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…
Category: equality
Canada has dragged the welcome mat inside
It’s been about a week now since the ground-shifting photo of three-year-old Alan Kurdi flooded the media. While I was initially optimistic that this photo would create a fundamental improvement in Canada’s response to the unprecedented refugee crisis I am now, sadly, not so sure. We all remember — well, most of us do —…
Three Cheers for the Beautiful Game
With Canada playing China in the first game of the first round of the Women’s World Cup in Edmonton on Saturday, I’m very excited. I’ve always been a big fan of the beautiful game, and we’re in for some of the best footy in the world. Monday, June 8 saw the first games kicking off…