Blunt Objects
Kyle Hutton"Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects." - Lester B. Pearson
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NDP 2025 Leadership Donation Breakdowns
Last month the federal NDP leadership race concluded - if you didn’t already know, Avi Lewis won on the first ballot quite handily, with the filmmaker beating Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson 56% to 29.5%, or 39,734 votes to 20,899....
Alberta Increasing Provincial Seats to 91 (with Addendum)
A quick post today: the Alberta Legislature Order Papers for April 16th notes that the Government is introducing a new motion (#37, page 13) to strike a new electoral boundaries commission with a reduced public consultation mandate to redra...
The Would-Be Alberta Gerrymander
Gross, gross, gross.
Well, it’s as bad as I thought it’d be.
As mentioned in my prior post on the Alberta boundaries commission report, I have done a transposition of the commission minority’s (aka UCP members) very blatant, very obviousl...
Alberta - Final Report Boundaries Transposition
Oh boy.
So, good news: the Final Report of the 2025/26 Alberta Boundaries Commission is out. The commission has done a swell job of fixing their interim report to create a solid set of 89 constituencies (up two from current) which are draw...
Change in the Map: New Nova Scotia Francophone Riding
Great news for everyone - there’s a brand new provincial riding in Nova Scotia!
Something not often done in Canada, unlike the US, is court-ordered creations of districts between redistricting/redistribution cycles. Following a decision la...
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