Orange prudence
Orange prudence: “Toby Sanger argues that the NDP has the most fiscally responsible record.Of the 52…“
It’s election day – VOTE!
Get out and vote. If you want Harper and his cronies out of office, you need to get out and vote. If you like Harper and his cronies, you need…
Masturgate: The Little Scandal That Couldn’t
It’s election time and everyone is abuzz with the ostensibly shocking allegation that Jack Layton might have, possibly, received a happy ending at a rub-and-tug 15 years ago. Let’s let…
Election-day shenanigans in Guelph
Like a good citizen, I headed out bright and early this morning to my local polling station to vote this morning. There was no line-up, but a steady flow of…
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Conservative James Moore Autism Is Not a Disability Statement CONFIRMED by NDP Mark Ireland
CONFIRMED! Conservative James Moore's statement that autism is not a disability has been confirmed by NDP candidate Mark Ireland who participated in the forum at which Moore made the statement.…
Election Day
Well, I don't have to tell you that today is the day. If you didn't vote at the advanced polls, be sure to get out and have your voice heard.I…
Election Day
Well, I don't have to tell you that today is the day. If you didn't vote at the advanced polls, be sure to get out and have your voice heard.I…
Election Day
Well, I don’t have to tell you that today is the day. If you didn’t vote at the advanced polls, be sure to get out and have your voice heard.…
Election Prediction
Conservatives: 154 New Democrats: 62 Liberals: 62 Bloc Quebecois: 29 Greens: 0 Independents: 1 Turnout: 62%...
65 Years
The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there’s no good reason to go into space–each discovered, studied, and remembered…
Osama may be dead, but we still have to stay in Afghanistan
I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. -Mark Twain Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed, it appears, by the CIA. The question…
NDP looking strong on eve of Canadian election
In an EKOS-iPolitics poll for May 1 the gap between the NDP and front-running Conservatives has narrowed to just 3 points. The poll has the Conservatives with 34.6% of support…
Public Policy Forum Testimonial Dinner
The Public Policy Forum is a centrist NGO based in Ottawa whose mandate is to promote dialogue and engagement among the major policy stakeholders in Canada. Its current President is…
On the Eve of the election.
I am hoping for the best, expecting the worst. As are so many of us. What will happen tomorrow is open to debate. Endless debate. We have heard so many…
Non-Election News (i.e. Life Goes On)
First, the big news that will no doubt overshadow the election tomorrow: Osama bin Laden Dead Yeah, that's sort of a huge story. And second, something that will be overshadowed…
The Political Economy of Professional Wrestling: Capital, Unions and Spandex
Wage Labour on the Fringes For all the attention it received, to my knowledge, no one provided much of a political analysis of Darren Aronofsky’s 2008 award-winning motion picture The…
Vote Nobody and play the Wendy Mesley drinking game instead
I found this brilliant piece of awesomely cynical graffiti eleven years ago beside a Chinese restaurant in Guelph, Ontario. Just like every election cycle as far back as I can…
Help your local Catch 22 campaign "pull the vote" on Monday
While I've never run for public office, I have run for several union positions over the past 25 years. Having both won and lost elections by just a single vote,…
#elxn41: You Have Another Choice
Nation, this is usually the time when I get up on my soapbox and exhort you, in the strongest possible terms, to make sure you go out tomorrow and exercise…