Vote on Canada’s Digital Future
On Monday the 19th Canadians will cast their ballots for who they think should run the nation. Open Media has released a report card on where the political parties stand…
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If Not Harper, Then Who?
“I’ve seen issues come up before that get a lot of press attention, and sometimes a photograph or sometimes a side issue can move votes, but I always believe that…
Lying and Hiding PM Hides Again
Note: we've interviewed @ThomasMulcair @JustinTrudeau and @ElizabethMay this campaign. @pmharper was to join us this week but cancelled 1/2 — The West Block (@TheWestBlock) October 11, 2015 His team told…
Contemplating the Jays and Democracy
Right now we’re determining who the best baseball team is in the AL East, over 5 games played over more than 5 days. The winner will go on to play…
What’s in Store for Canada
In 2011 Harper ‘won’ a majority government on the heels of lying to Parliament about the true cost of the #F35 boondoggle (which we still don’t have a plane from),…
Debate no-shows – they are slaps in the faces of those who organise them…
I was one of those “organisers” of an all-candidate debate / meeting that the news articles often refer to. Our debate last night in the riding of Ottawa South was…
PMOs office vetting refugees – not a good idea.
(The following is a guest post by my husband, James. –Christy) When I first heard this morning about the PMOs office “vetting” refugee claimants from Syria, I was struck by…
Voter Suppression Measures and Canadian Elections
I’m reading Michael Harris’ book Party of One. I’m not very far in it but is plenty of interesting information in it. It helps to see how the effort to…
Canadians: Support the Science Integrity Project
Polling opens for the Canadian election on October 9th with the final day to vote on the 19th. This election, the organization Evidence for Democracy (and many more!) are asking…
Canada Election 2015: Where do the parties stand on climate change?
With only a couple of weeks left in the Canadian federal election, voters are starting to ask fundamental questions about where the major parties stand on important issues like climate…
Anti-Harper vote settling on Trudeau? Polls show seismic shift
Photo: Canada 2020/Flickr CC licence Many a pundit has pointed out that the worst thing that could happen for Stephen Harper in the homestretch of the federal election campaign is…
No Scrutiny Please, They’re Saudi.
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on October 1, 2015. In 2014, on the shores of Lake Geneva and next to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for…
Another Conservative “cover-up”
It’s bad enough that there’s no sight of Conservative candidates campaigning to public crowds in Regina, but Conservative-friendly orgs are also trying to cover-up their interview contents. Sloppiest. Cover-up. Ever.…
Rally for Change in Brampton
Over 7,000 people gathered on Sunday, October 4th in Brampton at the Powerade Centre. See here for a copy of the speech.
Gaffes and ‘anti-Semitism’ on the campaign trail
In the Sept. 17 Globe and Mail leaders’ debate, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made reference to “old-stock Canadians” in defending his government’s policy on health care for refugees and immigrants,…
Houses of Cards
While there are parallels between them, there is no direct, simple comparison between the original, British mini series, House of Cards, and the American series of the same name. The…
ISIS and Terrorism – A Reality Check
“The responsibility of intellectuals is to speak the truth and expose lies.” – Noam Chomsky “In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell…
Rafe: Niqab defence may cost Trudeau and Mulcair…but they’re right
Photo: Flickr CC Licence / Flood G I find myself, late in this election campaign, ashamed to be a Canadian. As a longtime supporter of the rights of Quebec going…
#BarbaricCulturalPractices
Just when I think this election can’t get more disgusting, it gets more disgusting. Apparently the Conservatives want to take a tip from the Spanish Inquisition, when neighbours court report…
CBC Wrecks Another Debate #elxn42
I’ve long called for More Debates, Not Fewer Debaters, and CBC again disappoints. Not much watchdog press left in Canada. No wonder people reject mainstream journalism for real reporting online.#cbc…