by Joyce Murray, Liberal candidate Vancouver Quadra After May 2nd, one of two people will be Prime Minister: Stephen Harper or Michael Ignatieff. As a Liberal candidate, it is my task to highlight the stark contrast between the inclusive, family-oriented vision of Canada offered by the Liberal Party versus the dangerous ideological control of the Harper...
May vs Lunn in Saanich Gulf-Islands
May 30, 2011
by Andrew MacLeod To make history as the first Green Party member elected to Canada’s parliament, leader Elizabeth May must get past the incumbent, Conservative Gary Lunn. Luckily for May, who is positioning herself as the best candidate to beat Lunn, there is still a strong odour lingering from Lunn’s ‘victory’ in 2008, an odour that has...
It’s not enough just to vote
May 30, 2011
Why Canada’s democracy needs an upgrade by Paul H. LeMay In the last federal election, a stunning 41 percent of eligible voters – or 5,382,130 Canadians – abstained from voting. In fact, more Canadians abstained from voting in the general election of 2008 than the number of Canadians who cast a ballot for the Conservative Party that came to...
The wizard of oddz
by Joseph Roberts This is our election edition and it is vital that we pay attention to politics now. At first glance, this election may appear to be of little consequence, perhaps even boring, but make no mistake; it is far from irrelevant. There is much more at stake than first meets the eye. In fact, this may well be the most important election of our...
My Tory nightmare
May 30, 2011
Tossing and turning with Harper at the helm Article and art by Geoff Olson I have a dream. A recurring nightmare, actually. It always begins with me in a Tory re-education camp, sharing a bunk bed with Province cartoonist Dan Murphy. Without warning, I’m dragged from my mattress and frogmarched off to art class by a steroid-inflated Rex Murphy...
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