BILL CURRY,OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail, Jan. 27 2015
The Parliamentary Budget Officer says federal finances have deteriorated by nearly $5-billion a year since the government’s November fiscal update due to falling oil prices, but Jean-Denis Fréchette also pleased Conservatives by...
Alex Roberts, Ottawa Citizen, January 22, 2014| Last Updated: May 20, 2014
Eight years after the January, 2006 election that brought the Conservatives to power under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Alex Roberts looks at the state of the Canadian economy. Not to be confused with the Harper...
'I will not let this Congress endanger the health of our children by turning back the clock on our efforts.'
Neela Banerjee and Katherine Bagley, Inside Climate News, Jan 21, 2015
In his 2015 State of the Union address, President Obama made some of his most forceful comments to...
Rose A. Dyson, TLE editor for Fall issue, 2014
In October, I attended the annual Climate Action Network Conference, held in Ottawa as a delegate on behalf of Just Earth. Founded by Lynn Macdonald, former MP for the NDP in the Toronto riding of Broadview Greenwood, the organization focuses...
Canadian Electoral Alliance active member Rose Dyson wrote a book review on Naomi Klein's book "This Changes Everything"
BOOK REVIEW for TLE Fall, 2014
by Rose Dyson, Editor-in-Chief
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Capitalism vs the Climate (2014)
Naomi Klein Alfred A. Knoff...
Canada at a tipping point with democratic reform is becoming major campaign issue.
Bob Hepburn, thestar.com, Jan 14 2015
How can Stephen Harper and other political leaders be prevented from running roughshod over our democracy?
That’s the question many Canadians who see our...
Linda McQuaig, ipolitics, Jan 14, 2015
Perhaps the only thing more offensive than the way Stephen Harper has changed Canada is the fact he’s done it without the support of anything approaching a majority of Canadians.
Under our “first-past-the-post” electoral system, it’s possible...
January 9, 2015
Canadian Electoral Alliance wrote a letter to Liberal MPs who voted for the December 3, 2014 Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation. Here is the response from Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett.
Thank you for writing me regarding proportional...
September 10, 2015 town hall: summary - THREE CHEERS FOR MINORITY GOVERNMENT
Co-hosts Canadian Electoral Alliance, Just Earth & Fair Vote Toronto thank speakers Peter Russell, Sean Conway and Evelyn Gigantes &...
December 21, 2014
Hon. Thomas Muclair
Leader of the Opposition, NDP
Dear Mr. Muclair,
We wish to thank you for giving scarce opposition House time to Craig Scott's motion on Proportional Representation on December 3, 2014.
We were pleased to see the excellent...