The importance of likeability in the NDP leadership race
If there is anything that the last decade in Canadian politics has proven, it is that Canadians want a strong leader that can connect and be liked by the people.…
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Partisan dreck: Seat Redistribution Edition
The new seat redistribution bill recently passed the House of Commons, awarding new seats to Ontario, Quebec, BC and Alberta. Rarely have I seen commentary about legislation so thoroughly skewed…
The Great Liberal Difference.
Having the luxury of being in government for so long allowed Liberals to think they were special, that there were huge differences between them and other parties, well there aren’t…
A Conservative Winter
Looking upward and looking forward, I see some parallels today between the weather, between those fixtures in the sky and us, and our political struggle. The clouds may cover or…
My parents deserve healthcare too!
Last week the Canadian government decided to stop accepting sponsor application for parent and grandparent applications. They have decided that they can’t process any more sponsorship application for parents of…
Occupy Wall Street: The emerging global pro-democracy movement, where it stands, what it means, and where we go from here
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has already become a global grassroots populist pro-democracy movement, if we have eyes to see, has clearly already won a broad and growing base…
Ontario Election 2011 – Tight Races, Bedtime for Me
As I head to bed at 11 PM, the Liberals are one seat shy of a majority government in Ontario, with a handful of seats still teetering in the balance.…
Ontario Votes
Hey people in Ontario, if you can vote you should vote! Things Are Good supports anybody you want to vote for except the Tea Conservative Party. Vote for the Ontario…
Ontario projection… just for the hell of it…
Yeah, yeah… I and everyone else was off base last time when all of we so-called “pundits” tried to pick the outcome of the May 2 election. And I have…
Advice to Ontario Leaders about Minority – Stick to the Issues
There is talk now that Ontario may elect a minority government in the upcoming election. My advice: leaders should avoid making promises about what they would or would not do…
Advice to Ontario Leaders about Minority – Stick to the Issues
There is talk now that Ontario may elect a minority government in the upcoming election. My advice: leaders should avoid making promises about what they would or would not do…
Atheists are Differently Religious – and No, Atheism is not the/a Religion
A main focus of this blog is to consider and compare different political and ethical philosophies so as to promote better understanding of one’s own worldview and those of others.…
Ontario Election: GSAs, Greens and Catholic Schools
The issue of gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools in Ontario has heated up again, this time in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, which voted this week to place denominational…
Where do Observant Jews and Conservative Christians get their Morals, Theologically Speaking?
Theologically speaking, where do Jews and Conservative Christians get their values?
Hudak to help students: Can we trust him?
Yesterday, PC Leader Tim Hudak announced that he would provide more funding for Ontario students, by diverting funds away from the Ontario Trillium Scholarship program.The Ontario Trillium Scholarship program was…
How much do you notice the politics of your fellow city dwellers?
How much does the political leanings of your fellow city dwellers leak into your day-to-day living experience?
Canada’s Unenviable Royal RaceTo The Past
Where are Canadian progressives when you need them? Where were Canada’s anti-mornachists, pacifists and nationalists when Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government were planning to return Canada to…
The problem with Hudak
Hudak has a number of problems, the largest being trust. People don't trust him. In particular, women don't trust him. In a new poll, Nanos Research concluded that only 1…
New Ontario Liberal Commercial
I just saw the new Ontario Liberal commercial and I must say that I really like it. I’m not sure it will help the election, but it really instills some…