Mandatory Voting Works, That’s the Problem
After election night concessions and congratulations are done, the news inevitably reports on the low voter turnout. Ontario’s recent election actually featured an increase in voter turnout for the first…
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Jeff Jedras for VP Communications, Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) #lpc #lpco
This September, the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) will hold its general meeting in Markham, Ontario. I have submitted my intent to stand as a delegate. The Liberal brand is…
Jeff Jedras for VP Communications, Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) #lpc #lpco
This September, the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) will hold its general meeting in Markham, Ontario. I have submitted my intent to stand as a delegate. The Liberal brand is…
Jeff Jedras for VP Communications, Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) #lpc #lpco
This September, the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) will hold its general meeting in Markham, Ontario. I have submitted my intent to stand as a delegate. The Liberal brand is…
Canada politics news roundup: Harper Conservatives’ lack of good governance
The Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling on the Harper Conservatives’ cancellation of refugee health care tops the list of my favorite Canada politics news headlines this week. The post Canada…
BC govt, City of Vancouver: Kinder Morgan dodging pipeline questions
Mayor Gregor Robertson and Vancouver Council have some tough questions for Kinder Morgan (facebook) By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Kinder Morgan has failed to answer many of…
Alberta tar sands a “war on the earth”: Brigette DePape
For Canadian activist Brigette DePape, participating in last weekend’s final tar sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was akin to “witnessing a war on the earth, and being part…
Laurie Blakeman was right. (Again.)
Last year I wrote a blog post about the immense privacy breach by Education Minister Jeff Johnson — a concerned first broken to the province by Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman.…
Friday Bits #nlpoli
To understand the real Steve Kent and not the manufactured front he presents to the world these days, take a look at this 2007 post by Simon Lono back when…
Running Scared
Aside from enough profanity to make the navy blush, there are several words to describe Rob Ford. A few that often come to my mind are incompetent, liar, corrupt, racist,…
IV. Zone of Indeterminacy: Interdiction concerning the enclosure of the Social Commons
Here, I have taken up the enclosure of the Social Commons. And here, I have attempted to locate those shunted aside by the austerity agenda. In this post, I attempt…
IV. Zone of Indeterminacy: Interdiction concerning the enclosure of the Social Commons
Here, I have taken up the enclosure of the Social Commons. And here, I have attempted to locate those shunted aside by the austerity agenda. In this post, I attempt…
Political Fashionistas #nlpoli
Before the year is out, we will have yet another strategy from the provincial government. We were supposed to have this one on July 1, however like pretty well everything…
The West’s Alternative
The two byelections tonight in Alberta — one in southern Alberta and the other in northern Alberta — have made it clear just who is the alternative to the Conservatives…
Peter McKay and this week’s Canada politics news roundup
Justice Minister Peter MacKay, Supreme Court of Canada, First Nations and the rest of the politics news which made the headlines in Canada this past week. The post Peter McKay…
Send in the Clown
It was nice while it lasted. The last two months in Toronto’s municipal election featured policy announcements, reasonable debate, and even a few bold ideas. However, these two months have…
Is Harper setting up BC govt to reject Northern Gateway?
Christy Clark photo: Darryl Dyck/CP) By Geoff Salomons To many, the recent decision by the Harper Government to approve the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline – a project it has…
Toronto Is More Than The Core
Marcus McGee makes a nice attempt at an ode to Toronto as opposed to the idea of Ford Nation: “Toronto isn’t Rob Ford. Toronto is more than that”. Unfortunately, I…