Theories trying to explain just what went wrong with the NDP campaign have been as prevalent on my Facebook newsfeed this past week as posts […]
Category: Politics
An Open Letter to Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau: Do the Right Thing and Get Rid of C-51
Prime Minister-Designate Trudeau, Hi, first off I would like to congratulate you on your sweeping victory. Canadians clearly had enough of Stephen Harper and his policies […]
Justin Trudeau Liberal Majority: Progress or Back to Where We Were?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. That’s something Canadians had better get used to hearing for at least the next four years, maybe longer. I’ll be the […]
Forget the Box Readers Endorse the NDP in our #ELXN42 Poll
The votes are in. No, not the votes that determine who will sit in the next Canadian Parliament and who will be our Prime Minister […]
#ELXN42: What it Would Take for Each of the Parties to Win
It has all come down to this. Tomorrow night we will know the result of #ELXN42, the longest Canadian Federal Election campaign in recent memory. […]
#DemDebate: Who Won and Why, as a Canadian, I’m a Little Jealous
Did you catch the Democratic US Presidential Debate, or #DemDebate as Twitter chose to call it? I did. As a Canadian drowning in niqabs and […]
Voting with a Mask: The Good, the Ugly and the Silver Lining
In the midst of all the stories of long lines, screw-ups and smiling politicians voting in advanced polls, we have been, I guess you could say, […]
The Fair Elections Act and the Illusion of Fairness
In 2014 the Harper Government passed the Fair Elections Act (FEA). It modified the Canada Elections Act (Act), our existing legislation on how our elections […]
Dumpster Diving Meets Haute Cuisine at the United Nations
It’s taken decades for dumpster diving to nudge from the fringes to the mainstream. Hell, ten years ago, it wasn’t even the explicit goal of the practice. […]
Niqabs and Terrorists and Fear, Oh My: How Harper Plans to Win the Election
For ten years, Stephen Harper has used the same electoral strategy: 1. Campaign from the centre, hold a kitten, don’t say much 2. Let opponents […]