Leaders Debates
Televised leaders debates are another difference between Canada and the UK when it comes to general elections. The UK held its first ever leaders debates during the 2010 election campaign. Canada has held such debates since 1968. The UK debate consisted of three separate debates, with each focusing on a different theme: domestic affairs, foreign [...]
It’s all in the nomenclature
Fellow bloggers have probably had this happen to them in the past: you read an article, blog on some aspect of it, then notice something else in the article and blog about that, then on rereading either the article or what you wrote about it again, you notice something else that you feel obliged to [...]
Reasons for voting Yes or No to AV
The UK referendum on adopting the Alternative Vote (AV) is fast approaching, with the vote taking place on 5 May, 2011. What I have been finding quite interesting are the comments from readers on various articles and op ed pieces about why they plan to vote Yes or No to AV. I’ve managed to identify [...]
Contempt of Parliament not a criminal offence
My attention was recently caught by a post on ProgressiveBloggers.ca asking if contempt of Parliament is a federal crime that can bar Prime Minister Stephen Harper from re-election. The question seems to have come from this very unfortunately blog post arguing that indeed, Harper has committed a federal offence. The short answer to the question [...]
Party Platforms – the Canadian experience (federal)
(Note: This post has NOTHING to do with provincial party platforms. It is about the federal parties. If you are looking for party platform comparisons for the 6 October 2011 Ontario provincial election, please see this post. If you are looking for platform comparisons for the 4 October 2011 Manitoba provincial election, click here. If [...]
Facts, not fears
As regular readers of this blog know well by now, I follow politics in the UK as well as in Canada, with admittedly more interest in what’s been happening in the UK thanks to the novelty of being able to observe an actual coalition government in action. Consequently, at the moment, I am following two [...]
Parliament’s role in decisions to go to war
(Update: The Committee’s report is available online here.) This is a head’s up for anyone interested in the role of Parliament in decisions to go war. The UK House of Commons’ Political and Constitutional Reform committee will be hearing from experts on the issue of committing troops to battle on Thursday, 31 March, beginning at [...]
It’s not about who wins the most seats
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The c-word
Only 24 hours into this election campaign, and one issue is dominating all discussion, the c-word: coalition. The threat of a possible coalition is a recurrent theme for the incumbent Conservatives. Yesterday, after visiting the Governor General to ask for the dissolution of Parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated: “Canadians need to understand clearly, without [...]
Summoning Parliament
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