The following is an email I’ve sent to friends and contacts earlier today! Title: BC-STV This message is in English only, so no need to look further down! Pas de français??? Non, pas cette fois!!! Hello friends! I am writing about politics. If not interested, you can just delete, I will never know and therefore Continue reading →

My comment to this post: http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/2009/02/bc-ndp-and-electoral-reform-p4.html By this non-response, Carole James want the referendum to fail. She seem to say that if the yes for BC-STV is under 60%, then an other form of Proportional Representation (like MMP) will be proposed to British Columbians. But, by being vague, she makes no commitments toward this. In Continue reading →

It’s without big surprise that Michael Ignatieff decided to support the conservative budget. Ignatieff’s objective is to help Canada by restoring the significance of the Liberal Party. Not my choice, but then again, I am not a Liberal so quite frankly, the Liberals should not listen to me. I did support the coalition for two Continue reading →

Published in today’s 24hrs. This is the reality of our current Parliament: Two groups are proposing to form a minority government. One, right-wing, made of the Conservatives; the other, left-wing, made of the Liberals and NDP. Under the current Parliament, these two equally patriotic options need the support of the Bloc Québécois to govern. Just Continue reading →

A few days ago, I sent an email to the City of Vancouver Engineering Department to advise them that the “pedestrian detector” (not sure how to call it) at an intersection near my workplace was not working.  My hopes that this would be looked at were very slim.  I was, firstly, quite surprised to receive Continue reading →

ICBC and many police departments in the province have started a campaign to increase security at intersections.  You can read more here: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/11/07/7334016-sun.html. I’m wondering at all if we should abolish the right to turn right on a red light. I know it is a very unpopular measure, but I have seen so many times Continue reading →

Despite all the critics we say to the Americans, the fact is: they now (well soon) have a better leader than we have!  They have shown more courage in their election than we Canadians just did in ours last month!  Good for them.

“Les gens qui savent peu parlent beaucoup, et les gens qui savent beaucoup parlent peu.” “People who know little talk a lot, and people who know a lot talk little” Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), French philosopher I have a lot of times criticized Stéphane Dion for his lack of leadership. But there are a few things Continue reading →

The Liberal Party of Canada managed something quite remarkable during this 2008 federal election campaign.  They somehow convinced just about everyone that they are progressive; and no one seems to question that.  Here and there, websites (voteforenvironment.ca, etc.), newspaper columns, kitchen table conversations, etc. call many to vote strategically to unite the progressive vote behind Continue reading →

My opinions being generally between both parties, the benefits of a unification between the Greens and NDP would be great for me: Finally I would know for whom to vote in an election.  Nevertheless, I believe the benefits would not just be for me, but also for both movements and consequently, Canada.  The Greens would Continue reading →