Stephen Maher writes how
the so-called Fair Elections Act could cause chaos on election day.
Filed under the "Kids
Aren't So Bad" here is a news story about the young ladies that created a
petition to have consent included in the sex ed curriculum and their response
to opponents.
Tim Harper in the Toronto
Star raises an interesting point about the upcoming election; 7 in 10 Canadians
are decided not to vote for the Conservatives. Of course it is way too early to predict that, but I would say that the number
has to be close to 6 in 10. That's still room for a majority, but only if it
all breaks their way. Tim Harper suggests that Mulcair might be the one to
rally the anti-Conservative vote.
Eric Grenier writes about
the prospect of a three-way race federally with the seeming growth of the NDP in recent polls. Here are some other articles on this topic, one from Huffington Post
and 308 Blog I should probably
tone it down on poll-pieces... but the first is a good read!
Apparently the fiftieth
anniversary of the Ontario flag is this month. Steve Paikin writes about effort by some to change it. It's mostly interesting
for the history though.
From super happy news from
my former employer, Lutsel K'e Dene School is having its first graduate!
Vice writer Justin Ling poses the question - what if the federal debates didn't suck?
Susan Delacourt writes about the Conservative's logic
behind the changes to the federal debates.
Elijah Harper passed away
this month. The man made a poignant stand for Aboriginal
rights as a Manitoba MLA that sunk constitutional reforms.
Michal Schick at Hypable
has posted two pieces that help to encapsulates the controversy surrounding the
sixth episode of season five of Game of Thrones. I won't go into details if
people have not yet watched it. The first part makes the case for why a particular set of scenes is controversial and the fan/media fallout.
I found this piece from
the Washington Post about Game of Thrones to be quite compelling. Alyssa
Rosenberg looks at the backlash at this week's episode and defines the show as
being centred on sexual violence.
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