John Duncan Resigns– good riddance
John Duncan, the MP for Vancouver Island North, has resigned as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. Mr. Duncan leaves behind a legacy that no one could conceivably want.…
Bryan Crockett
Senate Reform: Let’s replace it
The Canadian Senate serves an important purpose in Canadian democracy, but must this service be provided by a legislative house? The way the Senate is currently: it is not responsible…
Brazeau kicked from Caucus
Conservative-appointed Senator Patrick Brazeau Early this morning, Harper-appointed Senator Patrick Brazeau was expelled from the Conservative Caucus after being taking into police custody. Rumours are circulating about charges of domestic…
Liberals. We’re big on policy.
This past weekend, at the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia policy conference, we passed many important progressive policy resolutions. Instead of doing the typical partisan thing and talking…
How did you get involved with the Liberal party? What suggestions do you have for youth looking to get just as involved as you?
Thanks for the question! I got involved in the Liberal Party of Canada on May 3, 2011. During the election, I saw a party I agreed with. The more I…
Liberals. We’re big on policy.
This past weekend, at the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia policy conference, we passed many important progressive policy resolutions. Instead of doing the typical partisan thing and talking…
Friends — I’m only going to say this once, so listen up. If I seem a little off in the…
Friends — I’m only going to say this once, so listen up. If I seem a little off in the next few weeks, or in the preceding few weeks, it’s…
Stephen Harper is not a leader.
Way back in 2011 Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation delcared a state of emergency due to a lack of decent housing. The Harper Regime decided to politicize…
We need a youth service corps.
Until 2011, Canada had a pretty cool program government-funded program called Katimavik. This program took young men and women from all over the country and showed them the culture of…
Congratulations Canada, we’re the first country to back out of Kyoto!
Remember that agreement that Canada signed, along with most other countries in the world? The one where we all agreed on climate change, and that something needed to be done…
"Liberal philosophy places the highest value on freedom of the individual. The first consequence of…"
““Liberal philosophy places the highest value on freedom of the individual. The first consequence of freedom is change. A Liberal can seldom be a partisan of the status quo. He…
How Christy Clark can get reelected
When Christy Clark became the Premier of British Columbia, I, along with many other people, had high hopes. During the campaign and her first few months as Premier, she made…
I wish I could say that there was a pattern. I wish I could say, with decidedness, that every day…
I wish I could say that there was a pattern. I wish I could say, with decidedness, that every day was either better or worse than the one before it.…
A note to progressives
Many of the candidates for leader of the Liberal Party are trying to align themselves as the best person to defeat Stephen Harper. The candidates during the last New Democratic…
Canada needs electoral reform
After the last federal general election, it became obvious that electoral reform was needed in Canada. After possibly breaking many election laws, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives won a “strong majority mandate”…
Yes/no?
On a lot of specific things, opinions are a pretty binary yes/no or on/off kind of thing, especially when they come to identifying with labels. Are you a Liberal? How…
We Must Not "Unequivocally Support" Any Group
People living in the world should have the right to self-determination. This includes the Israeli people, and certainly does not exclude the Palestinian people. Both sides in this seemingly never…
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"Everyone’s different. Diversity makes us stronger. It can be hard to embrace, but do it and…"
“Everyone’s different. Diversity makes us stronger. It can be hard to embrace, but do it and you’ll only find the world a more desirable place.” – Bryan Crockett
How I Became Involved in Politics
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been taking a stand for what I feel is right. While, in my younger years, this was often protesting my brother…