Campaigns really DO Matter: Robocalls, Polling and the electoral impact of Big Data
Two weeks ago, British Columbians were preparing to cast their ballots in an election that was widely expected to be the NDP’s to lose. You see, public opinion polls on…
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6052…Zion Illinois Ahead Of The Pack
www.retronaut.com shows how progressive progressive can be. 1915. WFDS
6051…Radio Rob Ford Is Back
Heard this about an hour ago on CBC NewsWorld. The weasels that run CBC NewsWorld would not say the time or the station coz, well, they are weasels. One o’clock.…
Pets and Policies: Why Dog Parks Matter
Back in April, 2011, I wrote a post about municipal policies towards pets, now in the blog archives. I noted then that… A recent survey done by Colin Siren of…
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Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – To the extent corporatist voices are pushing increased private involvement in funding Canadian health care, their main argument generally involves the claim that…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
I Heart Rob Ford
Well, well, well, it’s been quite a week or two. Rob Ford supposedly smoking crack on video. Doug Ford’s past as a supposed hash dealer exposed – along with the…
In Sunday’s Sun: for the love God, just go
Gone? In candid moments, and when no microphones are in the vicinity, progressive political operatives will admit they want to keep Rob Ford around. They don’t want him gone, at…
When did I become my parents?
I was driving down to Toronto, Saturday, listening to a CD with Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and several other singers of my parents’ generation, singing along, and I…
Selling Their Souls
The Harperites have always pushed the envelopes of campaigning and governance. The Wright-Duffy Affair has provided us yet another example of how the govern. But, last week, Mr. Justice Richard…
BC’s Crushing Debt Absent From Election Discussion
At the end of fiscal 2012, total provincial liabilities reported by the provincial government were $70.358 billion, or 100% greater than when the Liberal government first came into power. What…
This is the answer to Toronto’s $2.5 billion transit question
By: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release: TORONTO – A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) lays out a compromise solution to political gridlock…
Saturday Photo: More than 6000 Signaturs, and the Garden Backs Down
Montreal’s Jardin botanique, as I’ve been saying here recently, is one of the loveliest places around. Evenn this morning, with a steady rain falling, Jeanne would have spent the whole…
scandals and election fraud, what a week in Canadian politics!
My husband and two of my children are out watching the sky to see Venus, Mercury and Jupiter aligned and visible. I’m staying home with the sleeping two year old,…