Go Canada Go
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"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.
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Historical Background
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Labels: 2011 federal election, Clarence Gillis, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Jack Layton, Mouseland, New Democratic Party, Tommy Douglas
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"it isn't special ... there's nothing special about it"
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Labels: 2011 federal election, Cabinet Ministers, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, Conservative Party, elections, Gordon O'Connor, Members of Parliament, South March Highlands
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Are You Voting For Canada
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Labels: 2011 federal election, co-operation, Declaration for Change, democracy, environment, government, health care, inequality, leadnow.ca, Medicare, politicians, poverty, rants, transparency, video, voting
The most interesting thing I noticed about the debate was where all the leaders, or at least all of the federalist leaders, agreed.
These were on what I would consider to be the most basic of Canadian values, but values that many of us suspect are not dear to the heart of Stephen Harper, yet he provided vigorous defences of them - public health care and multiculturalism.
It speaks well to their broad support among Canadians that not even Stephen Harper would publicly oppose them knowing it would be political suicide.
The other issues I particularly noticed were the ones that were only raised by Jack Layton, electoral reform, particularly proportional representation and aboriginal issues.
Jack also gets some points for language, being the only leader to use the term ""hashtag" in the debate and "commentariat" during the post debate scrum.
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Labels: 2011 federal election, aboriginal peoples, Canadian values, debate, democracy, electoral reform, health care, Jack Layton, Medicare, political parties, proportional representation, Stephen Harper