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Ontario 2011 election results
McGuinty's
Liberals held to minority in third straight Ontario win
October 7, 2011
Dalton McGuinty and his Liberals will return to Queen’s Park with a minority
government, falling just short of winning a third consecutive majority. This
will be the first minority government in Ontario since Liberal David Peterson
led one from 1985 to 1987. Although the Liberal leader held on to power, he
ended up with 53 seats, just one short of the magic number required to form
a majority in the 107-seat legislature. Mr. McGuinty lost 19 seats from the
72 he had won in the 2007 election campaign.
Source:
Globe and Mail <=== Click
for more Ontario election coverage
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McGuinty’s
Liberals win minority government in close-call finish
"We have in fact succeeded in our goal of electing an experienced Liberal
government,” Dalton McGuinty told supporters at a Chateau Laurier ballroom
in Ottawa early Friday. Defying pre-election polls, pundit’s predictions
and rookie rivals insisting it was time for a change, McGuinty led the Liberals
to a rare “three-peat” win Thursday in the closest Ontario vote of
the past quarter century.
Source:
Toronto Star <=== Click for more Ontario
election coverage
Ontario
2011 election results - 4,460,000 current search results
Source:
Google.ca
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Fixed
election dates in Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Canada, some Canadian jurisdictions have passed legislation fixing election
dates, so that elections occur on a more regular cycle (usually every four years)
and the date of a forthcoming election is publicly known. However, the Governor
General, provincial lieutenant governors and territorial commissioners still
have the power to call a general election, as is traditional in Westminster-style
parliamentary governments, at any point before the fixed date.
Read the above Wikipedia article on fixed election dates, then scroll down
this page for the date of the next election in each province and territoryappear
below by jurisdiction.
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Provincial/territorial elections dates and
resources pages from Election Almanac:
[Click the name of a jurisdiction to access the Election Almanac page for
that jurisdiction.]
Newfoundland
and Labrador
Next provincial election --- October 11, 2011.
Prince
Edward Island
Latest provincial election --- October 3, 2011.
Nova
Scotia
No set date.
New
Brunswick
No set date
Quebec
Provincial Election Resources
In Québec, the term of office of a government cannot exceed five years.
However, it is up to the Premier to choose the time when a general election
will be held.
[The latest provincial election took place in December 2008.]
Ontario
Latest provincial election --- October 6, 2011.
Manitoba
Latest provincial election --- October 4, 2011.
Saskatchewan
Next provincial election --- November
7, 2011
Alberta
No set date.
British
Columbia
Next provincial election --- May 14, 2013
Northwest
Territories
Latest territorial election ---October 3, 2011
Yukon
Territorial Election Resources
Latest territorial election ---October 3, 2011.
Nunavut
Territorial Election Resources
No set date, but it will take place in 2013.
Source:
Election
Almanac (formerly nodice.ca)
Complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
Provincial and Territorial ("P/T")
Election and Political Party Websites
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR/TERRE-NEUVE ET LABRADOR
Elections
Newfoundland and Labrador
ELECTION 2011 will take place on October 11, 2011
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Parties
Green
Party
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party
Progressive Conservative Party
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Media coverage
& election resources
Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2011 - from the CBC
Elections 2011
in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
September 24, 2011
Early
childhood education and care in the fall 2011 provincial/territorial elections
21 Sep 2011
New ISSUE File from CRRU collects information about how Early Childhood Education
and Care is being addressed in elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI,
Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
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Newfoundland
and Labrador
Provincial Election Resources
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
---
Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"newfoundland and Labrador elections, 2011"
Web
search results page
News
search results page
Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND/ÎLE-DU-PRINCE-ÉDOUARD
Elections
PEI
Provincial General Election October 3, 2011
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Parties
Prince Edward Island
Progressive Conservative Party
Liberal Party of PEI
Green Party of PEI
New Democratic Party of PEI
Island Party of PEI
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Media coverage
& election resources
PEI
Votes 2011
Source:
CBC - PEI
* Feature interviews
with the leaders
All five of P.E.I.'s party leaders have been invited
to appear on CBC Television's Compass for a feature interview during the campaign.
You can watch those interviews here
* Online
debates
Over the course of the election campaign, CBC News Online on P.E.I. is hosting
six online debates with representatives from all five parties.
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Elections 2011
in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
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September 24, 2011
Early
childhood education and care in the fall 2011 provincial/territorial elections
21 Sep 2011
New ISSUE File from CRRU collects information about how Early Childhood Education
and Care is being addressed in elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI,
Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
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PEI
Provincial Election Resources
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
---
Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"pei elections, 2011"
Web search results page
News search results page
Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
NOVA SCOTIA/NOUVELLE-ÉCOSSE
Nova Scotia New Democratic
Party
Nova Scotia Liberal Party
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
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Nova
Scotia
Provincial Election Resources
No set date for the next provincial election
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
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Elections 2011
in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
Nova
Scotia voters elect 1st NDP government
June 9, 2009
"Nova Scotia has its first NDP government — and a majority government
at that — ending a decade of rule by the Progressive Conservatives, who
have been reduced to third-party status."
NOTE:
I guess this is what you call a seminal moment in Nova Scotia --- as of 6:30am
on June 10, there are 510
comments on this article, predictably ranging from "Yayyyyyyyyyyy for
the good side!" to "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!".
Related links:
Nova
Scotia voters elect 1st NDP government
June 9, 2009
"Nova Scotia has its first NDP government — and a majority government
at that — ending a decade of rule by the Progressive Conservatives, who
have been reduced to third-party status."
NOTE:
I guess this is what you call a seminal moment in Nova Scotia --- as of 6:30am
on June 10, there are 510
comments on this article, predictably ranging from "Yayyyyyyyyyyy for
the good side!" to "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!".
Related links:
Nova
Scotia Votes 2009
- from CBC
2009
Nova Scotia General Election
- from Mapleleafweb.com
NEW BRUNSWICK/NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK
New Brunswick Liberal Party/Parti
Libéral du Nouveau-Brunswick
New Brunswick PC Party/Parti PC du Nouveau-Brunswick
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New
Brunswick Provincial Election Resources
New Brunswick went to the polls on Monday, September 27, 2010.
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
NOTE: As of November 13, the Election Almanac site hasn't been
updated to reflect the outcome of the election.
See the CBC coverage:
New Brunswick
Votes 2010
September 27, 2010
Source:
CBC New Brunswick
Elections 2011
in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
BRITISH COLUMBIA/COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE
Elections B.C.
British Columbia New Democratic Party
British Columbia Liberal Party
Green Party of B.C.
B.C. Conservative Party
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British
Columbia Provincial Election Resources
British Columbia will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
Elections 2011
in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
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Google Search Results Links - always current
results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"British Columbia elections may 2013"
Web
search results page
News
search results page
Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
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The latest British Columbia general election took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
Campbell
wins third straight term in B.C.
Referendum on electoral reform fails
May
13, 2009
B.C. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell has won an historic third straight
term as the province's premier. The results in Tuesday's B.C. election show Campbell's
Liberals leading with 45.7 per cent of the popular vote, ahead of Carole James's
NDP at 42.2 per cent. (...) By midnight Tuesday, the Liberals were ahead in 47
ridings, having been elected in 45. The NDP led in 38 ridings, with New Democrats
declared elected in 34 of those. Six new seats were added to the provincial legislature
in Victoria for this election, raising the total number of seats to 85. That means
to win a majority, a party needs to elect candidates in at least 43 ridings.
Source:
CBC
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B.C.
Liberals win third straight term
May 12, 2009
Newly elected
Premier Gordon Campbell says he will not disappoint British Columbians during
his third term leading the province. "We will not let them down. We will
build small business, build jobs and economic opportunities in every corner of
this province." The Liberals have won a majority government for a third straight
term, beating out the New Democrats. (...) The Liberals were elected or leading
in 48 ridings, surpassing the 43 seats needed to form a majority in the 85-seat
B.C. legislature. The NDP remain the official provincial opposition; candidates
were leading or had won 37 seats.
