Entries tagged with “Democracy”

May 11 2011

PC Party Confusion

The Progressive Canadian Party was formed in direct response to the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada with the Canadian Alliance. The founders of the party hold that the merger of their former party was either inappropriate, illegal, or represented a takeover of the true Tory party by the upstart western Reformers. A tenet the party holds dear is the claim that they, not Harper's Conservatives, represent an unbroken conservative political lineage reaching back to the days of Sir John A. MacDonald. (701 words) More …

April 15 2011

U of G - Conservative Party: 0 Democracy: 1

Statement by Elections Canada (417 words) More …

Attempted Theft of Ballots By CPC Operative

Conservatives ask Elections Canada to nullify votes cast at University of Guelph (April 14, 2011 - Guelph Mercury) (905 words) More …

January 07 2010

Parliament Matters

Note to organizers: spend a little time and effort to build an open community site to champion your cause. Sure, Facebook is instant and easy, but if you want to attract the most people, use FB for promoting your open site, not for hosting it. (851 words) More …

September 16 2009

Who is caring for our democracy?

One 24K sole sourced contract is almost interesting, but what we really ought to be hammering the PMO and government about is where the millions of other dollars being spent, and hidden, are going. Accountability is an issue which transcends parties and individual governments. (444 words) More …

June 22 2009

Democracy Sliced and Diced

There is a good deal to say on this subject, but I wonder if Canadians will bother listening. Few seem to realize exactly what we are losing year by year, government by government. The attack on Canada's democratic system is no benign tumour but a systemic disease. The symptoms are in plain sight--always have been, yet few seem alert to the disease which slowly is enveloping our society. (851 words) More …