May 23, 2018
Trudeau brings in election changes but no first-past-the-post replacement
Karl Nerenberg
Trudeau’s plan to make elections fairer is salutary. But it is hard to forget that he flagrantly broke his promise to change the electoral system.
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May 23, 2018  Liberals will fix election rules while keeping first-past-the-postKarl Nerenberg Trudeau's plan to make elections fairer is salutary. But it is hard to forget that he flagrantly broke his promise to change the electoral system. |
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May 22, 2018  Canada's role in Brazilian rights violationsYves Engler While they've made dozens of statements criticizing Venezuela, the Trudeau government seems to have remained silent on Rousseff’s ouster, Lula's imprisonment and persecution of the Brazilian left. |
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May 22, 2018 Counting the Vote in VenezuelaA look at how the election was determined in Caracas, on May 20. |
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May 22, 2018  Justin Trudeau delivers liberalism lite at Yankee StadiumIn his Yankee Stadium speech to the 2018 NYU graduating class, Justin Trudeau gave a mild liberal rebuke to postmodernism. |
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May 22, 2018  Horwath will make Ontario orange with NDP winDavid Climenhaga I'm feeling good about my prediction that the next Premier of Ontario will be Andrea Horwath of the NDP. |
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May 22, 2018  Eleven days from the brink, Rachel Notley's dice roll brings back memories of Mulroney and MeechDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta's premier is more disciplined than the old Irish-Canadian baritone from Baie-Comeau. The words "roll the dice" will never pass her lips. Dice are rolling just the same. |
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May 21, 2018 What should international Labour solidarity with Venezuela look like?Raul Burbano of Common Frontiers sits down with Francisco Torrealba, Vice President of the Central Bolivariana Socialista de Trabajadores. |
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May 21, 2018 Venezuela Election -- PSUV Youth OrganizationA dispatch from the 2018 presidential election in Venezuela, talking to ordinary citizens. |
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May 21, 2018 Venezuela Election -- Public housing political analysisA resident of a Caracas public housing project offers international delegates an opinion on Venezuela’s political and economic situation. |
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May 21, 2018  Mark my words, Andrea Horwath is going to win OntarioDavid J. Climenhaga I'm feeling good about my prediction that the next Premier of Ontario will be Andrea Horwath of the NDP. |
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May 21, 2018  Challenges await Venezuela's Maduro as he wins a second termJim Hodgson Venezuelans merit attention and solidarity as they try to find a way forward. Democracy is supposed to be about the people ruling. |
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May 20, 2018  Social priorities at stake as Venezuelans head to the pollsJim Hodgson In a sense, this vote is a referendum on the orientation to social solidarity and to participatory democracy that involves communities in processes of consultation and decision-making. |
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May 20, 2018 Voting begins in Venezuela's presidential electionrabble.ca's correspondent Humberto Da Silva reports as citizens cast their ballots on Sunday, May 20. |
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May 19, 2018  Much at stake for NDP in Ontario election raceKarl Nerenberg Andrea Horwath’s party is moving up in all the Ontario election polls. The NDP appears to have momentum now, but there is lots of the campaign left to fight. |
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May 19, 2018  Big opportunities and big risks for Ontario NDP as campaign rounds the bendKarl Nerenberg Andrea Horwath’s party is moving up in all the Ontario election polls. The NDP appears to have momentum now, but there is lots of the campaign left to fight. |
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May 19, 2018  Venezuelan foreign minister calls Canada's consulate voting ban 'hostile'Jim Hodgson Canadian observers of Venezuela's election hear from the foreign minister, and he's not happy about a recent Canadian decision. |
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May 18, 2018  The poison in Doug Ford's Kool-AidThe only reason for panic is our retrograde, undemocratic electoral system. It would give Doug over 70 per cent of seats with his 40 per cent of the vote. |
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May 17, 2018  Why I am going to witness the election in VenezuelaHumberto DaSilva rabble.ca's Humberto DaSilva will be in Venezuela to cover its election on May 20. Here he describes a very personal connection to a country he is visiting for the first time. |
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May 17, 2018  Dispatches from the front lines of Alberta politics: Jason Kenney reveals his nasty streak, againDavid J. Climenhaga Why are so many old Tories going to pot? Is Canadian democracy is simply too important to be left in the hands of voters? The UCP caucus gets its exercise! Derek Fildebrandt gets something right! |
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May 16, 2018  Senator Murray Sinclair: Community, education, change: Indigenous ways of knowing KIHKINOOHAMAAKEWINTyler Pennock The chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, speaks at the 6th annual Tommy Douglas Institute event on Monday, May 28. |
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May 15, 2018  Honorary degree sparks necessary debateDavid Suzuki If a university isn't the place to air a range of ideas about the geophysical, social, and economic consequences of profligate fossil fuel use, we should worry about the future of academic inquiry. |
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May 15, 2018  How America's FOSTA laws impact the lives of Canadian sex workersSarah Mann The closure of Backpage and passage of laws like FOSTA may not be a win for sex workers, but a feminist critique of how governments enforce anti-trafficking and anti-prostitution legislation could be. |
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May 14, 2018  The media makes it too easy for Doug FordKarl Nerenberg Canadian media are covering Ford the way U. S. media covered Trump. Even when they believe they are being critical, by disproportionately focusing on the PC leader they are helping his campaign. |
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