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"Platner Paradox" and moving away from minor branding differences within the US Capitalist Party
A short conversation with Gemini went in a familiar direction - Fair Vote Canada blocking necessary Democratic Reform
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Time to end these divisive "culture of White grievance/victimhood" separatist debates.
A letter to my Canadian federal MP and Ontario provincial MPP
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” - is Trump like the Potter character?
A fixation on individuals will always hide what is actually happening
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Identity Politics? 2025 Election priorities? The core problem is political identity silos!
I was watching some Daily Show clips, and I noticed a reference to something I familiar.
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I’m back in Ottawa Center. Goodbye Ottawa South and David McGuinty
Electoral District boundary redistribution means I'm back in Ottawa Center, where I was in 1987.
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Why I don't see myself in the NDP
I wasn’t excited about the Ontario Election, especially in a district where the outcome seemed certain. It is the Electoral District that matters, not…
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Ottawa Siege: Why didn't "dictator Trudeau" just remove all mandates?
As my high school teaching wife would say: This is a good teachable moment.
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Why I trust Jody Wilson-Reybould, and never again Justin Trudeau
A few ideas are in my head.
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Letter to Hill Times Re: Are political parties undermining democratic practices?
The following is the unedited version of the letter to the Hill Times editor that became: Canada’s electoral system needs to truly modernize…
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Hill Times Letter: Canada’s electoral system needs to truly modernize, democratize
Letter to the Hill Times Editor published August 9, 2021
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Is Canada a democracy?
One of the articles assigned for NS 115 students this week is an essay by Jessica Kolopenuk titled Provoking Bad Biocitizenship…
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Let's work to fix parliamentary flaws which block holding a Premier or Prime Minister accountable.
In my New Years note yesterday, the last paragraph was about Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips, and why I felt he should be fired from his position.
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