NDP intelligentsia needs to get its shit together
What is going on in NDP land? Exhibit A: the Progressive Economics Forum. Outside of Erin Weir the posts have all been downright glum. Hello is anybody home? You just…
Canadian Politics
Electoral math II: vote splitting in the Liberal ridings the Conservatives won
While there was an enormous transfer of seats towards the NDP from the Bloc and to a lesser extent the Liberals, the Conservatives managed to move from a minority to…
Tired of politics Canadians let Harper off the leash…
Stephen Harper wanted a majority. Canadians wanted a break from politics. Last night both got their wish. I won't rehash the results or gloat over my prediction of a Conservative…
Electoral Math I: Vote Splitting and the NDP+Liberal merger hypothesis
This historic election has seen the complete collapse of the Bloc Québécois and the decline in the Liberal party to historic lows while propelling the Conservatives to a majority government…
Harper’s centralization of the democratic process: the litmus test for the next four years
Leaving all policy discussion aside, one of the most disheartening aspects of the last five years of minority government under Harper has been a consistent erosion of the adversarial process…
Congrats
Congratulations Dippers and Greens, what an historic showing.The Bloc might be history, as in the not so distant past and the Cons get their coveted majority at the expense of…
Challenge
What next? Difficulty: No defeatist talk or whining.
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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…
Calls saying polling stations moved reeks of Conservative dirty tricks
This is reminding me of Florida back in 2000, sadly this type of behaviour has moved north to Canada along with the negative political ads and smears. Its being reported…
Stephen Harper tweets that a coalition government would be legitimate
Democracy is all about choices, deciding which individuals and which parties we want to represent us in government. There has been some concern that Stephen Harper might not accept the…
Its going to be a Harper Majority
The polls open in less than 24 hours, so its time for a prediction...and sorry to say it looks to me like a Harper majority. Based on the polls, especially…
The assault on democracy
Read this excellent summary by Lawrence Martin and then tell me we can afford to give Stephen Harper another term as president prime minister. Have a look at the regional…
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 majority out of reach? DON’T BET ON IT!!!
Surprise surprise, Stephen Harper's tightly controlled campaign machine has sprung a leak. The Toronto Star is reporting that senior Conservative party insiders are saying 'they're just not there' in terms…
Sun Media – Smear trumps journalism
Okay, we all know the story by now. Jack Layton went to a licensed massage clinic something like 15 or 16 years ago. Yawn. That an organization that tries to…
Québecois et Québecoise – Canada a besoin de votre aide…
Français c'est ma 2eme langue, donc s'il vous plait excuse mes plusieurs fautes et lire ce que j'ai a dire a vous autres. Pour moi, Québec c'est la couer de…
Parkdale-Highpark Riding All Candidates Debate Response
I recently attended the all candidates debate for the Parkdale-Highpark riding hosted by the BWVRA and wanted to share my thoughts on the debate, the candidates and various issues that…
Things Stephen Harper told us…
Stephen Harper talks a good game, I'll certainly give him that. And the game he's talking now is about doom and gloom should Canadian voters decide to elect a sizable…
Who’s fault will it be?
So the Globe and Mail has endorsed Harper, admitting they value money over democracy. While their competition is definitely anti-Harper, they haven't made any endorsement just yet (as of the…