All Power to Parliament – Thoughts on the Coalition

Conservative are telling us that we elect governments. We do not. We are unable to elect our executive, because, under a parliamentary system, all power is vested in the legislature. It is then the responsibility of the Governor General to ask someone to be her Prime Minister – a chief adviser. This person must be [...]

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Students! Pay Attention!

Poor Carleton students. One of the reasons that I’m concerned that the turnout in student union elections is so low is that this can happen. The actions of the student society are going to reflect on the degrees of the students, so students should not be so apathetic, and take a little ownership over the [...]

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Bad PM!

So, we’re ending up with a deficit.
Canadians seem to have the same kind of visceral economic reation to deficit spending as the Germans do to inflation. This kind of thought is not so historic or deep seated as it is in Germany, whose central bank’s mandate is singular in its purpose to prevent hyper-inflationary conditions [...]

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The BC Right in Trouble

So, the municipal elections were held last Saturday in BC. In Vancouver, the balance of power hurtled wildly to the left, with the Vision-COPE-Green Mega-alliance obliterating the NPA. While I am not a big fan of municipal political parties, nor the way that Vancouver does elections (with at-large seats elected in a ‘first ten past [...]

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End the Honeymoon

Now, I like Barack Obama as much as the next ex-Hillary devotee, but I have noticed something that is incredibly concerning amongst friends and compatriots who were also in the Obama camp. People are getting ready to give him a free ride.
Liberals elected, finally, a President who sympathizes with their issues. However, they have to [...]

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Here we go again…

But at least it’s in Vancouver. My adoptive city and environs (like the ever inscrutable Electoral Area A, for which I am running for the MetroVancovuer Board Seat) are lovely in May, and if we can find a way to include people from the local area in our convention (through what means I’m not really [...]

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