Why Cats Elect Dogs
Alternate Voting - or AV - will have massive implications with respect to voting in Canada (and will hopefully marginalize all of those who vote for dogs instead of cats).
Canadian election
MayDay 2011 Aftermath: Let the Distractions and Deflections Begin
Constantly lampooning the NDP for having the only youth in their party may provide a short-term distraction from the crimes of the Cons, but it ain't gonna last.
In Canada It’s All Part of the Game
The Canadian federal general election has come and gone and from what I can gather most Canadians are pretty well satisfied with the results: a majority government, the centre left…
MayDay 2011: Yer Blues, Orange Crush and RIP LPC
In 2015, the only thing that will defeat the Cons is a concerted effort. The 'death by a thousand cuts' approach by Canada's progressives will only ensure that we never…
Canada’s Facebook Election Changes the Face of the Nation
Yes, I've seen the latest polls and have jumped on the bandwagon. I'm putting aside the pessimist belief that the vagaries of the voting system would undo the sudden rise…
Green Party Canada: Advance Polls and the Youth Vote.
The Green Party of Canada has been surprisingly effective in this election, in some respects anyway. I have been a vocal critic of the Leadership of the Party, but given…
Green Party Canada: Week 2 of the 2011 Election
Not a terribly impressive week for the Green Party of Canada. The debate about the debate has mostly run it's course, is there anything there to replace it?
A useful tool for strategic voting.
Hello bloggers of Canada! Grab this file! strategic-voting.xls I misspent a few hours this weekend creating what I hope is a useful spreadsheet for voters in the upcoming election. The…
Green Party Canada: Week 1 of the 2011 Election Campaign
The Green Party is getting great publicity from their exclusion from the televised debate. They should have been ready to turn that into something electorally significant, instead of simply crowing…
Green Party Moment: Is it Time for Real debate on Nuclear Power?
Elizabeth May is hosting a joint news conference with Linda Keen, the Nuclear watchdog dismissed by the Conservatives for watching. Might be interesting, might actually be worthy of news coverage