On governance: (1) Principles
How should we govern ourselves? Since Locke's Second Treatise, the presumption has been in favour of self-government -- that is, each individual adult person has the natural right to govern…
election
My take on Senate reform
We need the Senate, but not as it is now. The current Senate is far too inefective, inefficient, and undemocratic. I don't agree with Stephen Harper much, but I do…
Speaker election first task for MPs
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/02/pol-speaker-election.html
Donald Trump Won’t Run!
Personally I wanted Trump to run as it would have helped the democratics chances, but I am glad that the joke candidate is out as we might be able to…
Small silver-lining for Election 41.
Sure, Saskatoon-Humbolt was willing to re-elect a radical fundie whose social views are even too extreme for PM Harper to endorse, but at least it said “No Thank you, Pankiw”!
Small silver-lining for Election 41.
Sure, Saskatoon-Humbolt was willing to re-elect a radical fundie whose social views are even too extreme for PM Harper to endorse, but at least it said "No Thank you, Pankiw"!
Small silver-lining for Election 41.
Sure, Saskatoon-Humbolt was willing to re-elect a radical fundie whose social views are even too extreme for PM Harper to endorse, but at least it said “No Thank you, Pankiw”!
PC Party Confusion
A word association test: If handed a federal election ballot that displays a candidate's name beside the "PC Party" label - what do you make of that? Some may mistakenly…
CBC Radio column: Time to change Elections Canada’s arcane rules
In this alberta@noon column on CBC Radio One with host Donna McElligott I talk about Elections Canada’s ban on reporting the results of a federal election in a time zone…
Good news everybody!
Still on the Futurama theme. Couple of interetsing items in the news today. We have the Conference Board of Canada releasing their report on the ability of the Winnipeg and…
A future Liberal Party may want to consider…
There’s a lot of personal tragedy in elections, and it couldn’t get any worse for Michael Ignatieff. He’s finally succumbed to wounds meted out by the most vile, relentless attack…
Election thoughts.
I haven’t yet seen the popular vote counts, but my initial impressions from last night are: -It is possible to attract progressive voters to the polls. -It is possible to…
Election thoughts.
I haven't yet seen the popular vote counts, but my initial impressions from last night are:-It is possible to attract progressive voters to the polls.-It is possible to find success…
Election thoughts.
I haven’t yet seen the popular vote counts, but my initial impressions from last night are: -It is possible to attract progressive voters to the polls. -It is possible to…
Québec’s NDP revolution: the new normal, or a BQ holiday?
Québec doesn’t do things by halves, does it? Some of us have begged and implored the NDP to focus its energies on Québec: to play to its social democratic credentials,…
A Shift in Canadian Politics
With one of the most unpredictable and unimaginable elections in recent memory, the most accurate way to summarize it all in one sentence would be to say; there is a…
If this isn’t bittersweet…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – welcome to Dickensian Canada. The best of times, in some ways – a social democratic party’s never…
Crush pwns Harper
Ya might want to have a talk with your advance people.
Federal Election Prediction
With the 41st Canadian General Election Day arriving tomorrow, it seems that it is time for me to get my election prediction on the record. I am predicting a Conservative…
One Vote
Strategic voting is an interesting animal. When applied to the left, the idea is that you should vote for the candidate that stands the best chance of defeating a Conservative.…