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2008 Election

Canadians are Excited to Vote... in the U.S. Election

Donald D'Haene | Posted 10.20.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Democrat, Pierre Trudeau, Liberals, 2012 Election, Audacity of Hope, Elections 2012, Justin Trudeau, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Republicans, US Election, Canada Politics News
Donald D'Haene

A poll by the Canadian polling company Environic and co-sponsored by the CBC found 15 per cent of Canadians would have given up their ballot in Canada's '08 federal election to vote in the U.S. election. I get it. I'm so uninspired by our Canadian political leaders it's not even funny.

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Increasing Youth Voter Turnout: Easier Said Than Done

Ilona Dougherty | Posted 01.29.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Young Voters, 2008 Elections, Youth Vote, Youth, 2008 Election, Elections Canada, Apathy Is Boring, Voting, Marc Mayrand, Youth Voter Turnout, Canada Politics News
Ilona Dougherty

We need put aside current quick-fix approaches to youth voter mobilization that have limited effectiveness; be it vote mobs (sorry, Rick Mercer) or reaching out to just students -- and ensure that we're focusing on the more difficult to implement strategies that will actually lead to getting youth to the polls in the long run.

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Is President Obama a Sellout?

Amarnath Amarasingam | Posted 07.30.2011 | Canada
Read More: Michelle Obama, Sellout, Martin Luther King, Black Voters, Traitor, 2008 Presidential Race, Cornel West Obama, Elections 2012, Malcolm X, Obama, Race, 2008 Election, African Americans, Canada News
Amarnath Amarasingam

Princeton professor Cornel West's full-frontal assault on Obama is deeply unfair and disturbing. Such statements drip with condescension and signal that accusations of Obama not being "black enough" may resurface during 2012.

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