On Friday, I, along with 100,000 other people, took part in the strike for climate action here in Vancouver. I closed my office at noon, and I’m so glad to say that all of my office staff, along with my partner Penny, took part. The turnout was beyond my wildest expectations! The crowd stretched from…
Category: elections
Don’t take this election for granted
The writ has dropped! At 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the governor general to dissolve parliament. She agreed, and now it’s full steam ahead for the October 21 federal election. For the past few months, I’ve been glued to the CBC’s online Poll Tracker, which is run by a…
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…
PEI proves we need a war effort backing the Greens
It was an historic breakthrough Tuesday for the Green Party of Prince Edward Island — they elected eight members to the provincial legislature, the most Greens ever elected to one body in Canada. (Vancouver is lucky to have seven Greens elected, but they’re split among city council, parks board and school board.) In fact, the…
Prince Edward Island could light the way
On Tuesday, the writ was dropped for a provincial election April 23 in Prince Edward Island. I don’t normally pay a lot of attention to elections in PEI, but this time I sure will be! The Green Party of PEI is currently polling in first place. This is unheard of in Canada! We may be…