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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
Nova
Scotia Provincial Election 2009
- from Nodice
Provincial
and Territorial ("P/T")
Election and Political Party Websites
BRITISH
COLUMBIA/COLOMBIE-BRITANNIQUE
Elections
B.C.
British Columbia New Democratic Party
British Columbia Liberal Party
B.C.
Reform Party
Green Party of B.C.
B.C. Conservative Party
The 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
---
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
---
2009
Preliminary Voting Results
Final voting results will not be available
until after the conclusion of final count, which will commence on May 25, 2009.
-
incl. general election results by party and by candidate, along with results of
the referendum on elctoral reform by electoral district (see below)
Source:
Elections
B.C.
- govt. site, includes links to info about parties, candidates,
ridings and other election logistics
---
Nodice
Elections: British Columbia
- from Nodice
Elections
---
Comment:
Fool
me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me thrice, WTF?
---
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
---
Related links:
The
BC Liberal Party Platform
Source:
BC
Liberal Party
---
From TheTyee.ca:
BC Election Central - blog
---
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"
---
---
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 havent 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" ]
---
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:
BCs 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
---
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.
---
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
(from PovNet.org):
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
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.
-----------------------------------
Alberta
Provincial Election 2008
- from NoDice.ca
-----------------------------------
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
-----------------------------------
Alberta
Votes 2004 Provincial
Election 2004 2004
Alberta Provincial Election Alberta
2004 Web Search Results:
"alberta 2004 election" |
SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan New
Democratic Party
Saskatchewan
Liberal Party
The Sakatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party (no website)
Nodice
Elections: Saskatchewan
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/saskatchewan
Source:
Nodice
Elections
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
Manitoba New Democratic Party
Liberal Party of Manitoba
Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party
Green Party of Manitoba
Poverty:
the missing issue in Manitoba's election
By
Sid Frankel and Marianne Cerelli
Winnipeg Free Press
May 4, 2007
AS
the provincial parties unveil their platforms piece by piece ensuring that
each announcement is louder, flashier and more awe-inspiring than the last
we can be quite sure that one issue will be left off the agenda. Despite the fact
that Manitoba continues to have one of the highest rates of child and family poverty
in the country (19.2 per cent), one of the highest proportions of full-time working
families who fall below the poverty line (11 per cent), and some of the lowest
average weekly earnings in Canada (only Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia are
lower), the issue of poverty remains a whisper. It is as if our strategy to reduce
poverty is to ignore it. Unfortunately, not talking about it has only made matters
worse.
Source:
Canadian Dimension
(magazine)
Manitoba's provincial election day was Tuesday, May 22.
Nodice
Election: Manitoba
Source:
Nodice
Elections
Google Search Results
Links - always current results!
Using the following search terms
(without the quote marks):
"manitoba elections, 2007"
Web
search results page
News search results
page
Blog Search Results page
Source:
Google.ca
ONTARIO
Elections Ontario
Ontario
NDP/NPD-Ontario
Progressive Conservative
Party of Ontario
Ontario Liberal
Party
Green Party of Ontario
Ontario Libertarian Party
Family
Coalition Party of Ontario
Freedom
Party of Ontario
Nodice Elections: Ontario
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/ontario
Source:
Nodice
Elections
Ontario
Election 2007
Source:
Toronto
Star
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
[ Related
resources ]
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
"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.
Working
Families
Over four years ago, Working Families came together with the
goal of making voters aware of policies that were threatening the well-being of
working families across Ontario. (...) Working Families is a not for profit organization
that represents a cross-section of Ontarians that aims to support, promote and
advocate the interests of working families. Our mission is to advocate, educate,
and create public awareness around public issues on behalf of working families.
Working
to End Energy Poverty in Ontario:
Lobby Tool Kit (PDF file - 212K,
21 pages)
LIEN has been working hard to ensure that low-income people have
affordable energy bills and access to conservation programs. LIEN has designed
a Lobby Kit which offers an introduction to the problem of energy poverty and
some simple templates which you can use locally in your advocacy work with politicians
and your community. Pay special attention to page 19 which outlines how you can
help advocate in the provincial election for commitments from the political parties
to address energy poverty, particularly for energy conservation and rate assistance
programs for low-income households.
Source:
Low-Income
Energy Network
Working to address the energy needs of Ontario's low-income
households
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) Voter
Information - from Elections
Ontario 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? Early
Childhood Education and Care in the Ontario 2003 election - from the Childcare
Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) From Citizens for Public Justice: Ontario
2003 Election Bulletin: 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
(English follows)
Élections
québécoises
Mince majorité pour le PLQ
Valérie
Dufour
Mise à jour 09/12/2008
Jean Charest a gagné son pari:
les électeurs québécois ont élu hier un gouvernement
libéral majoritaire, rétabli le Parti québécois, envoyé
un premier solidaire à l'Assemblée nationale et servi une sévère
correction à l'Action démocratique du Québec à tel
point que son chef a jeté l'éponge.
