provincial election

Debating the democratic process

Electoral politics went under the microscope at the University of Manitoba late last week when political studies students hosted the 32nd annual John Wesley Dafoe Conference.




Centre vs. Centre

Several times during the most recent provincial election campaign I said if you were to take away all of the colours, politicians and TV commercials,…



VoteAnyWay contest winners revealed

Along with the results of the Manitoba provincial election, the winners of the VoteAnyWay project’s public service announcement contest were announced last week. The “VoteAnyWay”…


Putting their name on the ballot

Along with the Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens, there’s a fifth party running in the Manitoba provincial election: the Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba….



Being smart on crime

Conservative pundits have rallied around recent Stats Canada numbers, claiming that they prove at last that the Manitoba government has failed in making Winnipeg “feel…