Strategic Voting in a Toss-Up Riding
Just had a very nice chat with one of my local candidates for #Elxn44 in #KitchenerCentre. It was @morricemike of the @CanadianGreens. He does bookable short calls with voters to…
Mark Crowley
Early Soundbite Grading-Part 1
So it’s a few days into **Election 41** and I’m still trying to finish all the grading for my Spring courses. But I can’t help bring out the red grading…
A Test of the PopTheStackEmail Blogging System
This is a test of the Pop The Stack email blogging system. If this were not a test, you would be reading erudite, or at least, passionate, opinionating on the…
On the Burning of Bridges
So we just got another call from the Peter Mackay campaign to ask for our support. I don’t think he gets it. We just laughed and laughed. Sigh…. Many people…
Dust Off That Blog, It’s Election Time
Whew, it’s been a while hasn’t it? There’s dust everywhere…how do you even get dust inside a blog? Oh well. There’s an election in Ontario on June 7, 2018 and…
Yes, Change is Hard and Requires Math, That is Why We Elected You
So it seems that the response about the electoral reform committee (EMME) process is that there are lots of committed, organized, focused, passionate people who want to make this country…
Don’t Throw Away Our Shot
For the first time, we find ourselves not as a reflection of another power. Our politics is not a derivation of Westminster or Washington anymore. Our politics is specific to…
Message to Trudeau: #StickToThePlan
According to this article the Prime Minister had some words the other day in Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper about how much support is now needed for different kinds of electoral…
Teaching Yellow Dogs New Tricks
This is an interesting point by Stewart Prest at the Ottawa Citizen: Here’s an argument for Proportional Representation – the yellow dog effect. A yellow dog riding is what some…
My Letter to my MP on Electoral Reform
Dear Mr. Saini, I am one of your constituents and I must say very happy you won your seat and your party won the recent election even though I am…
Come on Colorado, Just Take One Whiff, What Harm Could It Do?
Colorado may be about to try out another experimental lifestyle habit, single payer universal healthcare: Colorado May Replace Obamacare with Single Payer Prominent Democratic Consultants Sign Up to Defeat Single…
Amazing advice! One thing you can do today. The results will astound you!
Vote. Filed under: Politics
Seven simple steps that will change everything. You won’t regret it.
On Monday, get out of bed half an hour early to do a little bit of planning how to vote. Find your voter information card to find out where to…
Wow. This will change everything. Find out how to ensure you aren’t left out!
On Monday, vote. Filed under: Politics
Are you fighting with your partner or friend all the time? One simple fix you won’t believe, scientifically proven results!
Bring your friend or partner to vote. Vote. Filed under: Politics
The one simple thing you can do next week to improve your life, you won’t believe how easy it is.
Vote. Filed under: Politics
Executed Prisoners Are Not Political Props
Huffington Post: The Conservative Party of Canada uses the execution videos of the people they want to protect as props to attack Liberal leader as unprepared for leadership. Whether military…
If an election falls in the forest and nothing changes…ever, is it still a democracy?
I’m an outsider to Alberta politics so I will attempt to refrain from making any statement about who I think should win or what the important issues are in the…
On the significance of sound and fury.
Oh journalists, you love a strong response to an unanswerable question don’t you? The media are really into nailing down what each party leader thinks about coalitions after the next…
Should America Make Voting Mandatory?
So US President Obama recently suggested that making voting mandatory. There are multiple reasons for this, one being that the people who don’t vote are more likely to be low…