So, provincial election. As has come to be the norm, any political vote is a vote for the lesser of two (or more) evils.

Here's something to help at least identify the greatest (and perhaps most deceptive) evil:

How the Conservatives with "fix" things...

Thanks Pup, for the solid response - and thanks Pyrex, for the question it needed to exist.

A taste of things to come from Harper:

Cancelling and Avoiding Dissent.

Wish I'd found this earlier - not that it would have made much difference to the people who read this.

B.

Ever since I heard about it as a youth, I have had a slight infatuation with the Rhinoceros Party of Canada. The idea of infiltrating government with the intention of lampooning it - and there is always plenty to make fun of - is just... delicious. I never really looked very deeply into it, though, for whatever reason... perhaps it seemed like it ( Read more... )