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And I can’t even blame this one all on Stephen Harper
This kinds of pisses me off: Federal parties agree to scrap bill correcting voting inequalities The Harper government and the opposition parties have agreed to quietly sink legislation that would have...
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I wish my country were a little bit better
The Conservative’s attack ads against Michael Ignatieff (I refuse to link to them) have such a peculiar tone. Like our main worry about him should be that he used to work at Harvard. Or ending the one...
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Election positivity
At times, this election campaign has made me really cranky. With politicians. With the media. With other Canadians. But it hasn’t had all been bad. To my surprise, some things have actually been...
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Ontario votes
My bold predication for the Ontario election: Elizabeth Witmer, MPP for Kitchener-Waterloo, will retain her seat. When voters turned against the Mike Harris, when they ran from John Tory’s school...
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Evil robots and power-mad politicians
This electoral fraud (“robo-call”) story has been interesting to follow, and seemingly so well-covered by bloggers and the mainstream media that I’m not sure what I can add. But why not try, even if...
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Byelections are hard
My riding is one of two in the midst of a byelection for the Ontario legislature. And I am Undecided. I have decided against the Progressive Conservatives (I know, you’re all shocked) and the six...
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Me and JT
So here’s a back story: I signed up to be a Supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada so that I could vote in their leadership campaign. It was a ranked ballot, meaning you number the candidates in...
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How to make a Canadian quilt
In honour of Canada Day, I just installed the Canadian English Dictionary extension for Firefox, so now WordPress doesn’t mark “honour” with a “u” as a typo. Yay! I also spent some time (badly)...
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#Elxn42: This shit’s making me crazy
This shit’s making me crazy The way you nullify what’s in my head You say one thing, do another And argue that’s not what you did Your way’s making me mental How you filter as skewed interpret I swear...
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Sunny ways—Canada is back
I was nervous Monday. Despite my reduction in news consumption, and even though off on a wine-soaked vacation last week, I was well aware of what the polling was showing: That Harper’s horrible...
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A bewildered Canadian on a world gone mad
It’s Canada Day. And right now the world is giving me many reminders of how lucky I am to live here. 1. That Quebec’s referendum on separation was defeated. I wasn’t paying much attention to Brexit...
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Electoral reform: Asking the right questions
Canada’s current, low-key debate about whether to change the federal voting system (and if so, how) is way less dramatic than the political power plays in the UK, Australia’s coping with a near-tie in...
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I have opinions. About things.
One of the great achievements of free society in a stable democracy is that many people, for much of the time, need not think about politics at all. The Madness of King Donald, by Andrew Sullivan But...
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We need to talk about Omar
Omar Khadr, who spent 10 years at Guantanamo Bay after being captured by US soldiers as a 15 year old, has been in the Canadian news this week because the federal government has apologized to him and...
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Please save us, NDP, you’re our only hope
Given its persistence in my thoughts, apparently I need to write something about the strange goings-on in Ontario politics. Setting the stage To catch up people living elsewhere: The Ontario Liberal...
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The Green Party sign on the lawn
Ontario is in the midst of a provincial election, as evidenced by the lawn signs popping up around town. In our neighbourhood, the PCs were out first, and I’m surrounded by them. The NDP were next;...
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Ontario election dilemma
Ontario’s having an election in a few, and I’d rather Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives not win the most seats. The main reason is that climate change remains our biggest problem, and this party...
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