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May endorses strategic voting — or not

10/09/2008 by backofthebook.ca

Poll from Nanos Research The G&M; has Elizabeth May endorsing strategic voting for close-race ridings again today, mentioning both VoteforEnvironment and DemocraticSpace as sites to go to for advice/info. VoteforEnvironment is still endorsing May in Central Nova against Peter MacKay, even though the Ekos, Decima and Nanos polls listed there all show her running a […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2008 election, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, elections, Elizabeth May, Globe and Mail, Green Party, Liberals, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper

It ain’t over till it’s over. It’s over.

09/12/2008 by backofthebook.ca

Item: An Angus-Reid poll puts the Conservatives at 38% of the vote, Liberals at 24%, NDP at 21%. The BQ have 9% and the Greens 7%. Item: Green Party leader Elizabeth May will take part in the TV debates after all, thus further splitting the left-wing vote. Items: Former PQ minister Jacques Brassard suggests the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2008 election, bilingualism, Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, elections, Elizabeth May, Green Party, NDP, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper

Greens are good for you

09/03/2008 by backofthebook.ca

Should Canadians accept CTV, CBC (which is remarkably stupid — have you heard the new Radio 2?) and Global (which has always been stupid) as the gatekeepers for national debates? Oh, I don’t think so. Given that the Greens rate higher in the polls than the Bloc (which is pretty funny), Canadians ought to hear […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Bloc Quebecois, Canada, Canadian politics, Conservatives, elections, Elizabeth May, Green Party, Jack Layton, Liberals, NDP, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper

Harper going down?

04/16/2007 by backofthebook.ca

By guest blogger Nicole Walyshyn Just how much trouble is Stephen Harper in in Alberta? To judge by a recent public meeting in Calgary, mucho. Calgary Southeast MP and Harper very-right-hand man Jason Kenney held a forum for his constituents Saturday night, and it turned out a lot of them are still extremely browned-off about […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Elizabeth May, Jason Kenney, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

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Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

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The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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