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Throwing Cold Water On Progress on Nov 6, 2009 in Politics coalition conservative democracy election electoral reform fairvote liberal NDP parliament proportional voting queen Talk about a downer. Lawrence Martin at the venerable old G&B has a great, concise explanation of three major institutional changes that many people want to see in Canada in the coming decade in time for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017 : a...

You thought I was crazy? Another Strategic Proposal for NDP-Libs on Nov 3, 2009 in Politics Canadian Election 2009 coalition election electoral reform fairvote liberal NDP proportional representation strategic voting Well, my last post suggesting that the Green Party strike a strategic deal with other parties to get their fair share of the votes generated a lot of good discussion.  Most of you answered my final question “Am I crazy?” with a decided &...

How the Green Party Could Make a Difference on Oct 29, 2009 in Politics coalition conservative election electoral reform Elizabeth May fairvote Green liberal parliament proportional voting It looks like we’re not going to have a federal election for at least 5 months now so its time for the parties to pull back and consider strategy.  Clearly that’s what the Liberals are doing with their recent change of chief of staff. ...

Reckless Talk by Polling ‘Experts’ on Oct 22, 2009 in Politics Science canada conservatives ekos electio Harper ignatieff liberals nanos poll You know what they say about polls…well I don’t believe they are all lies and statistics about Canadian opinions can be very useful, when considered in a balanced way.  Apparently if you are the head of a polling firm, such as Nik Nanos,...

Goodbye Rex. on Oct 17, 2009 in Politics Science cbc climate environment global warming Green p2 Dear Rex Murphy, I always thought you were intelligent and usually gave you the benefit of the doubt when I disagreed with you, you use such big words you see… but then you wrote this article about global warming. Well I’m done now, you&#...

Whew, that was close! I supported the govt for a whole 5 minutes. on Oct 17, 2009 in Politics conservative environment financial Green Harper industry parliament Frightening. Two stories out yesterday about some upcoming policies coming out of Ottawa. The first sounds quite reasonable, they want to create a national regulator for securities.  Given the meltdown of last fall this kind of body might be able to...

Tories lift off towards a false majority, is this Democracy? on Oct 15, 2009 in Politics Canadian Election 2009 conservative election Harper ignatieff liberal parliament proportional representation Here’s what counts for a majority in Canada: According to EKOS, the Tories now enjoy 40.7 per cent support compared to 25.5 per cent for the Liberals, 14.3 per cent for the NDP, 10.5 per cent for the Green Party and 9.1 per cent for the Bloc. T...