Category: Politics

T-10: Talking Turkey: Will Thanksgiving Weekend Decide The Election? #elxn42 #canpoli

Maclean’s has an article about how long weekends (especially ones that fall very close to an election) are vital times in campaigns as that’s when family gather and

T-11: NDP Release Their Election Platform (and Three Big Reasons To Vote NDP over the Liberals) #elxn42 #canpoli

The NDP released their election platform today. Called “Building The Country of Our Dreams” [PDF], it mostly summarizes the various proposals the NDP has been promoting over this

T-12: Book ‘Em: Comparing The Leaders’ Books #elxn42 #canpoli

A couple posts ago, I included an excerpt from Thomas Mulcair’s autobiography. As a librarian who previously spent nearly a decade in the Canadian book industry, that made

T-13: A Way To *Guarantee* Stephen Harper Loses #elxn42 #canpoli

A couple years ago in April 2013, soon after the NDP and Liberals had their respective conventions, I blogged about how each party had a strong “cooperation” element

T-14: Red Door, Blue Door. Time To Open the Orange Window! #elxn42 #canpoli

I saw the above graphic on Reddit and it struck home. The short term memory of Canadian voters always astounds me – many ridings across Canada will elect

T-15: Music Monday – “Your pipeline will spill its disease/You shut down all the research libraries” #elxn42 #canpoli

You know it’s bad for Stephen Harper when even one of Canada’s most popular bands releases a song slamming your government’s record. (and includes citations for all the

T-16: Which Party Should You Vote For? (It Might Not Be The One You Think) #elxn42 #canpoli

All of us have reasons why we vote for the parties that we do – some people are “born wearing orange diapers” and will vote NDP as if

T-17: Stephen Harper Fails Democracy 101 #elxn42 #canpoli

In an effort to minimize the chance of a candidate saying something wrong or that could be taken out of context during the election, those running for the

T-18: Stephen Harper and His Abuse of Military Veterans #elxn42 #canpoli

One of the things that’s surprised me about the Harper government is how they seem happy to offend and mistreat even the people who make up their core

T-19: How Long Do Canadian Governments Tend To Stay In Power? #elxn42

It’s hard to know where to begin with a series of posts about why the Conservatives deserve to be turfed from office after nine years in power. But

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