Source:
CTV-BC
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Elections B.C.
- govt. site, includes links to info about parties, candidates,
ridings and other election logistics
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The Single Transferable Vote Referendum:
2009 Referendum on Electoral Reform Results
by Electoral District
The 2009 referendum on electoral reform was held together with the May
12, 2009 provincial general election. During this referendum, voters were asked
which electoral system British Columbia should use to elect members to the Legislative
Assembly: the existing electoral system (First-Past-the-Post) or the single
transferable vote electoral system (BC-STV) proposed by the Citizens’ Assembly
on Electoral Reform.
Source:
Elections
B.C.
See also:
* No
to BC-STV
* British Columbians for STV
*
Citizens’ Assembly on
Electoral Reform
British
Columbians reject STV voting reform
British Columbians
rejected voting reform for the second time Tuesday night, decisively rejecting
the referendum on Single Transferable Vote. Voters were asked whether or not to
abandon the First-Past-The-Post voting system, also known as the "winner
takes all" method, in favour of proportional representation in the form of
the Single-Transferable-Vote, or STV. The referendum required 60 per cent support,
and at least 50 per cent support in 51 per cent of ridings, in order to pass.
As of 11:00 p.m. local time, fewer than 40 per cent of British Columbians appear
to have embraced the reform.
Source:
CTV-BC
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Related links:
The
BC Liberal Party Platform
Source:
BC
Liberal Party
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From TheTyee.ca:
BC Election Central - blog
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10
reasons why the B.C. Liberals won the provincial election
By Charlie
Smith
Source:
Straight.com - "Vancouver's
online source for news, arts, entertainment, culture and lifestyle"
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British Columbia Provincial election coverage from Straight.com:
Child
poverty got worse in B.C. under the Liberals
May 1, 2009
[ Author
Adrienne Montani is the provincial coordinator of
First
Call: B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition ]
No matter which way
you slice it, child poverty in British Columbia has gotten worse under the two
terms of Liberal government starting in 2001. The numbers tell the story. B.C.’s
child poverty rate has been the highest rate of any province for five consecutive
years. The most recent data, from 2006, puts it at 22 percent (before-tax measure),
or 16 percent (after-tax measure). And these provincial numbers mask the even
higher child poverty rates in various cities and towns and among especially vulnerable
populations. Half of the children in families led by single mothers are poor.
High poverty rates among aboriginal and new immigrant and refugee families push
the numbers up.
See also:
*
Child-care crisis is a B.C. election issue
April 28, 2009
[
Author Rita Chudnovsky is a consultant with the
Coalition
of Child Care Advocates of B.C. ]
* B.C.
Liberals haven’t delivered on early child development
April
27, 2009
[ Author Vi-Anne Zirnhelt is the president of
Early
Childhood Educators of B.C. ]
Source:
BC
Provincial election coverage
[ Straight.com
- "Vancouver's online source for news, arts, entertainment, culture and
lifestyle" ]
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From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
BC
Commentary:
A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
(PDF - 644K, pages)
Spring 2009, Volume 12, Number 2
April 21, 2009
Inside
this pre-election special edition:
BC’s Growing Gap
Vanilla, No
Sprinkles: A Review of BC Budget 2009
A Closer Look at Single Transferable
Vote
* An STV Primer
* The Case for STV
* The Case Against STV
* Reflections on the Citizens’ Assembly
* STV is Worth Trying
* The
Ghost of Elections Past: STV in the 1952 and 1953 BC Elections
Source:
CCPA
BC Office Publications
[ CCPA
British Columbia Office ]
[ Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)]
Related links found in the above BC Commentary:
No
to BC-STV:
www.nostv.org
British
Columbians for STV:
www.stv.ca
Citizens’
Assembly on Electoral Reform:
www.citizensassembly.bc.ca/public
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Provincial
Election Campaign Officially Underway
April 14, 2009
Ministry
of Attorney General
VICTORIA – The British Columbia general election has
now been called as the Lieutenant Governor has published a proclamation dissolving
the 38th parliament of the Legislative Assembly. British Columbia voters will
go to the polls on Tuesday, May 12.
Elections
B.C.
- govt. site, includes links to info about parties, candidates,
ridings and other election logistics
2009 Referendum on Electoral Reform
The 2009 referendum on electoral reform will be held together with the May
12, 2009 provincial general election. During this referendum, voters will be
asked which electoral system British Columbia should use to elect members to
the Legislative Assembly: the existing electoral system (First-Past-the-Post)
or the single transferable vote electoral system (BC-STV) proposed by the Citizens’
Assembly on Electoral Reform.
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From The Tyee:
The
Hook - "Political News, Freshly Caught. A Tyee Blog."
- includes
blogs on the following topics:
* BC Politics * Federal Politics * Municipal
Politics * Election Central * 2010 Olympics * Aboriginal Affairs * Education *
Environment * Food + Farming * Health * Housing * Labour + Industry * Media *
Rights + Justice * transportation
Digest of 20 most recent articles in BC Votes '09
Guide
to BC election blogs
By Crawford Kilian
April 18, 2009
Never
before has a B.C. provincial election been blogged like this one. To ensure that
voters are informed on all issues, The Hook offers a rough guide to blogs covering
the current campaign. We've organized them in clusters: Election-dedicated blogs
and websites; politics blogs by individuals, advocacy groups, and communities;
and media blogs.
BC's
Badly Broken Welfare System
BC Libs created 'overly complex' maze that
kept needy off rolls: ombudsman
By Andrew MacLeod
April 13, 2009
The
good news is the provincial government is promising to fix the welfare system.
The bad news is they broke it really, really badly and much damage is already
done.
[NOTE: includes five links to related resources and four links to related
Tyee articles.]
Source:
TheTyee.ca
"...your
independent alternative daily newspaper reaching every corner of B.C. and beyond"
More BC election 2009 links
First Call: Advocating for Children and Youth in BC's General Election
BCPolitics.ca - independent perspectives on the events, people and issues that make up British Columbia's zany political life
- Go to the BC Government Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk.htm
ALBERTA
Alberta Progressive Conservative
Party
Alberta New Democrats
Alberta Liberal Party
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Alberta
Provincial Election Resources
No set date for the next provincial election
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
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From CBC News:
Albertans
elect historic 11th straight Tory government
Progressive Conservatives
gain 11 more seats in worst turnout in provincial history
March 4,
2008
Despite an apparent appetite for change, voters in Alberta stuck with
tried-and-true blue, giving the Progressive Conservative party an unprecedented
11th consecutive majority government in Monday night's provincial election. (...)
Various polls showed anywhere from 20 to 45 per cent of voters were undecided
during a campaign that saw few sparks. Voter turnout dropped even further from
a dismal 44.7 per cent in the 2004 campaign to about 41 per cent on Monday night,
the worst turnout in Alberta history, according to preliminary numbers.
Source:
Alberta
Votes 2008
- incl. results, leader profiles and party platforms, riding
and voter information, candidates and issues, and much more...
* Alberta
Votes 2008 Headlines <=== links to dozens of Alberta Election 2008
articles and analyses!
Also from CBC:
Albertans
to vote March 3
February 4, 2008
After weeks of election speculation in Alberta, it's official: there will be
a provincial election March 3. Conservative Leader Ed Stelmach made the announcement
less than an hour after the speech from the throne outlined his government's
plans, including eliminating health care premiums over four years, increasing
the number of health care workers and spending more on crime reduction.
---
Elections
2011 in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
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Stelmach
wins 87% of the seats with 53% of the votes from 41% of the people
March 4, 2008
The Conservatives won their 11th straight election last night, in what could
be considered -- on the surface -- an impressive victory. But when you add up
the numbers, they don't exactly paint a picture of a content electorate. Out
of a possible 2,252,104 votes possible this year, the Stelmach government received
just 501,028. However, the combination of low voter turnout and Alberta's first-past-the-post
system means that even with such a low number of actual supporters, the Conservatives
ended up with a majority government.
