Monthly Archives: March 2012

Wanted: Parliamentarians with independent minds


To counter the notion that elected officials should merely be delegates and blindly follow the party line, I think all elected representatives should subscribe to Edmund Burke’s principle of representative government. “.. it ought to be the happiness and glory … Continue reading

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Ed Broadbent is NO elder statesman.


I admit to leaning somewhat left politically. When I was younger I was a card carrying member of the NDP.  Even worked for Dan Heap and Barbara Beardsley. Since moving to Kitchener, I have voted Liberal more than once; the … Continue reading

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