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I'm not fond of parties, quite frankly. But, if we must operate within a party system, then I'd say we have a serious party vacuum in two areas: Social corporatists to the left of center, and liberal-conservatives on the right. To the left for instance, where is the Swedish Social...

Ex-MPs blame parties for Hill dysfunction So it would seem that independent MPs may very well be more effective that party backbenchers.

According to this: Canada Votes : Interactive Map# there were at least two independent MPs last election. Why not try to get 3 in this time around?

Though many conservatives are turning their backs to the conservative party, they are still conservatives and as such are still looking for conservative candidates to elect. Seeing that last election we had Arthur as an independent libertarian-leaning candidate in the House, that he's running...

I was thinking, why not have an independents' debate each election? Essentially, any independent incumbent (such as André Arthur for instance) could participate in this debate as long as there are at least more than two independent incumbents. Should there be only one, then he'd simply be...

Seeing that we'll likely end up with no party gaining a majority of seats on its own, and that both the Conservatives and the Liberals have ruled out any kind of coalition, and that even a Bloc-NDP-Green coalitoin would still not make up more than half the seats, I don't see how we'll end up...

Seeing that in Quebec most ridings face 1 sovereigist party (the Bloc) for 4 federalist parties (the Liberals, the Conservatives, the NDP, and the Greens, along with possibly some independent and fringe party candidates), would it not make sense for federalist parties to perhaps agree to some...

'Normal' for Tory ridings to get more cash: Que. star candidate - Canada Votes 2011 - CBC News The claim in this article of a Conservative candidate trying to win votes by saying the local riding is more likely to benefit from having an MP of the governing party is not new. I remember last...

While I recognize that local candidates always waver at least somewhat from the official party platform, I'd like to know your ideas on the most fiscally conservative party leader at least. I was reading this on the CBC: Greens pledge carbon tax, corporate tax hike - Canada Votes 2011 - CBC...

My dad and I rarely discuss politics, but yesterday he'd told me how he and other local retired veterans were angry with the Conservative the local incumbent for having voted along with his Conservative Party to reduce military pensions for retired veterans. Now I already knew veterans were...

Here I'm starting a list of ways the Federal Government could save money. Not all of them would be easy to implement. Some would save only a few dollars (but hey, every red cent counts), etc. I don't care how crazy your idea is, but please, let's put up a list that could save the government...

Harper pitches income splitting for families - Canada - CBC News Interesting how when Elizabeth May had proposed this at the English-language leaders' debate last election, Harper argued we couldn't afford it. I haven't looked closely at the Green party's platform for this election yet, but...

Seeing how so many candidates are showing such contempt for the concept of coalitions (the same contempt a kindergartener might express towards working together with other kids in the playground and paying nice out of fear of looking weak), which runs the risk, should we end up with no party...

Where do you think we could save money? Here are some ideas of mine: Money-saving strategies: A: in the public sector: 1.Withdraw from NATO, NORAD,SEATO, and the OAS. 2. Reduce the UN's official languages from 6 to 5 by removing English and French and replacing them with an easy-to-learn...

What would you say would be the most balanced approach Canada ought to take to the Israeli-palestinian conflict: 1. Uphold international law, whereby we would defend Israel from foreign aggression within its pre-1967 limits, but would also defend Israel itself from occupying territory beyond...

YouTube - Why Work? Welfare addiction in handout hungry UK I'd found this video and got me thinking about things. Seems like the UK is suffering from an epidemic of long-term unemployed. Yet there are challenges. First off, there is the issue of prejudice. In most cases, an employer will hire...

Seeing that voter turn-out has continued to drop over the years, and that even those who do vote sometimes feel no choice but to hand in a blank ballot, could we not potentially increase the amount of voter turnout and reduce the number of spoilt ballots by requiring all ballots in Canada to...

Pan-Arabism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I know historically Pan-Arabism was strong, though held back by national dictators. It did eventually die down mainly because the regimes could never fully agree on anything. However, could the current unrest that deposes these regimes potentially...

Should the government prohibit spending public funds towards alcoholic beverages other than for medical purposes, especially seeing how some of us taxpayers choose not to drink ourselves precisely to not burden our health care system in future?

Feds spent over $620,000 in booze in last four years | Canada | News | Ottawa Sun Insane! And to boot, I'm a teetotaler. I do what I can to stay healthy, and what does the federal government do? Spend 620,00$ in the last 4 years alone on alcohol! The military was the biggest culprit, and this...