Source:
Le
journal de Montréal
Charest
gets his wish
Liberal Majority; PQ surges back as Action Démocratique
fades to shadow
December 9, 2008
Jean Charest won his gamble
on a snap election that nobody else seemed to want as the Liberals were returned
to power in yesterday's provincial election with a slim majority of National Assembly
seats. With counting nearly complete, the Liberals were elected or leading in
66 of the province's 125 ridings, followed by the Parti Québécois
in 51, and the Action démocratique du Québec in seven.
Source:
Montreal
Gazette
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)
Québec Provincial Election 2008 - from Nodice
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
Nodice
Elections: Quebec
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/quebec
Source:
Nodice
Elections
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
NEW
BRUNSWICK/NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK
New Brunswick
Liberal Party/Parti Libéral du Nouveau-Brunswick
New
Brunswick PC Party/Parti PC du Nouveau-Brunswick
Nodice
Elections: New Brunswick
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/newbrunswick
Source:
Nodice
Elections
New
Brunswick Provincial Election 2006
September
18, 2006
- includes detailed election results, ridings and candidates, polls,
historical election results, related links, and more...
Source:
Nodice
Elections
(NOTE: the Nodice Elections page includes links to past, current
and future elections in all Canadian jurisdictions)
---------------------------------
From the New Brunswick Liberal Party:
It's Time for a Change - A Liberal Government
will:
(...)
* Take
Real Action Against Poverty
* We will review the current rates
paid to recipients and the programs available to people on social assistance with
the goal of raising rates to the average for Atlantic Canada.
* Well
assist in the transition to work by increasing the allowable earnings that can
be retained from part-time work for people who are on social assistance.
*
Well provide enhanced day care assistance for single parents during the
transition to full-time work.
* A new Crown Corporation will engage with non-profit
and community service groups to create and maintain new housing units, including
units for disabled and elderly New Brunswickers.
* We will create more opportunity
for skills upgrading by eliminating wait lists for literacy training.
The
Inclusive Province? - From The
Real Results
* According to the National Council on Welfare New Brunswick
has the lowest social assistance rates in Canada.
* Since 1999 welfare rates
in New Brunswick have increased once, and by only 2%.
* The Economic Unit
Policy is considered a barrier to the poor, yet the Lord Government will not make
any real change to help New Brunswickers.
* On May 25, 2006 the Lord Conservatives
defeated a Liberal motion urging government to table a comprehensive housing strategy
with clear timelines and targets by October 15, 2006.
* Statistics Canada
says 56% of adults in New Brunswick have below acceptable ability in literacy
and numeracy.
* The Literacy Coalition for New Brunswick says adult and family
literacy programs in this province continue to be under-resourced.
* In seven
years, a single person receiving assistance in New Brunswick has seen an increase
of only $18 to $264 a month.
Google Web Search
Results:
"New
Brunswick election, 2006"
Google News Search Results:
"New
Brunswick election, 2006"
Each of the two links above will open
a page of Google.ca search results, and this page will always include links to
new content.
Source:
Google.ca
PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND/ÎLE-DU-PRINCE-ÉDOUARD
Elections
PEI
Prince Edward Island Progressive
Conservative Party
Liberal Party of
PEI
Nodice Elections: Prince Edward Island
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/princeedwardisland
Source:
Nodice
Elections
PEI
goes to the polls - September 29, 2003 Prince
Edward Island Provincial Election 2007 Google
Search Results Links - always current results! |
NOVA
SCOTIA/NOUVELLE-ÉCOSSE
Nova
Scotia New Democratic Party
Nova Scotia
Liberal Party
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
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
Nova
Scotia Provincial Election 2009
- from Nodice
NEWFOUNDLAND
& LABRADOR/TERRE-NEUVE ET LABRADOR
Newfoundland
& Labrador Young New Democrats
Liberal
Party of Newfoundland & Labrador
Newfoundland
& Labrador PC Party
Green
Party of Newfoundland & Labrador
Nodice
Elections: Newfoundland and Labrador
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/newfoundlandandlabrador
Source:
Nodice
Elections
Newfoundland
and Labrador Provincial Election 2007 from Nodice.ca
October
9, 2007
Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007 - from the CBC
Newfoundland
and Labrador Election - October 21/03 Elections
Newfoundland and Labrador - Government of Newfoundland and Labrador |
YUKON
Nodice Elections: Yukon Territory
http://www.nodice.ca/elections/yukonterritory
Source:
Nodice
Elections
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Northwest
Territories Territorial Election 2007 -
from Nodice.ca
October 1,
2007
Northwest Territories Votes 2007 - from the CBC
NUNAVUT
Nodice
Elections: Nunavut
Source:
Nodice
Elections
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.
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Political
Science: A Net Station
Canadian Politics on the Internet
- incl.
links to : Reference Resources - General Information - Federal, Provincial
& Local Governments - Federal-Provincial Relations - Foreign Relations
- Ethnicity and Politics - Law and Politics - Mass Media/Communications - Elections,
Political Parties and Politics - Pressure/Interest Groups - Public Opinion/Methodology
- Public Policy and Administration - Canadian Studies
Sample content:
Canadian
Politics, Elections and Political Parties
Source :
Political
Science: A Net Station
[Subject
Resources for Political Science/International Relations]
[University
of British Columbia Library]
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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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