Why “Centrism” doesn’t quite work for us and needs to be adjusted for
Over the last week I have gotten a lot of rather angry emails and notes speaking in opposition to my thoughts written about in my blog post last week on…
Canadian Politics
Insite Goes To The Supreme Court
What is Insite? Opened in 2003. Operates in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Addicts can inject illicit drugs (such as heroin) in a safe environment. This is part of a holistic harm-reduction…
Hey Liberals, forget the English French English French thing….pick the best leader
Contrary to what some think, I'm not a member of the Liberal party...So card holders take this as the opinion of an interested individual, but not from someone who's spent…
Speak
Since the story broke abut African migrants forcibly dying off the coast of Libya, abandoned by NATO’s humanitarian mission, so many trite remakes have been made. The most common is…
After an election about personalities, not policies, we can and must do better
We have just witness an election which while historic in many ways was not one of any significance in terms of a discussion of actual issues or policies. The political…
An open letter to new MPs
Dear new MPs, Congratulations on being elected! You've every right to be excited - as a fellow Canadian who is hoping that the house can be changed, I'm excited too.…
#Cdnpoli: Have I got this all wrong?
Is it possible?I don't know where this doubt is coming from, but I've been having second thoughts about a lot of what I've been saying. Maybe all the sniping and…
The Liberal party needs to play a long game on leadership
After its crushing defeat on May 2nd, the Liberal party has some considerable soul searching to do. Not least among its problems is the task that has recently proved most…
Some post-election thoughts.
Some articles with better insight than I can provide: The Liberal 34. Renewing the Liberal Party: Leadership. The Liberal Party: What went wrong and where to next? Election Post Mortem:…
TFSAs and progressive savings policies
With Harper's majority secured, it is quite likely that the popular Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA's) will double the allowable contributions to $10k per year by 2014. There is a…
Efficient Market Hypothesis, the corporate bond sales pitch and rationality
If the EMH were true then would this sales pitch be a lie? This pitch says that they can pick winners and can avoid losers. Does the EMH imply that…
Christian right will find out soon- What a friend they have in Harper – Can PM keep abortion off the agenda
Stephen Harper finally has his majority, the third time was the charm. Canadians, while perhaps not warming to the Conservative leader, did trust him sufficiently to let him rule without…
Imagine if the NDP had won a majority
What would the press and punditry be saying about this? That would be the tanking of the TSX over the last two days. Filed under: Canadian Politics
The 2011 Liberal Party election results might count as ethnic cleansing
So… that was interesting. I, for one, am blown away at the collective humph to the nuts of the Liberal Party of Canada. It’s about time. The last fourteen years…
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…
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…