Elections

The key to electoral success in 2015 was voter engagement. Had turnout not increased, Stephen Harper's voter suppression strategy would have triumphed yet again. 2015 marks a victory for democracy.

Although all the seats in Atlantic Canada in the 2015 election were won by the Liberal Party, on closer examination a number of fascinating electoral trends are apparent. What lessons do they provide?

If politics is about choice, then polling data helps discern the political lay of the human landscape. If we want to create change we need to understand where we stand. Such knowledge is power.

Ryan Leef, the incumbent Conservative Party MP for the Yukon, performed a citizen's arrest on a Yukoner who was vandalizing his re-election signs.

In publicizing his conversation with Stephen Poloz during an election campaign, Harper has placed Poloz in an unfortunate position.

The second blog in the series and based on a presentation delivered as the annual Margaret Laurence Lecture at Trent University in March 2015.

The election is almost here and rabble is nearly ready to #WIN2015. But time is of the essence. Karl Nerenberg shares his story about what makes rabble so important.