An Aside – Engineers in Politics
Just saw an arictle in EE Times, a kind of article that started this blog! From south of the border, a call to run for office for the nation’s engineers.
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Another election prediction
“Good predictions are only made by luck” (anonymous… nah, it’s me) You would think that, given my ability at guessing the outcome of elections, I would have given up by…
Strategic Voting 2011
Perhaps I didn’t pay as much attention to this last time, but there seems to be a fairly new phenonenon of Strategic Voting websites, all aimed at removing Conservative candidates.…
Candidate on Vacation: A Personal Story
My father had been heavily involved in the NDP since his teenaged years. I believe he was even involved in The Waffle. He had lived in the Provencher riding for…
The Krellant Election Special—Youth Voting
Frank Feltanchor probes youth voter intentions in the latest video from the Krellant. In it, he gets to the heart of the resentment fueling political apathy among Canada’s youth.
Why I oppose strategic voting
Canadian politics are plagued by an archaic electoral system where whoever gets one more vote than second place gets sole command over their constituency. This practice is known formally as…
Vancouver Quadra All Candidates Debate
This past Wednesday I attended my local riding’s all-candidate’s debate at UBC, hosted by the Professor Emeritus Association. All of our candidates were in attendance, including incumbent Liberal Joyce Murray,…
Silver Fox Alliance and Nortel
Another quick one (the rest of the world doesn’t stop for the election), but just wanted to point out the Silver Fox Alliance and their activity this election. They are…
Parkdale-Highpark Riding All Candidates Debate Response
I recently attended the all candidates debate for the Parkdale-Highpark riding hosted by the BWVRA and wanted to share my thoughts on the debate, the candidates and various issues that…
The Loss of Formality and Ceremony
I like to drive. I have a little sports sedan, and I really like to put it through its paces on roads that have never met a straight line. It…
A few words about monetary policy
Liberal policy meant severe cuts to social program spending at the provincial level and massive provincial deficits to maintain programs, or punitive cuts. Also, liberals introduced us to bracket-creep tax…
The Truth About Coalition Governments
At the beginning of this campaign, it seemed as if nothing much would change significantly. We all assumed the Conservatives would form government again, and the Liberals would once again…
Oops, they did it again
Is there any surprise that the Globe and Mail has endorsed the Conservatives? In small ways, yes. I had expected at least a modicum of restraint on their behalf, and…
You Were Asking? About Volunteer Work and Citizen Smear Campaigns
I've never had so many people express so much interest in my volunteer work as they have in recent days -- and I've been an active and committed volunteer for…
Feeling Green(?)
Still haven’t completely made up my mind, but am leaning towards voting for Mark MacKenzie in Ottawa West-Nepean. I still need to check out a few things, before what could…
Fear-mongering in election ads
I have recently been inundated with ads that are basically created to make you fear the alternatives. No ads about plans or policies, just how bad it will be if…
The NDP surge and its consequences
The largest political story of the week has nothing to do about policies, it is about the fact that after months of poll numbers that stubbornly refused to budge the…
Sun News Network: Because Facts Have A Well Known Liberal Bias
“Folks, this is gonna be a thing.” ~ Sun TV host Theo Caldwell Sun News Network, a channel brought to by its own sense of self importance, is the epitome…
Canada’s Election – Ottawa West-Nepean
I’m back on the old blog page (first time since my second son was born) and need to talk about the upcoming election. Although this election was heralded as the…
The Case for Strategic Voting
I’ve written about so-called “strategic” voting before, here, here, and here. It’s obviously something that I don’t advocate. Firstly, I object to the misuse of the word “strategic”. Using that…