Why I Voted NDP

Last Monday, I proudly cast my vote for the NDP. I’ll talk about why their platform is important to me, and why I think Tom Mulcair is the best candidate for Prime Minister, but let’s start by talking about my local riding.

We’re really voting for a local candidate in the election, despite all the advertising promoting the party leaders. My NDP candidate in London North Centre is German Gutierrez, a teacher at the Fanshawe College School of Language and Liberal Studies. German has worked as a journalist, and served on the boards of the local public library and Museum London, in addition to his work as a community activist welcoming newcomers to Canada as part of the London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership. The first time I met German, he shook my hand and we spoke about job opportunities for young people. He’s an intelligent, intense fellow, someone who cares about people in the community. Just the kind of person I want to be working for me in Parliament – he will work to make London and Canada better for everyone.

The Trouble with Trudeau

At this point of the campaign, the national media seems to be eager to anoint Justin Trudeau the rightful heir to the throne. After a few years of gaffes and less than stellar performance in the House, leading a party that was dealt a humiliatingly distant third place in the 2011 elections (not on his watch, of course), Mr. Trudeau has found his swagger. He has done well in debates, and presents to the Canadian public the prospect of electoral Change in a familiar red package, complete with a party leader who is everything that the incumbent is not: handsome, young, and able to smile without looking like he’s recently sucked on a lemon.

Anyone But Conservative?

"A.B.C. - Anyone But Conservative" is a slogan that's easy to remember, and catch enough to stick with you. The alphabet is practically the first thing we remember learning as children. It's simple as A, B, C!

Voting? Why, it's so easy a child could do it!