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..and that he’s more or less taking the stance I’ve been advocating that he and the Liberal leadership should be taking: Michael Ignatieff says coalition governments are “perfectly legitimate” and he’d be prepared to lead one if that’s the hand Canadian voters deal him in the next election. But the Liberal leader says it [...] Tags: Canada, coalition government | Category: Canadian Politics |
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 | Trackback for this entryNote that this rather blunt opinion of Canada or Canadian officials possibly being in breach of international law comes from a 3rd party, not an opposition political party. Here’s an excerpt of an article posted at Macleans by Professor Michael Byers, “who holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at [...] Tags: Afghan detainees, Canada, human rights, Richard Colvin, torture | Category: Canadian Politics |
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| Trackback for this entryDavid Graham had a detailed article written in the Guelph Mercury that he highlighted at his blog yesterday about how he was in favour of reforming the voting system we have by changing it from what we currently have (First Past The Post) to Instant Run-Off Voting. David and I have disagreed many [...] Tags: Canada, electoral reform | Category: Canadian Politics, International Politics |
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| Trackback for this entryOr maybe they were… as the TSX plunged 456 points (4.5%) today after a bit of a recovery yesterday. Meanwhile, the Dow fell through the 9000 level – down 678 points (7.3%) today, the first time since 2003 But again, this, according to Stephen Harper, represents another great buying opportunity on the stock markets [...] Tags: Canada, economic crisis, Stephen Harper, stock markets | Category: Canadian Politics |
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| Trackback for this entryWarren K. made reference to a speech that Deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff made at the Economic Club of Canada this morning that he praises and wishes the Liberals would have made a lot earlier. I don’t think it’s too late yet however to start drilling this message into people’s heads. (It’s not just [...] Tags: Canada, Canada election 2008, Conservatives, Michael Ignatieff, Stephen Harper | Category: Canadian Politics |
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| Trackback for this entryThis story caught my attention. A report in the England-based newspaper The Independent from yesterday claims that the US is seeking sole control of the NATO Afghanistan mission against the Taliban: The Bush administration is pushing for sweeping changes to the military command structure in Afghanistan, so that the head of international forces would [...] Tags: Afghanistan, Canada, NATO, US | Category: American Politics, Canadian Politics, International Politics |
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| Trackback for this entryWell, this listeriosis/meat inspection story seems to be taking on a life of its own. First the Minister Ritz controversy from last evening, and now we get this press release discussing the elimination of meat inspection programs in Manitoba: If elected, a federal Conservative government plans to stop delivering provincial meat inspection programs in [...] Tags: Canada, Conservatives, food safety, Listeriosis | Category: Canadian Politics |
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| Trackback for this entrySober reading from Slate Magazine: Since 2004, a succession of unstable minority governments has led to a constant campaign frenzy, brutalizing Canada’s once-broad political consensus and producing a series of policies at odds with the country’s socially liberal, fiscally conservative identity. Canada is quietly becoming a political basket case, and this latest election may [...] Tags: Canada, Conservatives | Category: Canadian Politics, International Politics |
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| Trackback for this entryThis story in the Globe talks about how after 4 days Canada has no medals yet at the Beijing Olympics, and there are already grumblings amongst Canadian athletes about how little support they get from the government with regards to funding as compared to other countries. A few thoughts on this: 1) It’s still [...] Tags: Canada, Olympics | Category: Canadian Politics, Misc |
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| Trackback for this entryWhile watching all this rain and thunder and lightning occur (as Matthew over at Pample the Moose observed, I didn’t know Ontario had a monsoon season), I thought I’d ask if anyone’s interested or excited in watching the Olympics. For myself personally, I don’t know if it’s the time zone difference, or the bad [...] Tags: Canada, China, controversy, Olympics | Category: Misc |
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