It’s almost 19:00 in London… 3 hours until polls close and we start to see results from the election. It seems that the result is a foregone conclusion… the only interesting part will be how many seats Tony Blairs Labour party wins or loses. Another interesting tidbit that I heard on CBC-Radio this morning was …
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Ed Broadbent to retire again
Not surprising really, but the CBC is reporting that Ed Broadbent will retire from politics and not run for re-election when a Federal Election is inevitably called in the next few weeks/months. It’s too bad because he is a class act and was a great NDP leader. He led the NDP to 43 seats in …
Vote for Electoral Reform: BC-STV
I will tell you why I support moving to the “Single Transferrable Vote” system of elections. Many say that it will be too complicated because you have too many “choices” to make, and the system of counting is complex. So, let me simplify it down to one statement. Under BC-STV you can mark ONE choice …