Source:
Canadian Union of Public Employees
SASKATCHEWAN
Elections Saskatchewan
The next Saskatchewan geberal election will take place on November 7, 2011
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Parties
Green Party
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party
Progressive Conservative Party
Saskatchewan Party
Marijuana Party
Western Independence Party
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Media coverage
& election resources
As at 22/09/11, CBC Saskatchewan
didn't yet have a "Saskatchewan Votes 2011" resource page.
Click the CBC link in the previous sentence to see if the've posted anything
since that date.
Elections
2011 in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
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Saskatchewan
Provincial Election Resources
Saskatchewan will go to the polls on Monday, November 7, 2011.
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
---
Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"Saskatchewan elections, 2011"
Web
search results page
News
search results page
Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
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Saskatchewan
Party wins majority government
November 7, 2007
Only 10 years into its existence as a political force, the Saskatchewan Party
will form a majority government and its leader Brad Wall will be the new premier.
Source:
Saskatchewan votes
[ CBC ]
MANITOBA
Elections Manitoba
40th Provincial Election : October 4, 2011
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Parties
Green Party
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party
Progressive Conservative Party
Communist Party
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Media coverage
& election resources
Manitoba
Provincial Election Resources
Manitoba will go to the polls on Tuesday, October 4, 2011.
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
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Manitoba
Votes 2011
Source:
CBC Manitoba
---
Elections 2011
in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
---
Early
childhood education and care in the fall 2011 provincial/territorial elections
21 Sep 2011
New ISSUE File from CRRU collects information about how Early Childhood Education
and Care is being addressed in elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI,
Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
---
Manitoba
Provincial Election Resources
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
---
Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"manitoba elections, 2011"
Web
search results page
News
search results page
Blog
Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
| Ontario 2011 election - October 6, 2011 |
Ontario 2011 election results
McGuinty's
Liberals held to minority in third straight Ontario win
October 7, 2011
Dalton McGuinty and his Liberals will return to Queen’s Park with a minority
government, falling just short of winning a third consecutive majority. This
will be the first minority government in Ontario since Liberal David Peterson
led one from 1985 to 1987. Although the Liberal leader held on to power, he
ended up with 53 seats, just one short of the magic number required to form
a majority in the 107-seat legislature. Mr. McGuinty lost 19 seats from the
72 he had won in the 2007 election campaign.
Source:
Globe and Mail <=== Click
for more Ontario election coverage
---
McGuinty’s
Liberals win minority government in close-call finish
"We have in fact succeeded in our goal of electing an experienced Liberal
government,” Dalton McGuinty told supporters at a Chateau Laurier ballroom
in Ottawa early Friday. Defying pre-election polls, pundit’s predictions
and rookie rivals insisting it was time for a change, McGuinty led the Liberals
to a rare “three-peat” win Thursday in the closest Ontario vote of
the past quarter century.
Source:
Toronto Star <=== Click for more Ontario
election coverage
Ontario
2011 election results - 4,460,000 current search results
Source:
Google.ca
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ONTARIO
2011 Ontario election : October 6, 2011
Elections
Ontario (Ontario Government site)
* We make voting
easy (Who can vote - When to vote - How to vote)
Ontario
Provincial Election Resources
Ontario will go to the polls on Thursday, October 6, 2011.
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
|
Ontario political parties |
* Liberal
Platform - links to the Liberal platform in English and 19 other languages
* Liberal
Platform (English) - (PDF - 8.7MB, 60 pages)
Excerpt re. poverty reduction (p. 47):
"In 2008, we set a goal of reducing child poverty by 25%. To do that, we
raised the minimum wage seven times, strengthened employment standards and introduced
the Ontario Child Benefit. As a result, child poverty actually fell between
2008 and 2009 – despite the recession – 19,000 children and their
families have moved out of poverty. (...) We’ll build on that success by
increasing the Ontario Child Benefit from $1,100 to $1,310 in 2013. Next, we’ll
consider delivering a new housing benefit for Ontarians who are struggling and
we will ask our experts working on the Social Assistance review to develop options."
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Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
* PC
Platform - links to the PC platform in English and 15 languages (but
curiously not French - see the French link below)
* PC Platform - English
(online version - Click the "View in full screen" icon under the changebook
window) - includes a link to the French change book (see immediately below)
* PC Platform -
English (PDF - 4MB, 44 pages) [ version
française - format PDF ]
Excerpt (p. 38):
"We will modernize the welfare system to make it fairer, both for
society’s neediest and for those who pay for it.
The goal of welfare should be straightforward: to help our neediest rebuild
their lives, get out of the system, develop useful skills, and get a full-time
job. We will help more people exit welfare and enter the working world. A Tim
Hudak government will allow Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program
recipients who work part time to keep more of their benefits and ease their
transition from welfare to a job. Finding and maintaining a job should be applauded,
not penalized.We will streamline the system. It is currently governed by over
800 different rules and many of them contradict one another. We will condense
them for a more effective system.
We will require welfare recipients to be
residents of Ontario for one year before collecting benefits.
Ontario tax dollars support welfare payments. They show our commitment to helping
those in need. But it’s only fair that recipients have a similar level
of commitment to Ontario."
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From the
New Democratic Party of Ontario
Putting
People First:
The Ontario New Democrat Fiscal Framework Document 2011
September 26, 2011
The Ontario NDP's comprehensive platform costing, including all policies announced
during the election campaign.
Source:
New Democratic Party of Ontario
---
Ontario
NDP platform: The full monty
Commentary by Erin Weir
September 26, 2011
Source:
rabble.ca
---
Change that puts you first
HTML version - Click the
"View in full screen" icon under the window
PDF
version (5.5MB, 48 pages)
Excerpt, p. 26:
We will increase Employment Standards enforcement to protect people’s rights
on the job. We will also increase the minimum wage to $11 this year and index
it to the cost of living so that people who work full-time aren’t trapped
in poverty. (...) We will reduce the clawback of social assistance benefits
from people with disabilities when they’re moving back into a job. We will
also ensure Ontario Works rates keep pace with inflation. In addition, we look
forward to following through on the recommendations of the Commission for the
Review of Social Assistance in Ontario which are expected in 2012.
The
Ontario NDP Platform (34-minute video from TVOntario)
September 12, 2011
Steve Paikin of TVOntario moderates a discussion/debate about the NDP platform.
Participants:
* Janet Ecker, President of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance
* Erin Weir, Economist for the United Steelworkers' Union
* John Duffy, Principal at Strategy Corp
* Adam Radwanski, Globe and Mail Queen's Park columnist
TVOntario
Source:
The
Agenda
See also:
Your Vote 2011
[ TVOntario
]
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* Green Party Platform:
It's Time - A five-point plan for Ontario's future
HTML version
PDF version
(2.1MB, 16 pages)
With the help of thousands of Ontarians, we’ve created a five-point plan
that reflects your practical values and sensible priorities:
1. Creating jobs for a twenty-first century economy
2. Harnessing safe, affordable energy to power our communities
3. Promoting access to quality, sustainable health care close to home
4. Feeding our communities by championing local farms
5. Delivering government that works for people
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Other parties registered for the
2011 Ontario election:
Ontario
Libertarian Party
Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)
Family Coalition Party of Ontario
Freedom Party of Ontario
|
Media coverage of the 2011 Ontario election |
General Ontario election sites
- parties, leaders, candidates, the latest news from the campaign trail, etc.
[ NOTE : Content on the five media sites below changes
daily.
Check these sites regularly for more in-depth coverage. ]
* Ontario Votes 2011 (CBC)
|
* Ontario
Votes 2011 - Election Coverage (CTV)
- parties, leaders, candidates, the latest news from the campaign trail,
etc.
