Ten reasons to support first-past-the-post voting.
This is an updated version of the paper of the same name from the Democracy Papers of 2007. With the special committee of the house of commons due to report…
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How Soon Will Trump Be Impeached?
The prospect of a US government dominated by Republicans will likely delay the impeachment of US President-elect, but the evidence is mounting that Trump’s fantastic voyage to Washington will be…
Petition to End Carding in London
Concerned about the Trump win in the US? How about the anti-gay, anti-abortion teen that just won the election in Niagara, Ontario? Take a stand. Take a small, important healthy…
Paved Paradise Because Parking Was Already There
July 5th, 2016, after years of a mud pit following the rip-out of the previous playground: Now it looks like this again: Reasoning given: A project of this scale requires…
When your friend is a rapist/ someone you know is accused of sexual assault
In response to the open letter penned/signed by many public intellectuals/writers on the Steven Galloway case…. (see here for story) and my general disappointment that that was the letter they…
A most deplorable term: ‘Gullibillies’
Gullibillies is a deplorable term. The sooner the left stops using it, the sooner we’ll repair the damage and fragmentation spawned by Trump.
Too Bold A Halloween Costume
The University of Regina has quite a few exchange students. They pay more than a bit to study here in Canada too. One picked a stereotype to make fun of…
The importance of impartiality
Where we take a brief moment to remind the world why impartiality is so critical to our justice system and how the acts of one judge – Judge Bernd Zabel…
Our circuitous carbon plans
I’m shaking my head at the moment as we contemplate getting a new furnace for our house. To be honest, there’s really not much wrong with the existing one. In…
Stuff Still Happens, week 45: President Homer Simpson
As always, The Simpsons predicted the future. In a season 9 episode called Trash of the Titans, Homer runs for sanitation commissioner against career civil servant Ray Patterson, voiced by…
Kellie Leitch’s politics of division
They’re not like us. They’re not our religion. They’re not our colour. They don’t speak our language. They don’t dress like us. They don’t eat like us. They don’t drive…
Gwynne Dyer at University of Regina
I’ve been to two other Gwynne Dyer lectures at the U of R, and each time they are very interesting presentations of what has happened in the world. There is…
Put an End to Funding TVO (because of this dreck …)
So, according to Andray Domise of the TVO (an Ontario-funded public broadcaster), “I don’t much care where progressive Americans go, so long as they stay the hell out of Canada”.
Dear America …
My version of a letter to America. Enjoy your refund in four years.
1,013 followers – questions?
I don’t know who you all are, but the blog machine tells me there are 1,013 of you following me here. You can also find me, Kenn Chaplin, on Facebook.…
The US Message for Canadian Electoral Reform
The US election is a wake up call for all Canadians that want to avoid a similar outcome here. Electoral reform now or a similar result will fall upon us.
Action vs. Action Plans #GivePollutionAChance
The Liberals would like to tell you that they’ve spent a year making Real Change (TM) in Canada, since being elected in October, 2015. Undeniably, Canada has some notable differences…
Origins of the New Canadian Political Economy
Abridged Text of Remarks to Panel on Canadian Political Economy in Commemoration of Abraham Rotstein and Stephen Clarkson, Department of Political Science, September 16 2016 Let us cast our minds…
Stuff Still Happens, week 44: Hey, America! C’mon over!
Did you know that our shiny new, Canada-is-back Liberal government has set a new goal for the number of immigrants we will accept this year? That number is 320,000 immigrants…
Economic woes create anti-establishment movements around the world | Business | The Guardian
In some western countries frustration with the status quo is boosting populist and rightwing political parties Source: Economic woes create anti-establishment movements around the world | Business | The Guardian…