Tag Archive: Federal Election

We have a new federal government. What now?

Oct 22, 2015

Monday’s election results brought a palpable sense of relief to Canadians who had tired of the divisive and nasty politics of the Harper Conservatives, and they point to important lessons for progressives (which we outlined in this previous post). But a majority government is certainly a lost opportunity. A minority outcome would have been far… View Article

Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments – lessons from the 2015 federal election

By Seth Klein

By Seth Klein and Shannon Daub It’s only been a few days since Canadians turfed the Harper Conservatives from office. But it feels like a month’s worth of catharsis, in the form of profound relief that after almost ten years of policies harmful to the environment, public services, social cohesion and democracy, the mean man… View Article

Can the federal parties’ child care proposals pay for the $10 a Day Plan?

Oct 14, 2015

By Iglika Ivanova

We’ve been glad to see child care emerge as a key issue in this federal election, with three major parties (Greens, Liberals and NDP) vying to tackle the problems with the status quo: inadequate spaces, unaffordability and inconsistent quality. We analyzed the party platforms on child care in more detail in a previous post. Now… View Article

Child care and the federal election: where have the parties landed?

Oct 9, 2015

By Iglika Ivanova

By Lynell Anderson and Iglika Ivanova Canada is one of the few advanced countries that doesn’t yet have a national child care system. We invest less in early childhood programs than any of our peer countries and fall far short of meeting the minimum public investment benchmarks recommended by UNICEF and the OECD. There’s no… View Article

The best of all policies: my wish for the ideal platform

Sep 2, 2015

By Seth Klein

I’m often asked which opposition party, with a potential to win the election, has the better platform when it comes to tackling climate change and inequality – the two great inconvenient truths of our time, and the focus of much of our work at CCPA. (I’m leaving out from this comparison the Conservatives, who have thus… View Article

When telling the truth gets you in trouble: Getting serious about serious issues

Aug 12, 2015

By Seth Klein

“As leaders we have a responsibility to fully articulate the risks our people face. If the politics are not favorable to speaking truthfully, then clearly we must devote more energy to changing the politics.” – Marlene Moses, Ambassador to the United Nations for the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, 2012 “The ecologically necessary is… View Article

Lessons for Ottawa from Victoria, Lessons for Victoria from Ottawa

May 5, 2011

By Keith Reynolds

Many Canadians have expressed fear about what our new national government, a majority elected by a 39% minority, will do now that it has four years of real power. For those concerned Canadians, British Columbia offers a lesson. BC’s government has discovered from an independent study that their HST is not revenue neutral. It will… View Article

There is no Goldilocks in democracy

Mar 24, 2011

By Keith Reynolds

Oh boy, we’re in for a lot of democracy here in BC this year. Federal election in May and probably an HST referendum in June. My money is on an October provincial election if Christy Clark thinks the numbers are right. Then a vote for councils and school boards in November. And that is just fine… View Article

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Tag Archive: Federal Election

We have a new federal government. What now?

Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments – lessons from the 2015 federal election

Can the federal parties’ child care proposals pay for the $10 a Day Plan?

Child care and the federal election: where have the parties landed?

The best of all policies: my wish for the ideal platform

When telling the truth gets you in trouble: Getting serious about serious issues

Lessons for Ottawa from Victoria, Lessons for Victoria from Ottawa

There is no Goldilocks in democracy