* Globe
and Mail : Ontario Election 2011
- parties, leaders, candidates, the latest news from the campaign trail, etc.
* 2011 Ontario provincial election special - from the Toronto Star
* Speak
Your Mind - from the Toronto Star
September 2011
Speak Your Mind is a Facebook Forum for commentary, debate and conversation
around the key topics driving the Fall provincial election. Thestar.com is convening
this forum in order to bring together news, opinion and information from bloggers,
readers, community bloggers, expert commentators, and the Toronto Star journalists
you trust with the aim of promoting discussion, participation and engagement
around the Ontario Fall Election.
Source:
Toronto Star
Elections
2011 in rabble.ca
Media coverage of all provincial and territorial
elections across Canada!
Source:
rabble.ca
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The links below (down
to the next red horizontal separator bar)
are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent addition at the top.
Jennefer's Ontario election links
Jennefer Laidley of the Income Security
Advocacy Centre in Toronto does a regular media scan that she distributes
to her mailing list.
Below, you'll find a selection of the links that she circulated recently pertaining
to the Ontario election.
Merci, Jennefer!
[ ISAC works with and on behalf of low income communities in Ontario to address issues of income security and poverty. Visit their website and their affiliate Social Assistance Review website for a large collection of Ontario resources. ]
The latest link below is October 3.
(Dates appear on each article)
Provincial Election:
The latest polls
Advance vote numbers are up:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/03/advance-poll-turnout.html
Unpredictable outcomes expected:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/ontario-polls/narrow-poll-margins-suggest-unpredictable-outcomes-on-election-day/article2189942/
Minority? Maybe:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1064105--poll-reinforces-minority-prediction
Hudak’s last chance:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/OFtrTN8eWIQ/
And his ‘me too’ campaign:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/3UWAhTmtv74/
And his backward momentum:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/hudak-fights-against-backward-momentum-in-ontario-election/article2189992/
What voters care about – or not:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/3M82S8tkWco/
What the parties are promising:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/4y2JbgSV218/
Martin Regg Cohn’s top 8 reasons to dump
the Liberals:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1064114--cohn-top-eight-reasons-for-dumping-the-mcguinty-liberals
But McGuinty’s emboldened:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/mcguinty-emboldened-in-home-stretch-of-tight-campaign/article2189987/
Horwath’s open to power sharing:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/horwath-open-to-power-sharing-pact-in-ontario/article2188908/
TVO The Agenda on First Nations and the provincial election:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tvo/TxZN/~3/geyaFrTw-70/1961003_480x270_512k.mp4
Libs may take majority:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/mcguinty-could-still-eke-out-majority-in-final-days-of-uncertain-ontario-race/article2188698/
Libs gaining:
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2011/10/03/ekos-poll-mcguinty-solidifies-lead-in-final-days-of-campaign/
NDP gaining:
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2011/09/29/18759706.html
NDP up, but still trailing Libs and Tories:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/ontario-polls/ontario-ndp-enjoying-highest-support-in-two-decades-poll/article2188104/
Hill and Knowlton’s projections:
http://predictor.hillandknowlton.ca/#/ontario+2011
Frank Graves:
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2011/10/03/frank-graves-no-sign-ontario-shifting-to-tories/
Green jobs boost Libs:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/green-jobs-vote-energizes-ontario-liberals-poll
Horwath releases pledge for first 100 days:
http://ontariondp.com/en/horwath-sets-out-concrete-achievable-action-plan-for-first-100-days-%E2%80%9Cjobs-affordability-healthcare-green-choices-and-living-within-our-means-will-be-top-of-the-agenda%E2%80%9D
Liberals say no return to 50/50 transit funding:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/grits-rule-out-return-to-50-transit-funding
No coalition, says everyone:
Globe:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/ontario-pc-liberal-leaders-reject-coalition-possibilities/article2187837/
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/02/tor-mcguinty-letter.html
Sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/mcguinty-rules-out-coalition-with-rivals
Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1063241--mcguinty-rejects-possible-coalition-with-ndp-or-tories
Except Horwath:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/horwath-open-to-power-sharing-pact-in-ontario/article2188908/
Flaherty endorses Hudak:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/09/30/flaherty-ontario-hudak-endorsement654.html
Hudak considers public-sector pay freeze legislation:
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/09/30/hudak-wage-freeze-legislation.html
Sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/30/pay-freeze-last-resort-hudak
McGuinty considers doctors’ pay freeze:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/mcguinty-would-seek-pay-freeze-for-ontario-doctors-in-bid-to-rein-in-spending/article2184908/
Star endorses McGuinty and Liberals:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1062834--liberals-best-choice-for-ontario-s-future
Globe endorses McGuinty and Liberals:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dalton-mcguintys-liberals-the-best-choice-for-ontarios-challenges/article2188213/
The Sun decides not to endorse anyone:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/ontario-deserves-better
Poverty and the provincial election:
Workers rally in Windsor over unpaid wages:
http://www.windsorstar.com/Workers+rally+over+unpaid+wages/5487039/story.html
Bedbug campaign in Windsor :
http://www.windsorstar.com/health/Bedbug+complaints+prompt+local+campaign/5487050/story.html
Occupy Wall Street coming to a Bay Street near
you:
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/02/occupy-wallst-canada.html
National Post:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/02/wall-street-protests-spread-to-toronto-calgary-montreal/
Globe:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/activists-throughout-canada-set-to-show-solidarity-with-wall-street-protesters/article2188341/
Provincial Election:
The latest polls
Advance vote numbers are up:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/03/advance-poll-turnout.html
Unpredictable outcomes expected:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/ontario-polls/narrow-poll-margins-suggest-unpredictable-outcomes-on-election-day/article2189942/
Minority? Maybe:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1064105--poll-reinforces-minority-prediction
Hudak’s last chance:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/OFtrTN8eWIQ/
And his ‘me too’ campaign:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/3UWAhTmtv74/
And his backward momentum:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/hudak-fights-against-backward-momentum-in-ontario-election/article2189992/
What voters care about – or not:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/3M82S8tkWco/
What the parties are promising:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/4y2JbgSV218/
Martin Regg Cohn’s top 8 reasons to dump
the Liberals:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1064114--cohn-top-eight-reasons-for-dumping-the-mcguinty-liberals
But McGuinty’s emboldened:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/mcguinty-emboldened-in-home-stretch-of-tight-campaign/article2189987/
Horwath’s open to power sharing:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/horwath-open-to-power-sharing-pact-in-ontario/article2188908/
TVO The Agenda on First Nations and the provincial election:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tvo/TxZN/~3/geyaFrTw-70/1961003_480x270_512k.mp4
Libs may take majority:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/mcguinty-could-still-eke-out-majority-in-final-days-of-uncertain-ontario-race/article2188698/
Libs gaining:
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2011/10/03/ekos-poll-mcguinty-solidifies-lead-in-final-days-of-campaign/
NDP gaining:
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2011/09/29/18759706.html
NDP up, but still trailing Libs and Tories:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/ontario-polls/ontario-ndp-enjoying-highest-support-in-two-decades-poll/article2188104/
Hill and Knowlton’s projections:
http://predictor.hillandknowlton.ca/#/ontario+2011
Frank Graves:
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2011/10/03/frank-graves-no-sign-ontario-shifting-to-tories/
Green jobs boost Libs:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/green-jobs-vote-energizes-ontario-liberals-poll
Horwath releases pledge for first 100 days:
http://ontariondp.com/en/horwath-sets-out-concrete-achievable-action-plan-for-first-100-days-%E2%80%9Cjobs-affordability-healthcare-green-choices-and-living-within-our-means-will-be-top-of-the-agenda%E2%80%9D
Liberals say no return to 50/50 transit funding:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/grits-rule-out-return-to-50-transit-funding
No coalition, says everyone:
Globe:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/ontario-pc-liberal-leaders-reject-coalition-possibilities/article2187837/
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/02/tor-mcguinty-letter.html
Sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/mcguinty-rules-out-coalition-with-rivals
Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1063241--mcguinty-rejects-possible-coalition-with-ndp-or-tories
Except Horwath:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/horwath-open-to-power-sharing-pact-in-ontario/article2188908/
Flaherty endorses Hudak:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/09/30/flaherty-ontario-hudak-endorsement654.html
Hudak considers public-sector pay freeze legislation:
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/09/30/hudak-wage-freeze-legislation.html
Sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/30/pay-freeze-last-resort-hudak
McGuinty considers doctors’ pay freeze:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-election/mcguinty-would-seek-pay-freeze-for-ontario-doctors-in-bid-to-rein-in-spending/article2184908/
Star endorses McGuinty and Liberals:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1062834--liberals-best-choice-for-ontario-s-future
Globe endorses McGuinty and Liberals:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dalton-mcguintys-liberals-the-best-choice-for-ontarios-challenges/article2188213/
The Sun decides not to endorse anyone:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/02/ontario-deserves-better
Poverty and the provincial election:
Workers rally in Windsor over unpaid wages:
http://www.windsorstar.com/Workers+rally+over+unpaid+wages/5487039/story.html
Bedbug campaign in Windsor :
http://www.windsorstar.com/health/Bedbug+complaints+prompt+local+campaign/5487050/story.html
Occupy Wall Street coming to a Bay Street near
you:
CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/02/occupy-wallst-canada.html
National Post:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/02/wall-street-protests-spread-to-toronto-calgary-montreal/
Globe:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/activists-throughout-canada-set-to-show-solidarity-with-wall-street-protesters/article2188341/
Jim Stanford on the platforms:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/how-ontarios-three-party-platforms-stack
September 28
Hugh Mackenzie on the leadership debate:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/ontarios-leadership-debate-reality-check
Ontario Federation of Labour poll shows NDP
ahead in key ridings:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/29/poll-shows-ndp-aheas-in-some-key-ridings
The online campaign:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/09/29/ontario-votes-social-media-campaigns.html
In the war rooms:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1061512--cohn-the-battle-of-the-war-rooms-on-the-ground-and-in-the-air
One week left “to show the vision thing”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ontario-leaders-have-a-week-to-show-the-vision-thing/article2183738/
The Hamilton Spectator on jobs and the economy:
http://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorial/article/602008--jobs-and-the-economy-it-s-a-crap-shoot
Libs promise early tax credit rollout:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/09/29/ontario-leaders-campaign356.html
Carol Goar on why nobody cares:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1062146--goar-eyes-on-city-not-province
Provincial Election and Poverty:
Party platforms thin on fighting poverty, says
Campaign 2000 and 25 in 5:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1062072
Debbie Douglas, Avvy Go , and Grace-Edward
Galabuzi on why Ontario needs an equity agenda:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1061979--ontario-needs-a-real-equity-agenda
Hudak’s mum on accessibility:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1061506--disturbing-silence-from-hudak-on-accessibility
Windsor launches Poverty Free Ontario campaign
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Group+making+poverty+election+issue/5410904/story.html
Candidates not coming to Social Planning All Candidates’ Meetings
to talk about poverty:
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/594641--efforts-to-place-poverty-on-election-agenda-face-obstacles
NDP releases affordable housing and anti-poverty plan:
http://ontariondp.com/en/ontario-new-democrats-release-affordable-housing-and-anti-poverty-plan
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New ways to vote – especially for people
with disabilities:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/09/06/ont-votes-ottawa-voter-access.html
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PC support is plummeting:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1053245--pcs-plummet-while-liberals-climb-new-polls-suggests
Elections Ontario relocates voting locations
out of colleges:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/10/elections-canada-to-relocate-polling-stations-from-colleges
A challenge to Hudak’s math –
and whether or not he can be trusted – in THE SUN of all places –
and read the comments!
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/02/simple-math-challenges-hudaks-big-plans
Hudak’s promises to lead country in
job growth:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/09/hudak-vows-to-lead-country-in-job-growth
Green jobs from the Libs:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/16/mcguinty-sticks-to-green-jobs-theme
Skepticism on Horwath’s transit pledge:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/16/horwaths-transit-pledge-met-with-skepticism
McGuinty defends poor fiscal rating:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/13/mcguinty-defends-poor-fiscal-rating
Healthcare cutbacks: Walkom:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1053108--walkom-the-health-care-cutbacks-no-party-will-talk-about
Where’d the Greens go?
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/article/1053971--cohn-the-greens-have-fallen-off-the-scales
Contributed by:
Jennefer Laidley of the
Income Security Advocacy
Centre
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From TVOntario:
The
Citizens’ Agenda: Low-Income in Ontario
By Michael Lehan
September 13, 2011
Excellent infographics providing a snapshot of low income, unemployment and
poverty in Ontario.
Click on any of the pink city/region names to see how low-income affects different
age groups in the population differently in those centres.
- includes links to the following related resources:
* The
Income Spread - an overall image of the income distribution in the
province; it shows how unemployment numbers don’t tell the whole story.
* The
Single Parent Trap - reveals the impact of continued income inequality
between genders in single parent families (who dominate the low-income family
category)
* Receiving
Aid in Ontario takes a look at the increase in Ontario Works recipients
over the past two years.
|
The Agenda host Steve Paikin moderates a panel discussion entitled "Confronting Poverty". [ Duration of the video : 35:42 ] Participants include: * Laurel Broten, Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services and Liberal MPP, Etobicoke-Lakeshore * Cheri DiNovo, NDP MPP, Parkdale-High park * Tim Grant, Green Party candidate, Trinity-Spadina * Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator, Campaign 2000 (The Ontario PC Party declined the invitation to participate.) |
NOTE : If your browser can't display the video above,
try:
http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?1158153794001
Source:
TVOntario
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Welcome
to Tim Hudak’s Tea Party
September 12, 2011
By Charles Pascal
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s public response to a program
designed to help well-educated and trained citizens gain Canadian experience
by providing modest support to those employers who hire them is a prime example
of bringing north the ugly and divisive politics below the 49th parallel. And
American politics have never been uglier. (...) As far back as 1984, an Ontario
report discussed the requirement to remove barriers for foreign-trained professionals
so that our labour-market supply needs in many areas could be filled more adequately.
We have not made the kind of progress that our economy needs. And this hurts
us all. As well, the changes made to our immigration policy several years back
require an unprecedented level of education to qualify for immigration to Canada
and citizenship. Hudak claims discrimination while invoking alarming discriminatory
images. Of course we need to do all we can do for all who are unemployed. But
equity doesn’t mean sameness. Having all qualified hands on deck for a
productive economy requires special initiatives for special and different populations
in our midst. But that’s too complicated to explain on a hot-button bumper
sticker.
[ Author Charles Pascal is a professor of human
development and applies psychology at OISE/University of Toronto and a former
Ontario deputy minister. ]
Source:
Toronto Star
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Speak
Your Mind
September 2011
Speak Your Mind is a Facebook Forum for commentary, debate and conversation
around the key topics driving the Fall provincial election. Thestar.com is convening
this forum in order to bring together news, opinion and information from bloggers,
readers, community bloggers, expert commentators, and the Toronto Star journalists
you trust with the aim of promoting discussion, participation and engagement
around the Ontario Fall Election.
Source:
Toronto Star
|
2011 Ontario election - Non-governmental links |
From the
Income Security
Advocacy Centre:
Ontario
Election 2011: Questions for Candidates
Two series of questions on social assistance were sent to Ontario's
three main political parties to inform us (the voters) with respect to the views
and promises of each party on such matters as income adequacy, advancing equity
in supports and services, creating good jobs and ensuring accommodation in the
labour market, and other critical issues?
