Libs reject Coalition
The Ontario Election iscoming down to the wire and it is increasing looking like a minoritygovernment with an almost equal split between two if not threepartys. The headlines say “…
Rural
What are they hiding?
Recently MPGuy Caron called on the Commons public account committee to resurrect14 studies that were left unfinished whenParliament fell last March. Seven of the 14 are complete and justneed to…
Citizens drive out of their way to vote
But not by choice. Manyrural residents who have just received their (cards) were surprisedto learn that they are expected to travel beyond their localcommunity to vote despite their being a…
Ontario to use Tabulating Machines
Some Ontario ReturningPolls will be using 'Tabulating Machines' to count the ballots, thisappears to be an experimental initiative and limited to a few pollsin each area. During 'training' the Returning…
Access to Information – Ours or Theirs?
Thisrecent article highlights just how much informationforeign governments (in this case the U.S.) are able to obtain aboutyou or I, meanwhile details of the agreement on almost all of thethree…
The Politics of Respect
As Stephen Lewis said in his eulogy “To hear so many Canadians speak so open-heartedly of love, to see young and old take chalk in hand to write without embarrassment…
Elections Canada Report
I will briefly return from my summer hiatus to bring a couple of things to your attention, first up a few things from the recent report by Chief Electoral Officer…
Democracy Under Fire Surrenders!
After a a few weeks reflection I have concluded that the fight to protect our democracy must continue without my weekly posts for a while. As have many others, I…
Predictable Chaos
Just one day before probably the most important election in Canadian history we have no idea where things are going to end up, it appears the threat of a conservative…
Principles of Parliamentary Democracy
Peace, Order & Good Government is the title a blog about exactly that, a recent post contained links to some opinion and reports from some individuals well versed in constitutional…
Senator Banks Speaks Out.
Senator Tommy Banks recently wrote a longish article about the choices we face next Monday, whilst found in at least one place under the misleading title 'Conservative Senator Speaks out'…
The Frustrated Voter!
It is frustrating listening to all the promises as to what our politicians will do if elected when we cannot even get a clear picture of what they did when…
Will our Constitution Survive?
I think it is sad that the majority of Canadians don't understand the basic workings of their own government. This ignorance speaks to a major failure of the education systems…
The Week That Was, Secrecy, Lies & Rising up
I may be totally depressed by the futility of trying to effect change using our first past the post voting system and the total lack of any indication that any…
The Harper Legacy – Series Suspended
Just like the harper regime I am going to break my promises and suspend dialog, my intention to document Harpers antidemocratic actions and words over the last few years is…
Is this Democracy? -Updated
“Harper’s strategy of refusing to take more than five questions a day from reporters amounts to a gross disservice to the public. Four of the permitted questions (generally two in…
The Harper Legacy – Part 2
The Rise to Power, In Opposition and Before 2004 – 2006 When the 38th parliament fell in Nov 2005 the mantra from Mr Harper was about bringing in an “Open…
Anti-democratic News Media
It has been reported this morning that the news media barons have decided that you shall not hear from all the political leaders in any upcoming debate, but that Elizabeth…
The Harper Legacy – Part 1
Introduction - The next 5 weeks Given the pre election attack ad's put out by the Harper regime we must assume that Mr Harper believes that the past actions of…
Standing Up for Democracy
The following letter has been recently published at http://plblack99.blogspot.com/ , I do not know Mr Black and can only say that I agree wholeheartedly with him, we must indeed focus…