Monday, November 23, 2015

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Even Though There Is No Final Destination

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"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."    (Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz ) Ain't it the truth Dorthy....
Monday, October 26, 2015

In Opening Up the Pandora's Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under

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Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable -- the art of the next best.  (Otto von Bismarck) I never thought that I would see t...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Once Again Huge Distortions of the Popular Vote Mire Canadian Election Results

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Four years ago I wrote a similar blog about how the voting system distorts the popular vote and produces a government that the people did ...
Monday, October 19, 2015

The Reason I'm Not Voting In Today's Election Is That Canada Does A Poor Job Of Protecting Voting Rights

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OK Canada, you win.  Keep your outdated voting system.  Continue to outsource the nation's governance function to one person and his i...
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Friday, October 16, 2015

You Were Right Kim, An Election Is No Time To Discuss Serious Issues

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Back in the 1993 Canadian General Election the then Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell, in a moment of candor declared that "an e...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Desperate Times Require Desperate Measures: Canada's Old Stock Political Parties Fan the Flames of Prejudice With Canada's Old Stock Voters

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Pretty pathetic if you ask me.  During the longest campaign in living memory, suddenly the question of a Muslim woman wearing the niqab (a...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Hey Canada, Step Into the 21st Century: Stop Outsourcing Governance of the Nation

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I get the Empire Loyalist thing.  The way we go about running our society is firmly anchored in our colonial past.  Canada is a proud ...