http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-house-stands-with-asbestos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-house-stands-with-asbestos/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:03:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223051 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/01/the-house-stands-with-asbestos/feed/ 0 By a vote of 152-123 this evening the House defeated the NDP’s motion on... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/the-popular-mandate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/the-popular-mandate/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 19:42:03 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192279 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/17/the-popular-mandate/feed/ 38 I ran these sorts of numbers a few years ago, so, for the sake... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/over-thinking-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/over-thinking-it/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:37:12 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192045 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/over-thinking-it/feed/ 21 Alice Funke takes apart the strategic voting movement. I think it’s time to say... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/10/dont-split-the-difference/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/10/dont-split-the-difference/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:26:55 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=191034 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/10/dont-split-the-difference/feed/ 17 Conservative strategist Ken Boessenkool and NDP strategist Brian Topp dispute the vote-splitting conventional wisdom.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/the-case-for-proportional-representation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/the-case-for-proportional-representation/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 20:36:42 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189993 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/the-case-for-proportional-representation/feed/ 151 Popular vote and seat totals for the province of Saskatchewan. Conservatives 256,004 votes (13... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/what-just-happened-iv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/what-just-happened-iv/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 16:29:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189874 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/what-just-happened-iv/feed/ 20 Eric Grenier points to the vote splits. Of course, votes are not easily transferred... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/two-recounts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/two-recounts/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 16:12:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189605 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/two-recounts/feed/ 4 There will be two automatic recounts—in Etobicoke Centre where the Conservative candidate beat a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/plusminus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/plusminus/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 15:39:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189587 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/03/plusminus/feed/ 121 Changes in popular vote totals for the parties from 2008 to 2011. NDP +1,933,186... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/aw-voting-two-whole-times-in-five-years/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/aw-voting-two-whole-times-in-five-years/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:50:30 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=186267 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/aw-voting-two-whole-times-in-five-years/feed/ 40 Harper feels our pain, and he’ll take a majority to end this chore called democracy http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/22/get-out-the-vote-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/22/get-out-the-vote-2/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:43:26 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=186657 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/22/get-out-the-vote-2/feed/ 7 Those who are keen to cast a ballot or who won’t be in their... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/this-complicated-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/this-complicated-democracy/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:35:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=184769 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/this-complicated-democracy/feed/ 36 Frances Woolley sets out to consider the efficiencies of vote-swapping and ends up considering... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/voter-engagement-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/voter-engagement-ii/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:41:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=184750 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/voter-engagement-ii/feed/ 144 The Conservative campaign has issued the following statement. The Conservative Party encourages all Canadians... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-house-our-democracy-remains-a-work-in-progress/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-house-our-democracy-remains-a-work-in-progress/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:17:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174810 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-house-our-democracy-remains-a-work-in-progress/feed/ 14 Eight years ago, Stephane Dion delivered a speech on the “state of Canadian democracy”... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/06/idea-alert-42/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/06/idea-alert-42/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:05:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165694 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/06/idea-alert-42/feed/ 30 In a letter to the Economist, Hitotsubashi University professor Reiko Aoki suggests extending the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/16/the-voting-age-should-it-be-raised-to-50/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/16/the-voting-age-should-it-be-raised-to-50/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:03:46 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=164085 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/16/the-voting-age-should-it-be-raised-to-50/feed/ 70 Makes about as much sense as lowering it to 16 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/it-doesnt-matter-but-it-does/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/it-doesnt-matter-but-it-does/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:54:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=157957 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/it-doesnt-matter-but-it-does/feed/ 37 Ryan D. Enos and Anthony Fowler argue we vote for reasons beyond a belief... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/where-was-the-youth-vote/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/where-was-the-youth-vote/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:00:58 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=157010 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/12/where-was-the-youth-vote/feed/ 84 POTTER: No one bailed on Obama as pathetically as young voters http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/06/the-rebels-gather/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/06/the-rebels-gather/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:10:30 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=90527 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/06/the-rebels-gather/feed/ 3 This Tory AGM will determine Stelmach’s future—and Alberta’s