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So we all agree on one thing, then … our electoral system needs fixing

Bob Hepburn’s article, “Should the Greens Just Fade Away”, highlights the problem, but offers the wrong solution.     Read more »

The only wasted vote is a false vote

Has anyone else noticed a sense of desperation in the air emanating from certain of the other parties?  The pathetic attempts to try to win your vote by maintaining that strategic voting is “necessary” because a Harper loss must be procured at all costs?  That now is not the time to vote your conscience — your principles.  That too much is at stake.  But this is short-term thinking at best, and just another nail in the coffin of our democracy at worst.     Read more »