Most Canadians comfortable with an election amid coronavirus — what would it look like? Count me firmly in the camp of not most Canadians, then. I’m not personally opposed to going out to vote right now. I don’t live in a region that’s currently overrun by disease, so I’m sure I would be fine. But …
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So That Happened
Well, we had our election. And in spite of what the leaders will tell you, it settled basically nothing and it’s hard to say that anybody truly won. The Liberals won, but still lost. They have a hefty minority, but they came in with a hefty majority and blew it, up to and including getting …
Robocalls Are Telling People To Vote Tomorrow Rather Than Today. Don’t Do That
Hopefully anyone who needs to see this will see it in time. As I type your polls should still be open no matter where you live, so go vote if you haven’t. Robocalls tell voters to head to the polls a day late Misleading robocalls reported in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Elections Canada …
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So He’s Good Then?
Let me make sure I have this right. The Conservatives bought advertising time on television stations so that they could show advertisements like this one that advertise all of the bad things that Justin Trudeau has done, and then tell us at the end of all of their advertisements that Justin Trudeau is not as …
Stephen Woodworth Is Not An MP, No Matter What His Signs Want You To Believe
Allow me to answer Luisa D’Amato’s question. Some say Stephen Woodworth shouldn’t write ‘Re-elect’ on his signs Everyone wants to talk about Stephen Woodworth’s election signs. Don’t we have better things to discuss, Luisa D’Amato asks. Do we have better things to discuss? Yes. A lot of things are more important in the grand scheme …
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Leave It To The Bloc Québécois To Get Us Stoked For A Federal Election
It doesn’t exactly sport a whole lot of words, but the Bloc Québécois’ campaign song will at least get you pumped up for something unlike that garbage Conservative one. If somebody wanted to tell me it was blaring in a war room, I might even believe him.
A Horrible Choice With A Song To Match
Behold the federal Conservative party’s official campaign song. Awful, isn’t it? And I’m not just saying that because it’s a Conservative song and I’m not a Conservative voter. It really is bad. You hire Jim Vallance, who helped Bryan Adams write some of his most famous and well loved works, and this is what you …
If AT First You Don’t Succeed, Try Again And Again And Again And Again And Again And Again And Again…
It looks like we’re about to enter official election season in Canada, which raises a very important question. What is John Turmel doing? He’s running, of course. This will be attempt number 99. It, as with most of his campaigns the last few years, will be for a seat in Brantford. If you’d like to …
Before You Accuse Me, Take A Look At Yourself
To be a leader for all Canadians, the Conservative Party leader should now end his lifelong boycott of Pride events and explain whether he would still deny same-sex couples the right to marry, as he said in Parliament. pic.twitter.com/5WEyja6Ov5 — Ralph Goodale (@RalphGoodale) August 22, 2019 On the face of it, I have no problem …
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Convenience Isn’t The Problem With Voting. People Not Giving A Shit About Voting Is
Gym, tan, laundry… vote?: Ontario asked to consider weekend, holiday elections Report on June 2018 provincial election makes recommendations aimed at boosting voter turnout Don’t get me wrong. More flexibility absolutely can’t hurt. But I don’t think that’s the biggest issue we’re up against here. If we really want to solve the turnout problem, we …