A Vote for Layton, A Vote for Canada
I remember standing in the front row of the Coalition demonstration in December of 2008. Jack Layton came over and shook my hand, and I said to him, "I hope…
Why I oppose strategic voting
Canadian politics are plagued by an archaic electoral system where whoever gets one more vote than second place gets sole command over their constituency. This practice is known formally as…
Answer the Question Mr. Harper. . . .
As I, and other progressive bloggers, have been saying for years now, Harper has no respect for the Law or the constitution. Not that long ago, when the idea of…
History reloaded and remixed – A review of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Remixing the revolution: new doc resurrects archival footage of the Black Power movement.
Vancouver Quadra All Candidates Debate
This past Wednesday I attended my local riding’s all-candidate’s debate at UBC, hosted by the Professor Emeritus Association. All of our candidates were in attendance, including incumbent Liberal Joyce Murray,…
My Seat Projections
Okay, just for fun I’m going to do this. I don’t have some crazy scientific method of figuring it out, I just go with my gut feeling – which has…
And I Thought I Had Written My Last Blog Entry Before The Election ….
It seems I was wrong. Once more, the disdain Harper has consistently shown for Canadian democratic traditions and norms is made manifest. Click here to read the story and watch…
Happy Dead Hitler Day!
Ding! Dong! The Führer's dead! Time to bust out the bubbly and celebrate.
Stay away from the brown acid
Wow ever since the wave l'orange hit the belle province (my high school French always fails me) it has been looney tunes around these parts. We've seen posts where some…
The Shock Doctrine, Toronto Style
I doubt Rob Ford reads Naomi Klein. Between studying committee reports and football playbooks, the new Mayor likely doesn’t have the time or the inclination to keep up with Canada’s…
Time to decide on the kind of politics we want….
This should have been an election about ideas, an election on Harper's record over the past five years, an election about competing visions of the kind of Canada we want…
Harper smears Liberals for years, then asks us to save him?
I don't think this latest argument from Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going to resonate with the intended audience. As all Liberals know, Harper has led a vicious smear campaign…
Measuring democracy
It wouldn't surprise anyone if they were told that the rich have more influence on government than the rest of us. Some scholars in the U.S. have gone further than…
United States becoming Sodom & Gommorah!
Will this be the century that this particular bit of right-wing craziness comes true? We report, you decide! Pat’s ironically correct about one thing, though: It doesn’t take an “ordinary…
United States becoming Sodom & Gommorah!
Will this be the century that this particular bit of right-wing craziness comes true? We report, you decide!Pat's ironically correct about one thing, though: It doesn't take an "ordinary scholar"…
United States becoming Sodom & Gommorah!
Will this be the century that this particular bit of right-wing craziness comes true? We report, you decide! Pat’s ironically correct about one thing, though: It doesn’t take an “ordinary…
Sam Pazzano: Whore! Future senator?
Wow. The Conservatives are scared, and have no shame. Warning: If you click this, you might throw up a little in your mouth. I did. On the bright side, maybe…
Are We on the Cusp of de facto Proportional Representation?
Of all the interesting trends this election, the increased ability of politicians and ordinary citizens to effect change in public opinion is surely the most important. The case of the…
Its not going to work
#ndp #elxn41 #jacklayton #cpc #toronto The recent smear on Jack Layton isn't going to work. Remember Bill Clinton? His extra marital affair was used by his conservative enemies to undermine…
scummy ex cop tells Scum Media that cops hate poor people
Could this ex cop be julian fantino? He's an ex Toronto cop, and scummy to boot! At any rate, the smear job on Jack Layton, which by the way, Orwell's…