Beginning in the North, the Legislative Assembly of the
Northwest Territories is debating a move to extend their mandate one year to
avoid conflicting with upcoming local and impending federation election in
2015. This would increase the time the legislature sat from four years to five.
Edward Keenan has offered up a platform freely to mayoral
hopefuls in the city of Toronto. The idea has me tempted to do the same thing for Brampton.
Speaking of Brampton, in the Guardian there is concerns
that the proposed-LRT line will not proceed in Brampton do to the actions of an
indecisive city council.
Samara is running a series on political participation
within political parties. Here is part one of Adam Goldenberg’s piece about what one needs to work in politics.
Chris Hall of CBC writes about the troubles confronting the so-called Fair Elections Act.
Toronto is reviewing is ward boundaries for city council. I cannot explain why but I find this process incredibly interesting.
From Salon, the new film Stalingrad may offer greater insight into the Russian psyche than
one may initially suspect.
Twinned pieces from Samara here (I have a lot of content
from them this week, sue me). The first encourages citizens to get involved in
political parties.
The second talks about the problems with political parties
and how even activists within parties can feel like outsiders.
From the Globe and Mail, hopes that Generation
Y/Millennials will swoop in to prop up the housing market is misguided.
This was a fun video to watch, Dr. Danielle Martin
appears before a Senate committee in the United States to explain Canadian
healthcare.
Finally, and shamelessly, I had a piece appear in Samara
this week. I wrote about the need to reform riding associations to make them
more effective and democratic.
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