Toronto Star Letter
Greetings loyal blog readers! I am happy to report that today’s Toronto Star contains a letter of mine (the first of the two on this page) about the Ontario Court…
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Harper History, Part 7 – Suppressed Information – Advertising Overload
In reviewing the events for this period I was struck by how important is is to look back at the undemocratic and secretive actions of the Harper regime, even I,…
An Update on ‘100 Remedies for a Broken Democracy’
As a wrote before I really like the idea behind this website. New ideas continue to flow in every day. I thought I’d take a second to focus on what…
Will the Writ be Dropped Early?
Most elections have been fought over the now-typical five-week period, but the 36 day writ period is merely a convention and we all know how much respect Harper has for…
Can the Great Wall of Saskatchewan resist Rachel Notley’s wish to put democracy back into energy politics?
PHOTOS: Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers in Newfoundland, with St. John’s Harbor visible in the background (CBC Photo). One hopes they didn’t have to walk up that hill! Below: Alberta…
Dismantling Democracy in Canada
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National Televised Debate set for October.
The group of networks known as the broadcast consortium, including CBC News, has set the English-language debate for Thursday, Oct. 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ET, and the French-language…
Glop And Pail Leaves Greens Out of Debate
The Globe and Mail, Google Canada, and Munk Debates all ought to be ashamed of their brands. In both cases, the organizers say they chose to invite leaders whose parties…
A Look at ‘100 Remedies for a Broken Democracy’
I received a link to this site from The Friends of the Reform Act. It is essentially a site to crowd source the top 100 ideas forimproving Canadian democracy (there…
Harper History, Part 6B – Budget Reintroduced – More Secrecy
May 2011 – summer 2012 The first few months of the Harper majority made it clear that the long forgotten “open and accountable” promise given when first coming to power…
Senate Reform Redux
With a small minority of senators under the spotlight for spending irregularities and the Duffy trial adding a further spotlight on how the unprincipled nominated to that body can cheat…
ConCalls: Conservative Defender of Robocalls now Jailed for #elxnfraud
Dean Del Mastro is going to jail for a month, house arrest for longer, and cannot run (for office) for at least 5 years. Hey, kids, remember Stephen Harper from…
Difficult To Talk About, Important To Try
This is a difficult subject to talk about, because highlighting it could easily be viewed as hypocritical. In my defense, I’m not defending Trudeau because I want him elected, and…
Voices for Democracy
Voices-Voix is a non-partisan coalition of Canadians and Canadian organizationscommitted to defending our collective and individual rights to dissent, advocacy and democratic space. They have documented attacks against organizations, individuals…
Mr. Trudeau brings more good news on the democracy front
This is shaping up to be a good week for democracy. The new Alberta government’s banning of political donations by corporations and unions has been followed with a surprising and…
Democracy wins one in Alberta
The new Alberta government has announced it will, as promised in its election platform, ban political funding by unions and corporations. Alberta will join the provinces of Manitoba, Quebec and…
Conservative MP Declines Debate
Bruce Grey Owen Sound MP Larry Miller is declining an invite to take part in an all candidates debate sponsored by the Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce. He…
Saving Canada $90,000,000/year not worth Wall’s “effort”
“The Senate is never going to run properly and it’s never going to be worth the money we put into it. So it should be scrapped.” .@PremierBradWall Couldn't SK start…
Double victory for democracy in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Erdogan has just learned a lesson in democracy. And humility. Erdogan, a popular prime minister and the country’s dominant politician since his party swept to power in…
Harper History, Part 6A – Con Majority – Election Fraud
Spring 2011 & Subsequent Fallout This article in my series that attempt to detail the contempt that Harper and his cohorts have for Canadian Democracy will not only cover the…