It’s the eve before the 2011 Canadian federal election and for the parties this is the culmination of their hard work these past few weeks. We have already seen a nice increase in voters via the advance polls for this election and we hope that trend continues tomorrow as well. Youth voters seem to be coming out in larger numbers than the past few elections and...

This year at the annual 420 event in Vancouver where everything marijuana is celebrated and observed including the political scene around its use – it took on special meaning. With as many as 10,000 locals taking part in the event and thousands more looking on or passing by the very busy location at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the political message for this...

The first of the leader’s debates wrapped up last night and the conclusion seems to be that it was boring, brought no party any winning edge and as Elizabeth May described after the debates – it was devoid of much of what matters. It was bad enough that a party running candidates in every riding and the recipients of nearly one million votes didn’t...

This just in, Sheila Fraser’s confidential report which was originally to be tabled in Parliament on April 5 but wasn’t because of the defeat of the government has been seen by The Canadian Press and it alleges illegal wrongdoing. The draft report claims that in a January 13 draft of the chapter on the G8 legacy infrastructure fund that the Harper...

At this point in the 2011 Canadian federal election all the parties are getting their candidates officially registered with elections Canada and pounding their signs into the ground to attract every last voter to their party. This is all part and parcel of any election campaign. Where much of the focus remains is with the party leaders and their campaign and platform...

Just like the last federal election, the broadcast consortium has decided that Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will not be allowed to address the nation in the debates. And just like last time – expect there to be an uproar and upwelling of support for Elizabeth May and our democratic institutions. It wasn’t only Green Party supporters who rallied to get...

The 2011 federal election is just over a month away and it will be interesting to see if Canadians are more apt to vote this election than they did in elections of the recent past. Voter turnout in Canada has been slowly eroding away except the minor uptick in the 2006 election. Will that upward trend continue? One thing is for sure, those who follow politics sure...