "Erin O’Toole sits 9 days out likelier than not to lose seats. But hey,…
Vote Local, Think Local.
The wife and I voted on Friday. We usually vote at advance polls. It is a habit from years of working on campaigns. I usually know if my vote will…
Mistruths, half-truths and outright lies
In less than 6 years, Canada’s Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner dealt three times with our ethics shy PM: Trudeau Report (Aga Khan) Trudeau II Report (SNC-Lavalin) Trudeau III…