Category Politics
Choosing Evil
The line haunts me still, 40 years later, as Canadians go to the polls today to elect a federal government. The book was The New Left and Christian Radicalism by Art Gish. I bought it because my political thought in those days was more left leaning than right. (These days I would probably be classified […]
Election Day is Coming!
I promised at the outset of this Canadian election campaign that I would stay away from it in this space, and for the most part I have. It has been, to say the least, difficult. I may be a political junkie, but this is not a political blog. Well sometimes it can be, but I […]
Unlikely Promises
The proposal to move Canada’s capital from Ottawa to Kapuskasing, Ontario, hasn’t received much publicity.Neither has the proposal to privatize the Canadian Army. I guess the news media has considered the source – the Rhinoceros Party. As the Canadian election drags on and on, politicians are making promises, left, right and centre. Most of […]
It’s the issue that won’t go away, the one most Canadian politicians try to ignore. No matter what position they take, some of the electorate are certain to be extremely opposed. That’s not good when you are looking for people’s votes. I have, when writing about the current Canadian federal election, tried not to let […]
The Evangelical Prime Minister?
The intersection of religion and politics fascinates me. In the United States, where church and state are constitutionally separate, the religious beliefs of presidential candidates are always part of the public discourse. In Canada, with no such wall of separation, I suspect 99% of the populace would be hard pressed to name the religious affiliation, […]
Reading The Polls
There is an election going on. For Canadians it is almost over. In slightly more than two weeks we will know who will form our next government and who will be the Prime Minister. Americans aren’t so lucky. Their presidential election is an ongoing thing, with the vote still 13 months away. The systems are […]
The Social Media Election
Today is the last day for candidates to file their nomination papers to run in the Oct. 19 Canadian federal election. I will not be running. Writing this blog has disqualified me from ever being able to seek public office. The problem is that not only do I have opinions, but I have shared them. […]
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
There’s a fair amount of political talk in my household these days. I have been trying not to write too much about the October 19 Canadian election, figuring that not everyone shares my passion for politics, but decided to make an exception today. Our discussion started with the local options. While Canadians tend to think […]
Refugees and Migrants I – Election Fodder
It suddenly became the biggest issue of the Canadian federal election, sparked by a photograph of a dead Syrian boy whose family had supposedly desired to emigrate Canada. He (and other family members) had drowned trying to get from Turkey to Greece. According to the news media, the family had applied to for refugee status […]
Campaign Signs
His name is Ryan Leef and he is running for Parliament in Yukon. I’ve never met him, but I do admire his response to those who were vandalizing his signs. I have worked on many an election campaign. One common element to almost all campaigns is deliberate defacement and destruction of campaign signs. Signs cost […]
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