I am devoting my blog this week to Don Davies, member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway. Don has long been my very favourite MP. I first came to know him before he was elected to Parliament in 2008. Before he was an MP, he would always very graciously support COPE fundraisers I was organizing. At…
Category: Elections Canada
Poll Tracker: A great way to keep tabs on the election
As a self-confessed political junkie, I follow polls with great interest. However, not all polls are created equal. Polling is a very difficult science and now it’s becoming moreso as people disconnect their land lines. This makes it increasingly difficult to contact participants because you need a random sampling that’s also representative. Polling is becoming…
Here’s to a progressive and ferocious 2019!
Happy New Year, everyone! May your New Year’s resolutions be successful. In keeping with the season, here are a few of my wishes for 2019. Progress on the basic income front Last summer, the provincial government appointed a three-person panel of experts to look at the viability of guaranteed basic income in BC. CBC Radio…
High time for electoral reform
Election night saw a bunch of my friends, my partner Penny, and I all gathered at our house with munchies and a big screen TV to watch the action. Before the results even began to trickle in I was predicting a Liberal victory. I don’t take much credit for my prognostication abilities, however, as all…
Are we still in Canada? Or a banana republic?
We’ve all been hearing a lot of disconcerting stories in the last few days about the problems voters have been experiencing at advance polls for the federal election. We also know that, generally speaking, increased voter turnout is bad for incumbent governments. In other words, there’s a very high correlation between high voter turnout and…