Tagged: Canadian election

Thoughts On The Fifty-First State

I am writing this early in the morning of April 29th in Korea, which means it is mid-to-late afternoon on the 28th in my native Canada, and Canadians are now at the polls choosing a new government and a new prime minister during a time of peculiarly existential pressure from their American neighbours, and primarily of course from one Donald J. Trump. Some...

Reflections on Election Day in Canada

Today, Canadians vote for a new federal government. Among the six major federal parties in this multi-party democracy, four are hardcore Marxist progressive factions (including the one that has Quebec’s separation from Canada as the heart of its platform and the only reason for its existence), one is a milquetoast “progressive conservative” party (yes, that really was this party’s old name, before they...