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Best Way to Help Your Community? Don’t Vote
By Jason Menard What I’m about to say may seem sacrilegious to some of you, but here it is. Don’t vote. Before you think I’ve totally lost it, hear me out. The above is not a blanket statement. Yes, I...
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Left-Leaners Must Decide Whether to Vote with Head or Heart
By Jason Menard, If you’re a left-leaning voter in this Canadian federal election, you’re faced with more than the obvious four options when you step up to the ballot box — you’ve also got to deal...
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Responsible Government? Who Cares? Not Canadians
By Jason Menard Awish Aslam booted from a local rally for Prime Minister Stephen Harper because of a Facebook photo? Who cares? Ali Aref Hamadi asked to leave the same reception due to the presence of...
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Reigniting the Passion Behind Canada’s Cooling Election Fever
By Jason Menard, Instead of burning with passion as a result of election fever, I find myself on the precipice of succumbing to burning out with the process — like many of my fellow Canadians...
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Will Liberals be Served Crow on a Much Cosier Table?
By Jason Menard Remember the old jokes? A PC dinner reservation would be announced by the maitre d’ as, “Conservatives – Party of Two.” That was back in 1993 when, after the failure of both Meech Lake...
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Pair Vote, Vote Mob Misguided Solutions to a Bigger Problem
By Jason Menard Two political events designed to stop a Conservative majority are noble in intent, but are simply two wastes of valuable time and votes, which really only work in an ideal world....
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A Channel’s Manic Monday
By Jason Menard What are you doing Monday night? Hopefully you’ll have already been to the polls to cast a well-informed vote. So perhaps you’d like to spend a few moments during the evening of May 2nd...
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Fringe Candidates Foolishly Have No Door Upon Which Opportunity Can Knock
By Jason Menard For a sub-species of people that make their living, in part, by going from door to door, it shocks me that certain politicians – including those who would benefit the most – are...
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More Info than Ever, but Who Can You Trust?
By Jason Menard The number of TV stations, Web sites, publications, and social networking sites, can not just sate those who have a thirst for politics – it can overwhelm them. So the question now...
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What I Said About Joe
By Jason Menard I’m not a rube; I’m not a patsy; nor am I ignorant. Yet you wouldn’t know that because, according to some of the self-professed arbiters of what’s right in London, because I don’t think...
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Operation: Don’t Vote
By Jason Menard There are those quick to take the “get out and vote” stand. And while this statement is often made casually — as if it’s a foregone conclusion — the fact is that voting is not a game...
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Declining Just an Empty Protest that Won’t Move the Needle
By Jay Menard When exactly did we determine that voting against something is better than voting for something? Strategic voting is bad enough – the idea of compromising your beliefs in some grand...
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Mandatory Voting Isn’t the Answer, Especially When Getting Educated is So...
By Jay Menard More voters isn’t the answer. More educated voters is. But the fact is that it’s increasingly challenging for the average person to know what’s true and what’s just partisan spin. Like...
View ArticleA Discussion on How (But Not For Whom) to Vote Tomorrow
By Jay Menard, This isn’t going to be a blog telling you for whom you should vote. In fact, if you read someone presenting a list of “who you should vote for” — especially if he or she is advocating...
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