ConCalls: Moving #RoboCon Along
It’s a national disgrace that 18 months after the criminal phonecalls that ruined the 2011 election, there have been 0 people charged with the fraud of misdirecting voters to fake…
democracy
Has Mr. Katz done Alberta democracy a favour?
Alberta has the laxest election funding rules in the country, rules designed to favour the rich. Toward the end of this spring’s election campaign, billionaire Daryl Katz nicely illustrated this…
How to Kill Democracy, the Ultimate How-To Guide
Remember when voter intimidation was considered an outrage, a threat to democracy? That was then, this is now. The oligarchs are moving very powerfully and relentlessly to dismantle democracy and…
ConCalls: The Sanctity of Election Fraud
Below is my comment left on Sixth Estate regarding the disastrously wrong Supreme Court decision yesterday. It protects the sanctity of election fraud, instead of Canadians’ right to vote in…
New column day
Here, on the increasing attempts of executive government at all levels to declare democracy irrelevant – and how strong grassroots party structures may be the key to reversing the tide.…
Canada-China Investment Treaty Threatens Canadian Security, Sovereignty, And Democracy
What Stephen Harper has proven in his six year tenure as Prime Minister of Canada, particularly during his 18 months leading a majority government in the House of Commons, is…
Polls closing
The Saskatchewan civic election is winding up in half an hour. Polls close at 8pm, so get in line to vote ASAP if you haven’t yet. I’ll be out at…
Economicus Illogicus
Economicus Illogicus Prime Minister, I simply don’t understand you’re approach here. You’re an economist right?So tell me, what is there to gain by rapidly extracting and selling resources in this…
Economicus Illogicus
Economicus Illogicus Prime Minister, I simply don’t understand you’re approach here. You’re an economist right?So tell me, what is there to gain by rapidly extracting and selling resources in this…
Only 44?
Only 44? That was my first reaction to the announcement that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe had agreed to send 44 observers from its human rights office…
Encouraging Early Political Engagement: I Have the Right to Be a Child
Early political engagement is a hot button topic for a number of us here at Politics ReSpun. As parents and/or political animals, we spend a lot of time contemplating methods…
Civic Election
The civic elections for Regina and municipalities in Saskatchewan are coming up on Wednesday Oct. 24th, 2012. It’s more significant to me than most elections, because this is the first…
On telling signs
Time reports on how voter turnout was affected by news that Russian elections are purely stage-managed affairs in which the governing party chooses which opponents it sees fit to allow…
We Need Uninformed Voters As Much As We Need Informed Ones
Just as you need a brain and a heart, a country needs voters who know the issues and voters that don’t. As the election for the American President looms, after…
ConCalls: Israeli Ambassador Told Canadian MP to Stay Home
A little strange news linked to the election fraud of last year: The Liberal MP Borys W., who led the case to have Etobicoke Centre’s results overturned successfully, was once…
Bargain Basement Citizenship and the Decline of Democracy
We ought to be outraged. Just about every day our media provides a new account of the decline of our democracy: the inadequacies of our electoral system and allegations of…
‘Where Is The Outrage?’ Asks Alex Himelfarb
I have written two previous posts about Alex Himelfarb, Director of the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs at York University, former Clerk of the Privy Council, and fellow…
Stephen Harper’s Glowing Congratulations for Chavez’s Re-Election
Can you smell the indignation? Note the lack of commentary from the prime minister or foreign affairs minister. October 8, 2012 – The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State of…