The 20th century began as the age of the dictator. It ended with liberalism having come of age as the ascendant political philosophy across the world. Yet liberal parties everywhere…
If there is anything I have learned in my brief time participating in local politics, volunteering for my local candidate and following both the provincial and federal liberals, is that…
Zack Siezmagraff, past federal candidate and long time Albertan Liberal, has written the below letter to Ralph Goodale, member of parliament for Wascana, on the issue of building a western…
The Waterloo Record, our local newspaper, hosted an all candidates debate for the Kitchener, Waterloo, Conestoga and Cambridge voting districts this past week. Yesterday, it was the candidates from Kitchener-Center…
On top of a clear trend in increased discrimination against Muslims in the country over the past ten years, Canadians now also think that Islam and western values are irreconcilable.…
Liberals need to support liberals, across divisions in government and separation by geography. The silo-ing of liberalism has been one of the worst trends in the last quarter century, where…
We liberals like to repeat the mantra of a “big gaping hole” in the Ontario PCs provincial budget because it’s true. The Hudakites, if that’s even a word, do in…
JuysTerence Corcoran Just go read Terence Corcoran’s latest in the National Post. Never mind that the world was plunged into economic crisis by unregulated financial institutions; and near fully captured…
As per rule #9 of my 10 Rules for Liberal Debate, I’m going to spend this post complimenting and bragging about what Calgary is doing on the federal Liberal scene.…
Speaking on TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I make the case that separation of church and state is as much in the interests of the church as it is…
Speaking on TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, I make the case that separation of church and state is as much in the interests of the church as it is…
I understand that most conservatives, with their strong sense of national pride and social responsibility, tend to group most of us liberals into the, "they believe in what is expedient…
There are certain principles that an individual cannot break, no matter what the situation is. Principles like, I can never kill anyone unless its in self-defense or I will never…
If anything, this recent Tory convention in Ottawa made visible some apparent weaknesses in the conservative party, internally and on questions of policy. From voting against the creation of a…
The conservatives in Ottawa today, gathered for their party's policy convention, arrogant and ignorant as always, defeated a motion to create a youth wing for the party. Apparently, the argument…
I think most people in Canada, and by most people I mean a good eighty percent, would agree that the mixing of religion and politics is a bad thing, or…
I think most people would agree that the stereotypical native-American, the one that despises the white man, hates taxation and the federal government in general, and probably lives on a…
Evolving thought: One of the large challenges of the 21st century is going to be reconciling our increasingly networked world with traditional notions of individualism. The more I look at…
Thanks to everyone who read my last piece, by the way (even if you didn't leave comments). Here's what I have to add today. The way for the Liberal Party…
