Kathryn Blaze Carlson considers socialism and the future of the NDP.
Tag Archives: Robin Sears
On the run
Included among the hundreds of films now online from the National Film Board is History on the Run, an entirely fascinating documentary about the media and the 1979 federal election that climaxes with a technical explanation of how best to light Joe Clark’s chin.
‘This book had better be banned in the PMO’
Robin Sears reviews Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis.
BTC: Behold, the power of the printed word
If the ears don’t deceive, Conservative David Tilson, in between growling, just quoted one Robin Sears pontificating on Elections Canada’s investigation of Conservative election financing. Now, surely that’s not the same Robin Sears who wrote a piece for The Globe just days after admitting little to no knowledge of the matter.
BTC: Insta-expert
Two days ago, Robin Sears was unfamiliar with the details of the in-and-out controversy. Forty-eight hours later, he’s enough of an expert to comment for the Globe’s op-ed page and refute the findings of the chief electoral officer.