Last week I got an invitation from Pat Atkinson to meet NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp at Amigo’s Cantina last night. I have always been fascinated by NDP leadership races, partly because they make absolutely no sense to me and I never know what is going to happen on the convention floor. (yeah I just [...]
Green Party
Elizabeth May: Nothing better to do?
Warren Kinsella has an excellent article on Elizabeth May’s use of time lately. The Green Party leader missed her first question period in the House of Commons and then logged onto Warren Kinsella’s website to defend her decision to miss her first chance to appear in the House. To be fair, I prominently posted May’s [...]
The Campaigns in Saskatoon
I was looking for a list of nominated Saskatoon candidates for the federal election and I realized that none listed, even the Liberals don’t have a complete list of nominated candidates on their site (same thing happened under Stephane Dion) and while the NDP don’t have a list of their candidates anywhere. So after spending [...]
My political worldview
Economically (apparently I prefer deficits) and on defence spending I agree with the Conservatives but on Senate Reform, Quebec, and Moral Values, I am with the Liberals. It’s kind of a fun survey but I realized that locally I find myself politically at odds with four of the city councillors at the left end of [...]
The Trainwreck that is the Green Party of Canada
A brief listing of the accomplishments of the Green Party since the last election (1) the Executive Director quit and was replaced by the Tech guy; yup, the coax cable guy (his expression) now runs the Greens. (2) one Deputy Leader was replaced by another guy, who proceeded to quit within months, join the Bloc [...]
