Canadian federal election - 2015

[Citizen Hats]

with an added layer of individual scrutiny.  You can't really examine the timeservers and hacks of the party list

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The experience of Ireland would argue very strongly against the above.

[DL]

with an added layer of individual scrutiny.  You can't really examine the timeservers and hacks of the party list

Doesn't have to be that way - in many countries with PR they have "open lists" where let's say i cast my PR "list" vote for the NDP in Ontario - i then get to rank the NDP names on the list as i see fit - so I the voter get to choose who on the NDP list is "top of the list" for the allocation of PR seats.

[EPG]

STV gives the people exactly what they want, which may or may not be what political scientists, and people who see politics ideologically, think they should get.

[DC Al Fine]

I feel like the NDP would be fairly opposed to Alternative Vote. It is after all not proportional in any way, although the results would be closer to proportionality as it would force the Tories out of power. But at the same time, it would prevent the NDP from ever winning as well. Get used to Liberal power for a long time, or at least some sort of barely right of centre conservative party. (might cause the creation of a new reform party!)

Indeed. It'd be interesting what parties would show up. The Tories would break up almost immediately... and I imagine there would be some hard left split from the NDP eventually.

[Citizen Hats]

Jonathan Wilkinson, environmental remediation CEO nominated as Liberal candidate in North Vancouver

[Njall]

Guess who (might be) back

[Citizen Hats]

some one from Calgary was telling me that today. Too shame

[Hatman 🍁]

This makes the baby Jesus cry

[DC Al Fine]

Guess who (might be) back

Will he win the nomination.

[Njall]

Guess who (might be) back

Will he win the nomination.

I doubt it.  I've heard that since he already lost a nomination contest, the national party would have to give approval for him to run for the Bow River nomination.  And even if the party gave him the go-ahead, he would have to get through another contested nomination.  The Mayor of Brooks has already announced his candidacy, and I read that one of the County Councillors in Rocky View County will also be entering.

[Njall]

Guess who (might be) back

Will he win the nomination.

I doubt it.  I've heard that since he already lost a nomination contest, the national party would have to give approval for him to run for the Bow River nomination.  And even if the party gave him the go-ahead, he would have to get through another contested nomination.  The Mayor of Brooks has already announced his candidacy, and I read that one of the County Councillors in Rocky View County will also be entering.

As expected, Rocky View County Councillor Rolly Ashdown has joined the Bow River nomination race.  If Anders is allowed to run, he'll now officially have to face off against Ashdown, as well as Martin Shields (the Mayor of Brooks).

[Hash]

New and updated all-merged topics! Enjoy, kids.

[Hatman 🍁]

Thanks Hash,

Nomination season is well under way, so I requested the two threads be merged so that we can "focus on nominations".

The pundits' guide (http://www.punditsguide.ca/) is keeping a list of all the future nomination dates.  For example, tonight is the NDP nomination in Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe (race is between Luc Leblanc and Joyce Richardson). The Conservative incumbent (Robert Goguen) has already been nominated there.

[Hatman 🍁]

Luc Leblanc (NDP candidate in the recent provincial election in Moncton Centre) won the nomination last night for Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe.

Tonight is the NDP nomination is Scarborough-Rouge Park (not sure who the candidates are though). This is a new riding that was a notional three-way race in 2011 (Liberals were first). The Liberals have already nominated Gary Anandasangaree, an Tamil layer.

[DL]

Tonight is the NDP nomination is Scarborough-Rouge Park (not sure who the candidates are though).

Rumour that the NDP will nominate a famous Tamil cricket player!

[Hatman 🍁]

Ha! There are no famous Canadian cricketers. A coup nonetheless, considering I'm not aware of any athletes who have ever run for the NDP.

[lilTommy]

Ha! There are no famous Canadian cricketers. A coup nonetheless, considering I'm not aware of any athletes who have ever run for the NDP.

If your are south asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi) anything cricket would be known to you, its become a very local ethnically focused sport in TO.

Chris Wilson who was an Olympic wrestler ran for the BCNDP last year http://www.straight.com/blogra/358161/former-wrestler-chris-wilson-pins-punk-rocker-joe-keithley-ndp-nomination
... that's the only professional or former pro who I can think of right now

[Hatman 🍁]

I'm aware of how big cricket is (it's a wonder why they don't show more of it on TV), but how "big" could a Canadian cricketer be? Well, we'll have to wait and see.

[Gary J]

For what it may be worth, Canada ranks 20th in the International Cricket Council rankings (and it was higher in recent years when the country had limited over international status, teams 11-16 in the list have limited over international status).

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[Hatman 🍁]

Well, the only Tamil who played on the World Cup squad in 2011 was Ruvindu Gunasekera, who is from Toronto, so I wonder if it will be him? It seems from my quick research, that a lot of Canadian cricketers have ties to Scarborough (no surprise, really).

Canada of course has a long history of cricket. It was the most popular sport in the country in the 19th Century, until hockey and baseball became more popular.

 

[DL]

Ha! There are no famous Canadian cricketers. A coup nonetheless, considering I'm not aware of any athletes who have ever run for the NDP.

There was also Mad Dog Vachon the pro wrestler who ran with "equipe Broadbent" for the NDP in Brome-Mississquoi in 1988 and Bruce Kidd the olympic track and field star ran for the ONDP in 1971 and was active in the Waffle movement. Also Emery Barnes was a former pro football player for the BC Lions who became a BC NDP MLA and eventually speaker of the BC legislature and his daughter Contance is running next year in Vancouver Centre. I think there is also a Manitoba NDP MLA who was once in the NHL too.

On the female side I seem to recall the NDP running a female Olympian in vancouver Centre in 1993 against Kim Campbell.

[RogueBeaver]

I posted this in the Discussion thread: controversial Trudeau appointment in BC.


Ontario still a dead heat.

[Hatman 🍁]

Ha! There are no famous Canadian cricketers. A coup nonetheless, considering I'm not aware of any athletes who have ever run for the NDP.

There was also Mad Dog Vachon the pro wrestler who ran with "equipe Broadbent" for the NDP in Brome-Mississquoi in 1988 and Bruce Kidd the olympic track and field star ran for the ONDP in 1971 and was active in the Waffle movement. Also Emery Barnes was a former pro football player for the BC Lions who became a BC NDP MLA and eventually speaker of the BC legislature and his daughter Contance is running next year in Vancouver Centre. I think there is also a Manitoba NDP MLA who was once in the NHL too.

On the female side I seem to recall the NDP running a female Olympian in vancouver Centre in 1993 against Kim Campbell.

Thanks DL,

I knew there must have been some, and was secretly hoping you would give me a list. Still though, it is rather short compared to the other parties.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

It's strange that Canada never took to cricket, unlike the other Dominions...