Consultants A few thoughts about expert consultants, as employed by both the government and the private sector. First, they are almost always actual experts, at least to some degree, with respect to the area for which they have been
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The First-Past-The-Post Electoral System Needs to Go
So, you think we live in a democracy here in Nova Scotia, where everyone’s vote counts the same? Here are the winners of every election in my lifetime, with the percentage of the popular vote won, and the percentage of
The Next Progressive Conservative Leader
Jamie Baillie announced this week that he was stepping down as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. He has been a fine public servant, and would have made a good Premier. I was honoured to run as a member of
The Love You Take Is Equal To The Love You Make
Here are the final results in CPW (not including Jonathan Dean of the Atlantica Party, who couldn’t fit on my screen capture – he got 153 votes, which was about 2%). First, congratulations to Rafah. I wish her all
Former NDP candidate Linda Power endorses Paul Kimball in Clayton Park West
As a former two-time NDP candidate in Clayton Park West, and a past Executive Director of the NSGEU, I am pleased to offer my endorsement in the 2017 provincial election to Paul Kimball, the Progressive Conservative candidate in Clayton Park
Janet Conners – “The Paul Kimball I Know”
The word “heroes” is overused in our modern world, but there are still people for whom its use is justified. Janet and Randy Conners are two of my heroes. Randy was my cousin, and as a hemophiliac he contracted HIV from
Establishing A Fair Minimum Wage In Nova Scotia
Establishing A Fair Minimum Wage in Nova Scotia “The Fight for $15” has become a rallying cry across North America for many progressives in terms of the ideal minimum wage. Championed at every campaign stop by American Senator Bernie Sanders in his