Category Archives: Elections
Election 102: Voter Due Diligence
Stephen Garvey, Leader of Democratic Advancement Party of Canada (DAPC) The Canadian electorate has a vital role in our democracy in ensuring that Canadians who best represent their constituencies and country get elected. A case can be made that the
What’s Inside the Conservatives’ Box
By H. Grant Timms With a Conservative party ad running over and over (ad nauseum) throughout the NHL playoffs (and since), I could not help but think about political marketing, packaging and image making. The ‘nice hair’ anti-Trudeau ad is
Conservative’s ISIS ad violates Geneva Convention, opposition says
By Mary Simpson The Conservative Party of Canada’s new ad using ISIS imagery of prisoners of war to attack the Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau’s stance on the terror group violates the Geneva Convention on the treatment of PoWs, according
Open letter to Justin Trudeau: Your Conservative light policies feed voter cynicism
By Derek Birch Young people don’t vote. Why don’t they vote? No one under the age of 35 even remembers a time when politicians actually did the will of the people. For anyone under 35 this means an entire lifetime
Harper wants to control Canada by keeping Canadians ignorant and afraid, scientist says
Stephen Harper is muzzling scientists and bringing legislation like Bill C-51 because the Prime Minister wants to keep Canadians ignorant and afraid, according to Simon Fraser University Professor Lynne Quarmby. “I was arrested for an act of civil disobedience,” the
Pirates eye youth vote with mincome, filesharing
The Pirate Party of Canada is hoping to attract the youth vote with a platform that calls for guaranteed minimum income (or mincome as it is commonly known) and decriminalized filesharing. “There is a misconception that [the youth] don’t care
No longer a matter of public trust: Why Canadians want a truly democratic participatory voice for the future
By Canadians for a Coalition NDP-Green Party Government Many Canadians from all over the country are increasingly voicing frustration with federal politics. On social media, in particular, this frustration has generated debate and given voice to increasing dissatisfaction with the
Alberta Paramedics blame PC budget cuts for EMS system breakdown, urge Albertans to vote for change
A group of Alberta Paramedics are blaming Premier Jim Prentice’s Progressive Conservatives for the “complete system breakdown” that brought Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Edmonton Zone to a grinding halt yesterday, and are urging Albetans to vote at today’s election.
Prentice killing apprentice jobs to promote TFW program, labour groups say
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s budget decision to cut $6 million in funding to apprenticeships killing 6,000 apprentice jobs is an attempt to promote the temporary foreign worker program, according to labour groups. Prentice, who slashed the funding for apprenticeships
PC royalty miscalculation robs Alberta of $13.5 billion
A royalty miscalculation by Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives robbed the province of $13.5 billion, according to a University of Alberta study. Alberta introduced new royalty formulas in 2009, expecting to collect an additional $2 billion per year in royalties, but,