Memo
October 12, 2015
WAR ON THE IMMIGRANT FAMILY ???
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NEW COMMUNICATIONS Is there a war on the immigrant family? “The truth is the Conservative government has been most skilled in immigrant outreach, while playing to the “old stock” Tory base, using the language of economic success and national security.
Memo
September 26, 2015
GETTING INVOLVED – FOR NEW CANADIANS
By
The Pearson Centre was a partner in the multi-partisan event for New Canadians (a.k.a. “new Stock” Canadians in some quarters!) in Ottawa, hosted by the URBAN DIVERSITY FORUM PROGRAM THE FEDERAL ELECTION AND YOU: Asserting your rights, responsibilities
Memo
August 25, 2015
ELECTION 2015: LESSONS FROM A LIBERAL-NDP ACCORD
By Andrew Cardozo
A shorter version of this article appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on August 25, 2015 http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/lessons-from-a-liberal-ndp-accord Governing Accords are a good way of working minority governments By Andrew Cardozo “Coalit
Podium Item
August 24, 2015
Maybe Canadians are not too stupid to understand democracy!
By Andrew Cardozo
Canadians do care about their democracy. They may not care every day but political parties may mis-read this is a lack of interest or just stupidity. The number of problem areas that need attention has been piling up over many years, and more recently
Memo
July 1, 2015
THINK CANADA !!!
By Andrew Cardozo
Happy Canada Day! Fifty years ago Canada celebrated our national holiday with the new Maple Leaf Flag for the first time! It was a bold statement of coming of age, of developing our own symbol. As the Pearson Centre we are particularly proud of this ac
Memo
October 27, 2014
New measures needed for Parliament Hill
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New measures for Parliament Hill It is clear that we need to be beefing up security on Parliament Hill, for this reason: If one troubled individual can get through the lines of security that currently exist, imagine what could happen if there was an at
Memo
September 14, 2014
WE’RE ALL PEARSONIANS, KIM CAMPBELL
By Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell
“WE ARE ALL PEARSONIANS” says Kim Campbell, former Canadian prime minister, when she spoke to two audiences in Ottawa. This was the second in the “Prime Minister Series” of the Pearson Centre. (The first held in 2013, was, wait for it…..on Lester B.
Memo
June 25, 2014
Journey to Queens Park. Naidoo-Harris, (New) MPP
By Indira Naidoo Harris, MPP Halton
My road to a winning election for MPP of Halton began decades ago in a country thousands of miles away from Halton. I was born in Durban, South Africa under the Apartheid. I spent my early years in a country that did not give everyone the right to vote
Memo
June 19, 2014
MANDATORY VOTING, PREFERENTIAL BALLOTS
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Canada should adopt mandatory voting and a preferential ballot to re-engage citizens in the political system and reinforce democracy, says a new paper by an adviser to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. The analysis, by academic Robert Asselin for the thin
Memo
May 7, 2014
Brits prepare for years of minority government
By Paramjit Rai, Annie Cheung, Igor Delov, Amitav Rath, Andrew Cardozo
The British are getting used to the idea of minority Parliaments as voting patterns change and the two mainline parties, Conservative and Labour, lose ground to smaller parties, observed Nick Pearce, Director of the London-based Institute for Public Po
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