The Opposite of Rational Decision Making
It’s rare that a government accused of undervaluing science and making policy decisions based on predetermined outcomes rather than rational analysis comes straight out and admits that how they function.…
Mark Crowley
Sometimes Democracy Is About Fighting
Once again Green Party Member of Parliament Elizabeth May (I never get tired of hearing that phrase) is threatening to stand up for democracy and parliament when almost no one…
Sometimes Democracy Is About Fighting
Once again Green Party Member of Parliament Elizabeth May (I never get tired of hearing that phrase) is threatening to stand up for democracy and parliament when almost no one…
Protect the trees
Rob Ford wants to see 5-cent bag fee abolished because : “I believe the taxpayers don’t want to pay the five cents any more. It is actually six cents with…
Protect the trees
Rob Ford wants to see 5-cent bag fee abolished because : “I believe the taxpayers don’t want to pay the five cents any more. It is actually six cents with…
Who Needs Honour When You Have Fear?
I’m starting to think that The Conservative Party of Canada is trying to exhaust our outrage meters so we’ll stop complaining about real issues and just let them do whatever…
Who Needs Honour When You Have Fear?
I’m starting to think that The Conservative Party of Canada is trying to exhaust our outrage meters so we’ll stop complaining about real issues and just let them do whatever…
Stop the Sell Out
LeadNow Campaign : Stop the Sell Out This is truly important. Our democracy is being strong-armed by the Conservatives. They are using their majority to begin altering the progressive nature…
Stop the Sell Out
LeadNow Campaign : Stop the Sell Out This is truly important. Our democracy is being strong-armed by the Conservatives. They are using their majority to begin altering the progressive nature…
Time to Drop Left, Right and Centre
Words have power. Canadian politics is undergoing a realignment and the old words we use to describe the ‘political spectrum’ are becoming more a hinderance than a help in trying…
Time to Drop Left, Right and Centre
Words have power. Canadian politics is undergoing a realignment and the old words we use to describe the ‘political spectrum’ are becoming more a hinderance than a help in trying…
Harper reveals his true nature…he’s a bad message board troll.
This: Stephen Harper shouted down for saying NDP didn’t support fight against Hitler wow. just…wow. It’s depressing actually. I mean, turning the debate away from the war in question as…
Harper reveals his true nature…he’s a bad message board troll.
This: Stephen Harper shouted down for saying NDP didn’t support fight against Hitler wow. just…wow. It’s depressing actually. I mean, turning the debate away from the war in question as…
Dion Proposes New Voting System
Monday’s election results in Alberta demonstrate once again the strange outcomes that our First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) voting system can create. A difference in vote percentage between 43% and 34% leads to…
Dion Proposes New Voting System
Monday’s election results in Alberta demonstrate once again the strange outcomes that our First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) voting system can create. A difference in vote percentage between 43% and 34% leads to…
Our Democracy is Leaving on a Jet Plane
This latest article by Andrew Coyne on the F-35 fiasco gave me chills, it’s a must read for anyone who still believes in honest, representative government. See this excellent article…
Our Democracy is Leaving on a Jet Plane
This latest article by Andrew Coyne on the F-35 fiasco gave me chills, it’s a must read for anyone who still believes in honest, representative government. See this excellent article…
Conservative Budget Shows Us What is Important to Them
A common response from many pundits on the recent Conservative budget seems to be: sensible, dull, uncontroversial. David Frum recently published his analysis and went a bit further asking whether…
Conservative Budget Shows Us What is Important to Them
A common response from many pundits on the recent Conservative budget seems to be: sensible, dull, uncontroversial. David Frum recently published his analysis and went a bit further asking whether…
O America – Health Care and Gay Marriage
I usually stick to writing about Canadian politics but since I am on temporary exile in the “Land of the Free”™ for my postdoc I have been meaning to add…