Reading Time: 3 minutes Many politicians would rather look to the past than mobilize to fight our greatest challenge
Tag: NDP
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Reading Time: 4 minutes Here we are, stuck in the middle without a perfect solution to Alberta’s voting dilemma
Why some of us prefer Conservative parties over their leaders
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jason Kenney and Doug Ford don’t have great approval ratings. But voters seem to favour their parties in Alberta and Ontario
Jagmeet Singh’s political future keeps twisting and turning
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Liberals forced out Karen Wang and Singh looked certain to win the byelection. Then the Liberals found a formidable replacement
Are NDP supporters getting fed up with Jagmeet Singh?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal leader seems unaware of key issues. That can hardly give party supporters confidence in his abilities
The fundamental flaw of populist politics
Reading Time: 4 minutes The populist trinity of direct democracy – initiative, referendum and recall – is incompatible with the Canadian political system
Why Justin Trudeau won’t call a byelection in Burnaby South
Reading Time: 3 minutes The last thing the Liberals want is for the NDP to take the spotlight or to start drawing votes on the left-centre
There’s nothing ‘affordable’ about B.C. tax increases
Reading Time: 3 minutes Higher carbon, personal income, payroll, business and residential property taxes will hit B.C. families and make the province less attractive for business
Proportional representation breeds unstable governments
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s electoral reform referendum could lead to more shaky coalitions and less effective government
The Liberal’s lukewarm shift toward electoral reform
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Trudeau government’s belated commitment to election law revisions is welcome, if far short of earlier promises