The two questionnaires:
1. Ontario
Works (OW) and Poverty (Word file - 88K, 2 pages)
2. Questions
for Candidates about the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- (Word file - 54K, 2 pages)
Responses to
the two questionnaires:
(Posted to the ISAC website October 4)
1. OW
and Poverty (Word file - 358K, 21 pages)
2. Questions
for Candidates about ODSP (Word file - 280K, 10 pages)
Source:
ISAC Election 2011
webpage
ARCH
Alert Special Ontario Election 2011 issue (Word
file - 184K, 14 pages)
September 2011
Selected content:
* Disability Issues and the Election
* Accessible Voting in the October 6th Election
* Access to Democracy and the Electoral System: Challenges and Legal Opportunities
* Various Election Campaigns and Questions for Candidates
[ Earlier issues of ARCH Alert - back to January 2006 ]
Source:
ARCH Disability Law Centre
The ARCH Vision : A world in which all people with disabilities enjoy social
justice and equal participation in society and our communities.
- incl. links to:
* About ARCH * Our Services * Significant Cases * Publications * Submissions
* Useful Links * Attendant Services * Education Law * Legal Capacity * Services
for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities * Priority Area Archives
From the
Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB)
OAFB's
2011 Election Ontario Priorities
The 2011 Ontario Provincial Election takes place on October 6th, 2011!We
need the Ontario government to address the root causes of hunger, and implement
long-term sustainable solutions that will end hunger in our province and make
food banks unnecessary!
Our top three issues and recommendations
to this year's provincial party candidates:
We respectfully request your party to take action on the following three issues
to help make fighting hunger in Ontario a priority:
Issue #1 – Food Bank Donation Tax Credit for Farmers
Issue #2 – Housing Benefit for Low-Income Tenants
Issue #3 – Access to Affordable, Nutritious Food
Source:
Ontario Association of Food Banks
The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is a network of over 100 food banks
from Windsor to Ottawa, and Thunder Bay to Niagara Falls. Since 1992, we have
been committed to reducing hunger across the province
Ontario
Campaign 2000 and the
2011 Ontario provincial election
Toronto, Sept. 27
Ontario Campaign 2000 released a political commitment grid which evaluates the
commitments of each of Ontario's four major political parties on helping people
living on low income. The grid shows that even though most parties have mentioned
or discussed their poverty reduction strategies, the political anti-poverty
dialogue remains limited, with some parties failing to make extensive commitments
on anti-poverty work. The grid is accompanied by and informs a Call to Action
letter from the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction.
To find out where each party stands on issues of poverty and other related areas, click on the links below:
Media
Release (PDF - 46K, 2 pages) - September 27, 2011
Political
platform grid - brief version (PDF - 54K, 2 pages)
Political
platform grid - long version (PDF - 56K, 6 pages)
Call
to Action on Poverty in Ontario (PDF - 124K, 2 pages)
List
of endorsers for Call to Action on Poverty in Ontario (PDF - 120K, 2
pages)
Source:
Ontario Campaign 2000
[ Campaign 2000 - National ]
Campaign 2000 is a cross-Canada public education movement to build Canadian
awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to
end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
25 in 5
25-in-5: Network for Poverty Reduction is a multi-sectoral network comprised
of more than 100 provincial and Toronto-based organizations and individuals
working on eliminating poverty.
Early
childhood education and care in the fall 2011 provincial/territorial elections
21 Sep 2011
New ISSUE File from CRRU collects information about how Early Childhood Education
and Care is being addressed in elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI,
Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
Ottawa
Local
Candidates’ Responses to the Alliance to End Homelessness Questionnaire
(PDF- 514K, 5 pages)
September 25, 2011
The (Ottawa) Alliance to End Homelessness, as a non-partisan coalition with
70 organizations as members, takes action to end homelessness. (...) 110,585
households or 33.3% are renting in Ottawa and 26.9% – more than 86,000
of Ottawa households – have incomes under $40,000. (...) The vast majority
of these households are renters. Yet out of 70,078 housing starts in the city
between 2000 and 2011, 94% were ownership and only 5.8% were rental units.
The Alliance was looking for two things when it
sent five questions to the provincial election candidates running in six ridings
in Ottawa:
(1) a measure of candidates’ interest in homelessness and affordable housing;
and
(2) an indication of their party’s position on the specific questions so
it could be shared with voters on our website. Our community needs representatives
at Queens Park who will proactively fight for the housing needs of people at
every income level. The Alliance knows that those elected sometimes need to
lead the way in
their own caucus and as well as speak up in Legislative Assembly.
Source:
Alliance to End Homelessness
(Ottawa)
Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition
2011 Provincial Election Tool Kit:
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The
Ontario NDP Platform : Six Concerns
Posted by Nick Falvo
September 20, 2011
Pollsters tell us that Ontario’s New Democrats may
double their seat total in next month’s provincial election. It’s
also entirely conceivable that they could be part of a coalition government
at Queen’s Park. But what’s actually in the party’s election
platform?
I have six concerns about the platform.
1. Scale.
2. Taxing The Rich.
3. Priorities.
4. Environment.
5. Poverty. [See the comments section for a correction]
6. Post-Secondary Education. As I’ve blogged about
before, tuition rates in Ontario are the highest in Canada. Ontario’s NDP
is proposing to freeze them at these levels. It also proposes to eliminate the
interest on the provincial portion of student loans, which, for a student with
a $25,000 student loan, would amount to an annual savings of $60. In my mind,
this pales in comparison with the undergraduate tuition grant being proposed
in the current election campaign by the governing Liberals, which would be worth
$1,600 per year for a full-time undergraduate university student.
Source:
Progressive Economics Forum
From the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Ontario Office):
Conservative
platform’s geometry found faulty
September 13, 2011
TORONTO—A detailed statistical review of the 13 statistical graphs contained
in the Conservative changebook platform document finds that not one of them
conforms to the normal requirements of academic or professional practice. That’s
the conclusion of a detailed review of the platform by Jim Stanford, economist
and Research Associate with the Ontario office of the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives. Stanford finds that at least three of the graphs (which illustrate
various statistical arguments related to the Conservative platform) present
data that is clearly false. All of the others contain major errors in the labeling
of variables or axes; internally inconsistent or manipulative scaling of bars
and data; and misleading or incomplete references to source data.
Full report:
The
Troubled Geometry of Tim Hudak’s “changebook”
(PDF - 431K, 15 pages)
by Jim Stanford
Source:
Ontario Office
of the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Poverty
Free Ontario (PFO)
Poverty Free Ontario is an initiative of the Social Planning Network of Ontario
(SPNO). The objectives of Poverty Free Ontario are:
* To make ending poverty a public issue in the 2011 provincial election;
* To urge that all political parties commit to a poverty eradication agenda
if elected; and
* To ensure that all electoral candidates have poverty eradication as part of
their platforms and campaigns.
- includes links to : * About * Event Calendar * Policy Agenda [ Ending Deep
Poverty /Ending Working Poverty / Protecting Food Money / Cross Community Mobilization]
* Poverty in Ontario [Background / Status of Poverty in Ontario / What Does
Poverty Eradication Mean?] * Social Assistance Review * PFO Bulletins
PFO
Bulletin #6:
Poverty Free Ontario – Getting Poverty Eradication on the Provincial Election
Agenda
September 8, 2011
Poverty Free Ontario is a non-partisan initiative. Although the election campaign
is only a day old, none of the political parties and very few of the electoral
candidates running under party banners have given any indication that a commitment
to ending poverty within a reasonable timeframe and with a clear and serious
plan is a priority issue in this election. None of the published party platforms
give any prominence at all to poverty or its elimination.
Earlier
PFO Bulletins
* PFO Bulletin #5: What is This Election Going to be About?
