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Federal Election Strategic Voting Tool

October 03, 2008 19:15

With the federal election just two weeks away, many are still scrambling to decide which name they should tick off on the ballot. A friend of mine turned me on to an interesting Google Maps mashup which allows you to enter your postal code and see the latest poll results for your riding. The tool...

The new media team at the Green Party Headquarters

Russell McOrmond
September 13, 2008 00:53

A close friend of mine was hired to be part of the team at the National Office of the Green Party of Canada (204-396 Cooper St. in downtown Ottawa). He offered to give me a tour of the office as I was already going to be downtown. By an interesting coincidence one of those new-media 'oops' events...

Canadian Federal General Election called for October 14

Russell McOrmond
September 07, 2008 12:50

The by-elections are now being extended into a general election. As of the dissolving of this parliament the seat standing was as follows: Conservatives 127 Liberal 95 Bloc 48 NDP 30 Green 1 Independent 3 Vacant 4. read more

Thoughts on my interview with GPC candidate Dan Grice

Russell McOrmond
September 05, 2008 18:43

I posted to p2pnet some thoughts of my email interview with Dan Grice, the Green Party of Canada candidate for the riding of Vancouver Quadra. Update: Dan Grice seems to have added additional comments to that article, which are worth a read.

Green Party on copyright: responses from Dan Grice (Vancouver Quadra candidate)

Russell McOrmond
September 05, 2008 01:57

Last Saturday, independent MP Blair Wilson announced that he will be sitting as a member of the Green Party of Canada. This is historic as it is the first Green Party member in a federal legislature in one of those few countries still using the First Past the Post voting system. The Green Party...