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Many of you may not have heard of Jerry Dean until this past week.Jerry is from Botwood. Last fall the people on Exploits district elected him as their member in…
democracy
Electoral Reform – Choosing the Committee Members
This week the government has announced the structure of the all party parliamentary committee that will study what electoral system reforms will be put before parliament. Unfortunately they did not…
Alex’s Blog 2016-05-12 18:36:30
A couple of days back, Ed Broadbent, Hugh Segal and I published an op-ed making the case for some form of proportional representation. Yesterday the government announced its process for…
Parlez-Vous Contempt?
Comment? Conservative contempt for democracy, representation, culture, and people not like themselves does not end with Harper or #TheNewHarper. This new francophone minister, the anglophone Squires, not only clings to…
Parlez-Vous Contempt?
Comment? Conservative contempt for democracy, representation, culture, and people not like themselves does not end with Harper or #TheNewHarper. This new francophone minister, the anglophone Squires, not only clings to…
It’s Saskatchewan’s Election Day
I basically stopped writing about the Saskatchewan election on my blog following the hair pulling, anti-democratic decision by CBC and its consortium of TV broadcasters to block most party leaders…
When is our raise coming?
Members of Parliament and senators will get a $3,000 increase Friday in their base salary, while cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive a larger raise – at…
When is our raise coming?
Members of Parliament and senators will get a $3,000 increase Friday in their base salary, while cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive a larger raise – at…
What Bernie Sanders Has Accomplished
Here is an op ed in the Star on what we might learn from the Bernie Sanders camPaign
Getting to yes: A process for building Canada’s visionary new environmental assessment act
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Last November, in a federally-unprecedented move, Prime Minister Trudeau m...
Why The Drug War Is Inherently Racist and Pro-War
Richard Nixon was not a good man. The people around him weren’t good either. They intentionally lied about the harm of hard drugs (and ‘soft’ drugs too), in order to…
Saskatchewan Democracy’s Unsolved Problem Didn’t Fix Itself
Please show you support democracy in Saskatchewan. Last Saskatchewan election, this happened instead thanks to our lackluster media ignoring the Greens who fielded a full slate of 58 candidates. A…
Lessons not learned.
With the Harper regime having been turfed from power at least in part for their blatant misuse of public advertising dollars for partisan purposes and for their secrecy and failure…
Lessons not learned.
With the Harper regime having been turfed from power at least in part for their blatant misuse of public advertising dollars for partisan purposes and for their secrecy and failure…
Justin Trudeau and the Continuing Saga of Canadian Apathy
A recent poll shows strong support for the Trudeau government in Canada, and I have to think, once again, that it is surprising to see that Canadians can be so…
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
The Sask Party is just not listening
Visit: www.notlistening.ca
WTO rules against solar industry
In 2014 the United States launcheda WTO case against India's ambitious solar program. The United States claimed that the "buy-local" rules of the first phases of the program, which say…