Americans go to the polls every two years for what non-Americans might call a full parliamentary election. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, and one third of the Senate is at stake. October’s midterm elections gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress, as many had predicted. That President…
At the end of August, CC invited Alberta readers to tell us how they plan to vote in the October 19 referendum. We received 20 responses by email and one handwritten letter. All 21 respondents said they are not in favour of Alberta separating from Canada. Most used all caps and exclamation points to underscore…
In case you haven’t heard (that’s a joke, of course you’ve heard), Alberta is holding a referendum this month. The most high-profile question Albertans are being asked concerns whether or not the Government of Alberta should initiate the legal process of holding a binding referendum on separating from Canada (whatever exactly that means; the Constitution…
“All this narrative is being spun about how the Canadian system is failing us,” says John Hiemstra, an emeritus professor of Political Science at The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta. Recently, he spoke to Christian Courier about the Alberta separatist movement, which he calls “deeply ideological” and “complex.” In October 19, Albertans will vote in…
Concluding a course on seventeenth-century poetry last semester, my professor said that besides the sheer appreciation of the art, there is another reason to study poetry. “If you don’t know how to read poetry, poetry will read you.” I immediately thought of the Conservative Party’s campaign promises. Without bringing forward a proper policy platform, the…
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