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Musing over election politics after the fact

October 20, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek 2 Comments

Can’t tell you how many people I meet who are fiscally and politically left–and pro-life. So the question is, how many swing votes would a party win if they added the life issue to the roster? Parties only ever consider who they might lose–but done carefully, I think there are many votes to gain. Too late, I know, but it’s a conversation I had this past weekend.

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: Conservative, election, electoral politics, Green, Liberal, NDP, pro-life, voting

The thrill of voting

October 14, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

I’ve poked fun of Judith Timson before: Her views on life are about as out of touch as, well, the rest of Toronto’s elite. Bygones–this piece about voting is a good one. Voting is, however, more than a thrill, rather a true right in democratic countries. (Politics is personal in so many regards: I’m Canadian because my parents were denied this right, among others. I don’t wish communism on anyone–but my family history lends a certain perspective, which puts me squarely in the Take Voting Seriously camp.)

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: election, Judith Timson, Thrill of voting, voting

Keep cutting, Harper, keep cutting

June 23, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

Women are equal, but give us special treatment. That’s what I got out of this assessment of the Harper government re.: “women’s issues”–second one in recent weeks.

The Conservatives’ legislative enthusiasms are almost guaranteed to repel women voters: Wars, tougher criminal treatment of children, funding cuts to women’s groups, lack of interest in universal daycare and access to abortion.

The only problem with cuts to “women’s groups” is that they have not been sweeping enough and they still retain funding so they can lobby the government for partisan purposes using my tax dollars.

It’s enough to make a girl cry.

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: Janet Bagnall, Montreal Gazette, Stephen Harper, voting, women

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