This weekend the New York Times had an interesting article about how the BBC and other major media organizations are increasingly broadcasting new television episodes simultaneously around the world. The reason? The internet. Fans in the UK aren’t willing to wait months to watch episodes broadcast in the United States and vice versa. Here a [...]
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Why Does Election Canada Hate Young People?
Facebook, Politics and Proroguing Parliament
I’ve got a special to the Globe and Mail this morning titled Harper underestimates Facebook at his own peril. I’m happy and surprised to see the piece has climbed to the top of the site in terms of views (see sidebar) Part of it is born out of the fact that a number of political [...]
The Myth of the “Wasted” Vote
One of the most disturbing allegations to come out of the electoral reform debate was the notion that people who voted – but whose candidate didn’t win – had their vote “wasted.” The biggest problem with this analysis is that it casts the meaning and purpose of voting in the narrowest light possible. Defined this [...]
I’m voting no to BC-STV
For those outside of British Columbia we have a referendum on May 12th to determine if the province should shift from its current voting system, called First Past the Post (FPTP), to Single Transferable Vote (BC-STV). Watching the back and forth over the referendum on BC-STV has, I sense, left most citizens of British Columbia [...]
Why voting is like eating ice cream
In the past I’ve posted about how I believe that voting should be more convenient, and that this could help start a virtuous loop that might lead more young people to vote. Specifically, I’ve lamented that we have a voting system that concentrates voting stations in community centres, churches and schools – places that are [...]
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