Just a quick update on the Canadian federal election: the folks at the Political Compass (that try to popularize charting political identity on a two-dimensional chart instead of the single-dimension left-right axis) have completed a chart plotting the overall positions of the major parties in this election (including the Tories, Liberals, NDP, Green, and Bloc). (more…)
Entries tagged as ‘2008 Canadian Federal Election’
Political Compass: Canada 2008 Edition!
October 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Categories: Politics
Tagged: 2008 Canadian Federal Election, political science, libertarian, authoritarian, left-wing, right-wing, political identity
How can a socialist participate in the Canadian federal election?
September 11, 2008 · 1 Comment
It appears the Canadian government has fallen – although, unfortunately, not in a guerilla-marxist coup. The PM Stephen Harper decided to pull the plug on what has apparently been Canada’s longest-running minority government. There will be a federal election on October 14th, and since the parties were more-or-less expecting this to happen, I’ve already received about 15 e-mails from my former political home, the NDP.
Note that I listed the NDP as former; this election actually presents a unique situation for me. It will be the first election (provincial or federal) ‘after the break’, as it were. (more…)
Categories: Politics
Tagged: elections, socialism, NDP, 2008 Canadian Federal Election, New Socialist Group
