We'll see if this shows up in the Globe. If the major political parties were ice cream: The Liberals would be vanilla. A really great vanilla ice cream is powerfully flavoured with a subtle sophistication and appeals to a very wide audience. On the other hand a crappy vanilla ice cream tastes a lot like rubber and is only in people’s freezers because they think it is supposed to be there. Vanilla takes on other flavours really well and many exciting and dynamic ice creams are made with it, but…See More

One of the primary motivators for me is the damage I fear the Conservatives will do to the economy. I would say I'm slightly right of centre for economics. I favour incentives for corporations and economic stimulus over government funded jobs. But I very strongly believe that too far right or too far left can cause devastating effects for a national economy. We are quite far right with economic policy now, there is no need to go further. A Harper majority would have the power to irreversibly…See More