* PFO Bulletin #4: Fiscal Options for a Poverty Free Ontario
* PFO Bulletin #3: Suggested Questions for Community Discussion with the Social
Assistance Review Commissioners
* PFO Bulletin #2: 2009 Figures Show Growth Rate of Poverty in Ontario
* PFO Bulletin #1: Social Assistance Review
Social Planning Network of Ontario
Income Security Advocacy Centre
From the Ontario Nonprofit Network:
Provincial
Elections 2011
Ontario Goes to the Polls Thursday October 6th, 2011 – The Provincial election
is fast approaching, and the nonprofit sector needs to make its voices heard.
ONN has developed a strategy to share information on the nonprofit sector and
what it needs to get its work done. Get information on the sector and the election
on this page, and in ONN’s bulletins.
Source:
Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN)
The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) was organized in response to concerns about
the proposed Not-For-Profit Corporations Act. Since that time, sector support
for the nonprofit network has continued to grow and ONN has emerged as a nonpartisan
voice, communication broker and capacity builder for nonprofits in Ontario.
We have increased collaborations with government, foundations and segments of
the for-profit sector to support our mandate.
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Provincial
Election October 6th – Let’s put child care on the public agenda
Source:
Ontario Coalition for Better Child
Care
The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC), founded in 1981, advocates
for universally accessible, high quality, not-for-profit, regulated child care
in the province of Ontario.
From the Daily Food Bank (Toronto):
An
open challenge to all provincial candidates
September 6, 2011
Over the next two weeks, Daily Bread will be releasing a series of election
blog posts where we will highlight some of the problem areas in the current
social assistance system as well as challenge politicians to consider some of
the potential solutions that we will also outline. (...) There is no single,
simple solution to poverty because poverty is a complex situation. However,
that doesn’t mean there aren’t any solutions. We need a government
that is listening, looking for and implementing innovative solutions that will
work to help lift people out of poverty – solutions such as the
Ontario Housing Benefit.
We hope that you, as voters, take the time during
this election to educate yourself on the issues and the candidates running for
election in your riding. Decide what’s important to you and most importantly,
find out what your candidate thinks is important as well.
You have a choice, a vote and a voice.
Use all three and make yours count on October 6.
Source:
Daily Food Bank (Toronto)
McGuinty
Proposes Undergraduate Tuition Grant
By Nick Falvo
September 14, 2011
[NOTE : Read the Comments section at the bottom of the article for clarification
of the Liberal tuition grant promise (the Devil's in the details...) and links
to further information.]
An Ontario election is slated for October 6, and the reigning Liberal Party will attempt to pull off a third consecutive majority government. In that vein, the Liberals have recently made a slew of campaign promises in the post-secondary education (PSE) sector. Notably, they’ve committed to reducing undergraduate tuition for “middle-class Ontario families” by 30 percent, amounting to “$1600 per student in university and $730 per student in college.” According to a September 5 Toronto Star article: “The tuition break would be available only to students from families with a gross household income of $160,000 or less a year — about 86 per cent of the 360,000 students currently enrolled — and would take effect Jan. 1.”
Source:
Progressive Economics Forum
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Earlier Ontario elections
New
momentum in poverty battle
Oct 12, 2007
Carol Goar
They
took a leap of faith and they still don't know where they're going to land. But
two days after the election, the leaders of Ontario's anti-poverty movement are
feeling unusually positive. They have a commitment from Premier Dalton McGuinty
to introduce firm poverty reduction targets and a conviction that their voices
are finally beginning to count. During the campaign, they
resolved to set aside their differences, their shopping lists and their doubts
to press for a legislated poverty reduction plan. Today,
they have a pledge that one will come.
Source:
The
Toronto Star
Related Web/News/Blog links:
Google
Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following
search terms (without the quote marks):
"Ontario provincial election 2007"
-
Web search results page
- News
search results page
- Blog Search Results
page
Source:
Google.ca
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From the Toronto Star:
Fight
to end poverty a hard sell
October 6, 2007
Poverty will always
be with us. You've heard the refrain. You've seen the helpless shrug. But does
it have to be that way? A growing number of social activists say no. And they
point to countries in Europe and provinces right here at home that have cut poverty
by drafting plans, setting goals, dedicating funds – and measuring progress.
Highlights
of Party Platforms (PDF file - 320K, 1 page)
- *Health * Environment
* Economy * Education * Poverty * Cities
McGuinty
vows targets in bid to cut poverty levels
Premier has 'thrown down gauntlet'
to other parties with pledge, food bank director says
October
02, 2007
More than 1 million Ontarians live in poverty but a key step in changing
that was promised yesterday by Premier Dalton McGuinty, anti-poverty groups say.
If the Liberals are re-elected, McGuinty said he'll make poverty reduction a priority
and he'll introduce firm reduction targets within a year so the government can
be measured on its progress.
Pros
and cons of MMP
October 1, 2007
On a mixed-member proportional representation
ballot, voters are asked to make two marks: one for a party (on the left) and
one for a local candidate (on the right). The local candidate with the most votes
is elected as with the current system, but additional seats are apportioned based
on the party vote. This is a sample only - Elections Ontario would design its
own if MMP is approved.
Source:
The
Toronto Star's Guide to the MMP
Electoral
reform a backward step
September 30, 2007
"(...) No one
suggests that first-past-the post is perfect. But Ontario's current system is
democratic and robust, delivering strong, stable government that works. Why strain
to "fix" what isn't broken?"
COMMENT: I dunno about you, but I'm starting to get dizzy from the contradictory analysis and advice we're getting about MMP - the left-leaning Toronto Star trashes the MMP, but the 103 impartial Ontario citizens who studied all of the issues as part of the Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform recommended in their report "that Ontario adopt a Mixed Member Proportional system, specifically designed to meet the unique needs of Ontario." I'm going with the Citizens' Assembly recommendation. Read their report, One Ballot, Two Votes: A New Way to Vote in Ontario, below. Read the background report on the Citizens' Assembly (Democracy at Work), also below, if you're not sure whether these people can be trusted. <They can. Sez me.>
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Ontario
Citizens’ Assembly
- Govt. of Ontario website about the Mixed
Member Proportional voting system
One
Ballot,Two Votes : A New Way to Vote in Ontario (PDF file - 912K,
32 pages)
Final Report and Recommendation of the Ontario Citizens' Assembly
on Electoral Reform
May 15, 2007
Background report on the Citizens' Assembly:
Democracy
at Work:
The Ontario Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform
(PDF file - 3.5MB, 280 pages)
May 2007
Democracy
at Work documents the Citizens' Assembly process in detail and describes the Mixed
Member Proportional electoral system the Assembly has recommended. This report
complements One Ballot, Two Votes: A New Way to Vote in Ontario.
Ontario
referendum 2007:
Electoral reform or not?
By Emily Chung
September
21, 2007
"(...)Proportional representation vs. First-Past-The-Post
The
first-past-the-post system is used in federal elections in Canada, the United
States, Australia and many other countries around the world, but most European
countries, New Zealand and Japan have either mixed or proportional representation
systems. In proportional representation, parties receive a number of seats that
is proportional to their share of the popular vote — the percentage of votes
they receive. MMP is a particular kind of proportional representation that maintains
local electoral districts and is used in places such as Germany and Scotland.
Proportional representation typically results in more power for parties with a
smaller share of the popular vote and is more likely to produce a minority government..."
Source:
CBC
September 27, 2007
Ontario
Referendum: The Pros and Cons
OntarioMMP.blogspot.com is not
affiliated with either side of the referendum. It is dedicated to providing a
forum for discussion on the proposed mixed member proportional system to be voted
on in the Ontario referendum this fall.
Source:
Progressive
Bloggers
NOMMP [dead link]
"On
next October 10th, as part of the next provincial election, Ontarians will be
asked if they want to replace our current electoral system with a Mixed Member
Proportional (MMP) form of voting. This site is designed to help you make your
decision in this important Referendum. If we decide to change, we will have to
live with that decision for a long, long time. Please use this site to learn more
about our current system and the pitfalls of MMP voting."
