Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck) I never though that I would see this day come. We have a newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who stated publically that this election would be last using the first-past-the-post voting system,
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the disgruntled democrat: In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck)I never thought that I would see this day come. We have a newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who stated publically that…
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: In Opening Up the Pandora’s Box of Electoral Reform, Canada Should Look Down Under
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best. (Otto von Bismarck) I never thought that I would see this day come. We have a newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who stated publically that this election would be last using the first-past-the-post voting system,
Continue readingLet’s Take a Page from Australia and Demand Voter Participation
I was nudged into writing this via an article written by Bill Tieleman who, as his Tyee bio reports is a regular Tyee contributor who writes a column on B.C. politics every Tuesday in 24 Hours newspaper He was also instrumental in working to have the HST brought before a referendum thanks
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