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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. […]
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 […]
#DebatDesChefs: French Language Debate was the Most Fiery and Interesting of #ELXN42 So Far
I guess you could chalk it up to a victory for traditional debate media. The French language leaders’ debate or #debatdeschefs was hosted by Radio […]
#ELXN42: Five WTF Moments
We just passed the mid-point in one of the longest Canadian Federal Election campaigns in a while. The stress of such a long campaign is […]
Don’t Take Harper’s Bait: Why the NDP Shouldn’t Block Candidates for Criticising Israel
I really thought I wouldn’t have to write this. No, scratch that, I really hoped I wouldn’t have to write this. Things were going so […]
Bill C-51 is Now Law and I Felt Safer Before
Bill C-51, the Harper Government’s so-called anti-terror legislation, is now the law of the land in Canada. It passed the House of Commons last month […]
C-51: Unpopular and Completely Unnecessary Bill Passes House of Commons
On Wednesday, as most Canadian politicos were either basking in the afterglow of the Orange Wave which swept Alberta or nursing their hangovers, the House of […]
#ABvotes2015: Forget the Face, the Rhetoric is Changing
“Alberta this morning woke-up to an NDP government!” From what pollsters say, this will be the headline on May 6th. Let’s put our justified reticence […]