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by Greg Farries on
There is only one day left in the 2009 Nova Scotia General Election and therefore it might not be a bad idea to quickly highlight some of the popular Nova Scotia election resources:
Nodice: Nova Scotia Provincial Election 2009 Coverage – Provides statistical and brief background information on the 2009 provincial election in Nova Scotia.
by Greg Farries on
It looks like British Columbian’s have given the Gordon Campbell Liberal party a third straight mandate to govern.
B.C. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell has won an historic third straight term as the province’s premier. Preliminary results in Tuesday’s B.C. election show Campbell’s Liberals leading with 45.7 per cent of the popular vote, ahead of Carole James’s NDP at 42.2 per cent.
by Royce Koop on
I’m not a big fan of B.C. premier Gordon Campbell, but am consistently surprised at what an excellent campaigner he is. For example, how cool is this?:
"The premier started his day at an event with the stunning backdrop of the $143-million Park Bridge, part of a $972-million project to widen one of B.C.’s most dangerous stretches of highway.
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by Jared Wesley on
In response to a series of reforms proposed by Prime Minister Harper, the Government of Manitoba is investigating new ways of selecting provincial representatives in the Senate of Canada. As part of this process, the Manitoba Government just completed a series of public consultations, during which I recommended the province adopt a "Weighted-District-Election" model for selecting Senators-in-waiting…
[Read more…] about Senate Reform in Manitoba — The Case for a “Weighted Districts” Model
by Harold Jansen on
Helen Forsey, the daughter of the late eminent constitutional scholar, Eugene Forsey, weighs in on what her father would have had to say about the constitutional "crisis" in December. It’s a worthwhile refresher course on the principles of parliamentary government, especially in a minority government situation. You can read it here.
[Read more…] about Thoughts about the coalition and minority government
by Harold Jansen on
Yesterday, Elections Canada issued the fourth quarter financial returns for political parties in 2008. In November, party finance became headline news when the Conservatives tried to remove the annual subsidy for political parties in the economic update. Party finance is usually not a sexy topic and has since faded from the headlines. But the release of the new numbers is exciting for those of us who study and are obsessed by the finances of Canada’s political parties (I think there are three of us).
[Read more…] about Crunching the fourth quarter party finance numbers from Elections Canada