Coalition! I Was Wrong about Being Wrong
In my last post, I said that I was wrong about Dion’s political strategy in the last election. It turns out that while I wasn’t exactly right, I also wasn’t…
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Polishing Up the Political Remains
Looks like I was wrong about Dion’s political strategy. Even if I was right, it didn’t turn out as I thought. I waited until today to proclaim my wrongness because…
Vote Swapping Breaks Democracy
I’ve always thought the concept of vote-swapping was problematic. Not only is it flawed in its own right but treating it as an acceptable strategy is like snuggling up to…
Unravelling Dion’s Political Strategy
Though my attention is tuned to our federal election, this post doesn’t continue the IP political issues I wrote detailing a stance against certain sorts of “intellectual property” regulation (NDP…
Facebook, Scrabble, Scrabulous: Hasbro Unwittingly Makes A Political Point
Dad was always ruining Family Games Night with unwelcome commentaries on economic theory… The ongoing cyberspace PR disaster over Scrabble on Facebook continues, and brings with it (unintentionally) an important…
Facebook, Scrabble, Scrabulous: Hasbro Unwittingly Makes A Political Point
Dad was always ruining Family Games Night with unwelcome commentaries on economic theory… The ongoing cyberspace PR disaster over Scrabble on Facebook continues, and brings with it (unintentionally) an important…
Facebook, Scrabble, Scrabulous: Hasbro Unwittingly Makes A Political Point
Dad was always ruining Family Games Night with unwelcome commentaries on economic theory...The ongoing cyberspace PR disaster over Scrabble on Facebook continues, and brings with it (unintentionally) an important point…
Facebook, Scrabble, Scrabulous: Hasbro Unwittingly Makes A Political Point
Dad was always ruining Family Games Night with unwelcome commentaries on economic theory...The ongoing cyberspace PR disaster over Scrabble on Facebook continues, and brings with it (unintentionally) an important point…
Copyright Reform and the StatsCan Report
Michael Geist posted about the politics in the debate on copyright reform. The point stems from dissonance between the recent Statistics Canada report and a reform-oriented bill expected to introduce…
Red Party Blues, The Liberals in Crisis? – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
TV Ontario's The Agenda debates the question of how long Stephane Dion and the Liberal Party can, or should, endure the Conservative government's electoral brinksmanship. Steve Paikin moderates, as Professor…
Motivating Anti-IP Activism in Canada
In the scheme of things, few people have the interest (or is it patience?) to delve deeply into the concept of “intellectual property” (IP). I think that is why IP…
Power, the People, and the PMO – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
With more than a year of minority government behind us, Steve Paikin and The Agenda assemble a national panel to ask if political power in Canada is still primarily a…
Public Degradation and Public Discourse – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
A CBC Radio One national debate on the decline of civility in Canada's public discourse. More than a question of discourtesy, the decay of the tenor of political dialogue diminishes…
Are Canadian Political Parties Afraid of the Dark? – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
CBC Television's The Hour canvasses Bob Rae, John Tory, Olivia Chow, and me on why Canada has yet to see a visible minority party leader. Ranging from the ridiculous to…
Integrity and the Liberal Leadership – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Sarika Sehgal of CBC Newsworld interviews me on my support for Stephane Dion, and on how the Liberal Party can re-animate Canadians' passion for politics. With the convention behind us…
Politics and Principles – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
In the wake of the Quebecois Nation issue, TV Ontario’s The Agenda asks if politics and principles are Canada’s true twin solitudes. With Steve Paikin as moderator, Val Meredith for…
Politics and Principles – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
In the wake of the Quebecois Nation issue, TV Ontario’s The Agenda asks if politics and principles are Canada’s true twin solitudes. With Steve Paikin as moderator, Val Meredith for…
Who Wants to be a Party Leader? – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
Ottawa Morning, CBC Radio One's news and current affairs programme in the national capital, explores the question of why the field of candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party…
Interviewing Leadership Candidates, Call-In – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
Host Alan Neal of CBC Radio One's Ontario Today and I take telephone calls from across Ontario on the people's choice for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Would Gov’t Procurement Process Neglect FOSS?
The Canadian Association for Open Source (Clue) published a thought provoking letter to an ITBusiness.ca article today. The Clue letter says that “…What is needed is for the government to…