Category: Accountability

Where Are Their Political Instincts?

  Apologies for so quickly returning to the same topic I’ve recently written about…  The more I think about it, the angrier I become regarding the terrible betrayal by the Liberal Party on the widely supported Bill that would have given Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta more seats in the House of Commons to better [...]

Friday December 10th, 2010 in Accountability, Canadian Politics, Democracy, Electoral Reform, The Economy, Trade Deficit, US Deficit/Economy | Comments Off

Harper is Wrong on the Senate

  Should we say bravo to Stephen Harper for at last bringing in new legislation to properly expand the House of Commons so it better represents the principal of one/vote-one person? No way! Not if it includes Harper’s plan to expand the Senate with 8-year elected terms.  An elected Senate sounds excellent, but not if [...]

Saturday April 3rd, 2010 in Accountability, Canadian Politics, Electoral Reform, The Senate | 2 Comments »

Health Care, Accountability, Election Spending

  From the Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, February 25th:      The Republicans had weeks to prepare for the summit on health care but they didn’t bother making a case that could withstand even minimal fact-checking. *     *     *     *     * Lawrence Martin on how the Harper government keeps important information from citizens:      A [...]

Sunday March 14th, 2010 in Accountability, Canadian Politics, Election Spending, Health Care, US Politics | Comments Off