A Perfectly Cromulent Politics Blog
When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
Posted by Devin Johnston on February 27th, 2010
Politics is a blood sport. Every political party hires staffers to research their opponents to try to dig up dirt from the past. And whenever a politician slips up, either by a poor choice of words or through questionable conduct, her political opponents are ready to pounce. I get this, and I understand that it is related to the hyper-competitive nature of single-member constituency electoral politics.
Posted by Devin Johnston on January 26th, 2010
I'm glad to see that Ignatieff and the Liberals have plans to tackle the assault on civil servant independence which has taken place under the Harper regime. This is an issue that will require a great deal of thought, as there is a need to balance concerns of administrative independence with democratic responsiveness. I look forward to seeing further details from the Liberals.
Posted by Devin Johnston on January 25th, 2010
Canadian citizens are waking up from a long slumber. More than 27,000 people took to the streets this past weekend, in protest of Stephen Harper's prorogation of Parliament. Over 200,000 are voicing their concerns through emerging media. Against all odds, Saturday was indeed "a great day for democracy in Canada".
Posted by Devin Johnston on December 10th, 2009
Yesterday, Michael Ignatieff stated that pay equity is "a basic human right" and blasted the Conservatives who "[...] very clearly used their 2009 budget to impose their ideological opposition to pay equity for Canadian women." I have to agree with Ignatieff on both counts.
Posted by Devin Johnston on November 5th, 2009
I get press releases from the Liberals, New Democrats, Conservatives, and Greens delivered to me daily via RSS. As you might imagine, most press releases from most of the parties are asinine most of the time. The point of a press release is to try to frame an issue in a way that is favourable for your party and unfavourable for other parties. Fair enough, I get that. But today's press release from the Liberals on pension reform really stands out as one of the dumbest I've seen in a long while (even dumber than this one).
