Helping the Homeless and the Youth: Coldest Night Of The Year
Once again this year, I’m participating in the Coldest Night Of The Year Walk on February 25th. It is held across the country, and is done to help local charities,…
Scott Tribe
A shout-out to a political local friend.
I wanted to take this time to congratulate a local Brantford Liberal and friend of mine – Donna Nelson. She’s the current President of the local Brantford-Brant Women’s Club, but…
Why Michael Chong probably won’t win the CPC Leadership race.
I think this poll by Ekos asking whether people of different political stripes whether they believe this statement tells you why Mr. Chong won’t win: When Lisa Raitt, another…
Supporting Mental Health in Canada better
As you may or may not know, Ottawa and the provinces have been trying to get a new deal on healthcare reached. Initial efforts failed, although 3 Atlantic Provinces have…
Bloggers are not dead just yet.
First of all: Happy New Year 2017 to all of my readers. Secondly, thanks to Warren for his nice shout-out to me (and to other long-time bloggers) as proof that…
The phony War On Christmas reaches Canada.
You’ve probably noticed over the last decade around Christmas time there is a hue and cry from conservative folks about a “War on Christmas”. They speak darkly about those apparently…
Mydemocracy.ca is an interestingly worded survey, to say the least.
In brief.. I took this because I’m interested in electoral reform. I took this because its the tool the government is going to use to gauge user response. I encourage…
Nightmares sometimes become real; the US Election being one of them.
I woke up this morning 2 days after the US Election hoping I’d dreamed a very bad dream… but alas, not to be. It appears that Clinton will end up…
US Election Prediction: Two bets / prediction winning streak on the line.
So unless you’re totally uninterested and don’t follow politics (which if you are, I’m not sure why you’re reading me right now) or been under a rock, you know tomorrow…
#LPCO2016 – Day 2/Completion
So the LPCO 2016 AGM has wrapped up in Niagara Falls. Many things to talk about.. but I want to be brief.. so a few more observations: – Niagara Falls…
#LPCO16: Day 1 in the books
So Day 1 is in the books of the LPCO AGM here in Niagara Falls. It mostly dealt with registration and meeting old friends and making new ones; Reunited with…
Covering the #LPCO AGM in Niagara Falls this weekend
Thanks to the kind folks in the Liberal Party, I’ve been officially accredited as a “media” person to cover the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) – LPCO – annual convention…
Municipal Councils opposed to Ranked Ballot on “too complicated” argument insult voters intelligence
The province of Ontario recently gave municipal and city councils the ability to reform their voting system. Thanks to Bill 181, municipalities now have the option of using ranked ballot…
Stephane Dion and his Green Shift are vindicated. More Hard Work needed though.
Vindication took eight years, but it finally showed up for Stephane Dion: “The government proposes that the price on carbon pollution should start at a minimum of $10 per tonne…
Electoral Reform Townhall in #Brantford #Brant on 10/2/16
There is an electoral reform meeting here in Brantford-Brant on Sunday to discuss (what else?) Electoral Reform. It is being sponsored by the three Liberal Party of Canada Clubs here…
After almost a year in power, approval rates for governing Liberals increasing
When you’re a blogger that happens to support the governing party and you approve of most of what they’re doing, it’s sometimes hard to blog about anything . However, this…
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Sorry for the absence from the blog.. life interrupts these things occasionally.. and I confess Twitter and Facebook are easier to post stuff on that dont require essays. Just to…
The open primary debate south of the border
I realize the debate on Open Membership in the LPC is now a done deal.. but an interesting look at it from the US side of things, with the leading…
Liberal Party leaders heard concerns of delegates – new constitution passed with amendments.
After all the buildup to a possible split in the party over the Liberal Party’s proposed constitutional changes, delegates backed the new constitution overwhelmingly to the tune of 96% –…
Concerns about Liberal Party hierarchy leaning on delegates over constitution.
I received this from a local Liberal Party delegate who is going to Winnipeg next week who is struggling over over the proposed changes to the Liberal Party Constitution and…