Vote for MMP
Under first-past-the-post, a party can win 40% of the votes, but capture 60%
of the seats and 100% of the power. Mixed-member proportional (MMP) is better
for voters and better for our democracy.
Ontario Election 2003 - October 2, 2003 'A
kinder, more livable Ontario' : What the Liberals said they would do if they won
the election Election Results - [CBC] [CTV] [Canada.com] [Globe and Mail] --- (look for a link to Ontario Elections 2003 in each case) From Google News Canada :Google
Canada News : The 2003 Ontario Election --- all the latest news about
the Ontario provincial government election. From DAWN DisAbled Women's Network - Ontario : Who
cares about Ontario's poor? From DAWN DisAbled Women's Network - Ontario : Who
cares about Ontario's poor? Ontario
Election 2003 Make
poverty an election issue in your community: Sept 10 province wide event Ontario
Health Coalition - Election Planning Kit # 1 : How to Plan an All Candidates'
Meeting |
QUEBEC
Directeur général
des élections du Québec
Parti Québécois
Parti Libéral du Québec/Quebec
Liberal Party
Action démocratique du Québec
Parti de la Démocratie
Socialiste
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Quebec
Provincial Election Resources
No set date for the next provincial election
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
--------------------------------------------
Québec
General Election : December 8, 2008
Québec, November 5, 2008 – Pursuant to an order of the
Government of Québec issued today, Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer,
must hold a general election in Québec on December 8th of this year.
- incl. links to : * List of electors * Voting right
* Financing rules * Political parties, candidates and others * Electoral map
* Library * Election data and results * Press room * more...
Source:
Directeur général
des élections du Québec (English Home page)
Quebec
General Elections - March 26, 2007
- includes links to : Electors -
Parties and Candidates - Election Schedule - Info on Electoral Divisions - Documentation
and history - Forms and manuals - Latest election news - voting info by postal
code - much more...
Source:
Directeur
Général des élections (Chief Electoral Officer - English
home page)
Élections
générales - le 26 mars 2007
- liens vers les infos suivantes : Électeurs - Partis et candidats -
Agenda électoral - infos sur les circonscriptions - Documentation et
historique - Formulaires et manuels - infos sur les scrutins par code postal
- beaucoup plus...
Source:
Directeur général
des élections du Québec
Links to Quebec political parties websites
Related Web/News/Blog links:
Google Search Results
Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms
(without the quote marks):
"quebec elections, 2007"
Web
search results page
News search results
page
Blog
Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
YUKON
Elections
Yukon
General Election: October 11, 2011
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Yukon
Votes 2011
Source:
CBC North
---
Early
childhood education and care in the fall 2011 provincial/territorial elections
21 Sep 2011
New ISSUE File from CRRU collects information about how Early Childhood Education
and Care is being addressed in elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI,
Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
---
Yukon
Provincial Election Resources
No set date for the next territorial election
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
---
Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"yukon elections, 2011"
Web
search results page
News
search results page
Blog
Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Elections NWT
NWT voters will go to the polls on Monday, October 3, 2011.
------------------------
Media coverage
& election resources
Northwest
Territories Votes 2011
Source:
CBC North
---
Early
childhood education and care in the fall 2011 provincial/territorial elections
21 Sep 2011
New ISSUE File from CRRU collects information about how Early Childhood Education
and Care is being addressed in elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI,
Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
Source:
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
---
Northwest
Territories Provincial Election Resources
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
---
Google Search Results Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms (without the quote marks):
"northwest territories elections, 2011"
Web
search results page
News
search results page
Blog
Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
NUNAVUT
Nunavut
Provincial Election Resources
No set date for the next territorial election, but it will take place in 2013
Source:
Election Almanac
- complete coverage of federal, provincial and territorial elections in Canada
including election results, public opinion polls, ridings and candidates, election
news, electoral history, links, and more
General Political Websites with Provincial/Territorial content
Federal
and provincial elections in Canada - from Canada
Online [at About.com ]
"...starting
point to information on Canadian federal and provincial (+territorial) elections."
-
incl. links to the latest election results, eligibility to vote, voters lists,
ridings or electoral districts, and members of parliament and provincial/territorial
legislatures, organized by jurisdiction and by topic.
R.I.P. Mapleleafweb.com
(2000-2011)
Mapleleafweb.com
Maple Leaf Web is a non-profit, non-partisan Canadian
political education web-site that aims to provide educators, students and the
attentive public with a credible source for political education and information.
Located at the University of Lethbridge, in Lethbridge, Alberta (Canada), Maple
Leaf Web publishes original articles and features on Canadian political events
and institutions and provides important links to a wide range of external resources.
NOTE : As of Jan. 17, 2011, after
11 years of publishing Canadian political educational materials on the Internet,
Mapleleafweb.com will no longer be actively maintained.
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Mondo
Politico
"Mondo Politico is a site dedicated to providing people
in the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland with a non-partisan
political podium and audience."
- Political News - Select a country
and even (in Canada's case) a province or territory and see the latest
political headlines and news, incl. links to full-text articles from the local
and national media.
- Discussion Forums for each country and their respective
states, provinces, or territories + discussion forums on topics such as
taxation, abortion, gun control, etc.
- Library - links to the complete online
versions of some of the world's most important historical works. Currently includes
: "1984" by George Orwell; "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl
Marx and Frederick Engels; "The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau;
and "Common Sense " by Thomas Paine
- Government Elections Web
Site Navigator - Links to national (and, in Canada's case, provincial/territorial)
election sites
- Political Party Directory - lists of (and links to) all political
parties in the USA, Canada (incl. prov/terr.), the UK, Australia, New Zealand,
and Ireland.
Mondo
Politico Library
"The Full Text of Some of the World's Most
Important Political Books, Online and Free"
Click on the link above
to skim through an annotated list of 11 classics of fiction and non-fiction books
of a political nature.
Titles uploaded to date include: Thomas Paine's Common
Sense - Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto - Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf - Jean-Jacques
Rousseau's The Social Contract - Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations - more...
Two
favourites of mine from this list appear below, including the link to the complete
book online and a blurb by Mondo Politico:
1984
- by George Orwell
"1984
has long been the first book to which we have turned for a vivid picture of a
government that has used war to justify infringement on freedom; that has used
speech codes to limit everyone's ability to understand higher concepts or concepts
that favour human individuality; that uses powerful media to build unwarranted
consensus and rewrite history; and that has used technology to nip political opposition
and individualistic or eccentric practices in the bud. Far from being a caricature,
it insightfully and skilfully characterizes the tendencies and motivations of
unlimited government power, and the horrifying, hopeless result of such government:
humanity denied its freedom to think, to be rational, and to dissent...its freedom
to be human....."
Animal
Farm - by George Orwell
"Written as
a 'fairy story' (Orwell titled the book 'Animal Farm: A Fairy Story'), the subject
of Animal Farm is very much aimed at an adult audience. Orwell paints a vivid
picture of a violent political revolution of farm animals against the farmer who
owns all, works the animal population hard, sends their offspring to slaughter,
and feeds them little. Arguably not critical of revolution itself, Orwell describes
an all-to-familiar corruption that undermines the goal of the revolution: in which
those leading the revolution rally the masses not so much for the good of the
masses, but so that the leaders can assume the role of master, complete with all
of the oppressive conduct that goes with an authoritarian regime...."
More titles to come: *Republic (Plato)* Leviathan (Hobbes)* Locke's Second Treatise of Government* On Liberty (Mill)* Rights of Man (Paine)* Das Kapital (Marx)* Anthem (Rand)
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Political
Resources on the Net
Listings of political sites available on the
Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties,
Organizations, Governments,
Media and more from all around the world
A must-see megasite - includes
Canadian Politics
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Political Parties in Canada (from Trevor Tymchuk)
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