Occupy: Why Voting Isn’t Enough
Overhead view of the Occupy Toronto encampment, St. James Park (from Torontoist) Al Gore's book, "The Assault on Reason" is one of the best treatises on American democracy I've ever…
parliamentary democracy
Occupy: Why Voting Isn’t Enough
Overhead view of the Occupy Toronto encampment, St. James Park (from Torontoist) Al Gore’s book, “The Assault on Reason” is one of the best treatises on American democracy I’ve ever…
Occupy: Why Voting Isn’t Enough
Overhead view of the Occupy Toronto encampment, St. James Park (from Torontoist)Al Gore's book, "The Assault on Reason" is one of the best treatises on American democracy I've ever read.…
Minority Governments for Dummies (and Tory PMs)
the voters elect the House of Commons to governthe leader of the current government (the government before the election) has the right to meet the House and attempt to gain…
The Coalition is Dead – Someone Tell Stephen Harper
The idea of a coalition government is dead for the simple reason that it is not in Michael Ignatieff's political interest to enter into a coalition that would require him…
Democracy Election
While thousands worldwide sacrifice their lives for the right to free elections Canadians complain about having one.That is not to say there are no reasons for some Canadians not to…
Another Decree from King Stephen I
I've been wondering what it would take to rouse me from my municipal campaign-induced indifference to federal politics. This did the trick: Ottawa bars ministers’ staff from appearing before committees…
My Canada 150 Presentation: "The Creative and Competitive Economy"
What follows is an expanded version of what was supposed to be a five minute presentation at the Canada 150: Halton conference - and a MUCH expanded version of the…
Prorogation, Disengagement and Cutting the Democratic Deficit in Canada
by matttbastard With thousands of Canadians reportedly hitting the streets this past weekend to express their disapproval of Stephen Harper’s latest arrogant bird-flip to Parliamentary democracy, it seems apparrent that…