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PMO Photo by Adam Scotti
Populism and faux feminism: Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau
Feb 14 2017 | by Duncan Cameron | Justin Trudeau arrived in Washington on Monday with a plan to help Trump polish his image with women, even though Canadian women are still waiting for action on public child care from our feminist PM.
Elections | Feminism | Politics in Canada
Dear B.C. Liberals: Your budget priorities need fixing.
Feb 12 2017 | by Lizanne Foster | Finance Minister De Jong's claims to a balanced budget actually reveal years of fiscal mismanagement and neglect.
Education | Elections | Politics in Canada
Photo of Martine Ouellet: Asclepias/Wikimedia Commons
Spring political follies: Three Canadian leadership races
Feb 7 2017 | by Duncan Cameron | In Canadian politics a winning candidate is currently defined as one that can take on Justin Trudeau and make him look weak. Runners in three leadership races will have to measure up.
Elections | NDP | Politics in Canada
PMO Photo by Adam Scotti
Keeping first-past-the-post is a gift to the right
Feb 6 2017 | by Karl Nerenberg | Conservatives are thrilled we're keeping first-past-the-post. It gives them a chance of repeating 2011: winning a majority, even though most voters would choose anybody but them.
Elections | Politics in Canada
Image: Flickr/Justin Trudeau
Trudeau provides weak justification for breaking electoral reform promise
Feb 2 2017 | by Karl Nerenberg | Trudeau calculates that he can get away with breaking his electoral reform promise. Maybe so. Many who encouraged strategic voting for him are now bitterly disappointed. They should have known better.
Elections | Politics in Canada
Elizabeth May
This feels like it's happened before … it's Groundhog Day and the Liberals have just broken a promise!
Feb 2 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | Did anyone really expect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to keep his electoral reform promise? Other than the Green Party leader, that is.
Elections | Politics in Canada
John Ashton
Five things you need to know about Alberta's latest Electoral Boundaries Commission
Jan 12 2017 | by John Ashton | A useful primer on the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission by former NDP Caucus director John Ashton.
Elections | Politics in Canada
Image: Facebook/KarinaGould
Trudeau's new 'democracy' minister is personally committed to electoral reform
Jan 11 2017 | by Karl Nerenberg | Prime Minister Trudeau has given another very young and very inexperienced MP the difficult electoral reform job. That worries many. But there may be method to the PM's madness.
Elections | Politics in Canada
Justice Myra Bielby
For the sake of a healthy democracy, Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission needs to extend submissions deadline
Jan 11 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | The population of Alberta has grown about 20 per cent in less than a decade and, face it, most of those folks didn't move to Manyberries, Vegreville or Zama City.
Elections | Politics in Canada
Image: CPAC
The consultation process for electoral reform has been a shambles. Here are three ways to save it
Jan 4 2017 | by Rudayna Bahubeshi | The much-criticized electoral reform consultation process has gone far too fast and got the important parts wrong. Even so, there's still time to fix it.
Elections | Politics in Canada