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Scotland the brave: the road to the referendum
The spectre of Scotland voting yes to become independent of Great Britain in ten days haunts the British press and Britain’s political class. Like its cousin the Québec independence movement the Scotland referendum campaign has tightened into an apparently close … Continue reading
Poli 204/2 2014 course outline
Poli 204/2 2014 Introduction to Canadian Politics Professor Harold Chorney Course outline The study of Canadian politics is a complex field which draws upon a number of traditions in Canadian political science including institutionalism, political behaviour, political theory, international politics, … Continue reading
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Poli 463/2 2014 course outline
Poli 463/2 Government and Business course outline : Keynes versus monetarists before and after the crash of 2008 Prof.Harold Chorney Fall/ 2014 Course overview: This course explores the tools that are necessary to deal with the contemporary global economy and … Continue reading
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Ontario election an apparent rejection of neo-con deficit hysteria but also a product of our distorted electoral system.
The Ontario election has delivered a solid majority government to the Liberal party. This is a good thing because the alternative was an austerity obsessed budget slashing Conservative party. That would have been very bad for Ontario and very bad … Continue reading
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Its the exam and essay grading season but in the meantime economic and political life continues:some thoughts
While I have been buried in the grading of exams and essays a number of key stories on the economic political and social fronts have taken place. First of all there has been the tragic premature death of Jim Flaherty, … Continue reading
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Swingometer proves accurate in all but three ridings in Québec election:The swing to the Liberals was 11 percentage points in total.
In the weeks leading up to the election I posted a piece on the swingometer and its predictive powers in calling seats that could be won from either the PQ or the CAQ in the April 7th election. If the … Continue reading
Quebec election Couillard and Liberals win a majority government in Québec election.: 70 seats; PQ 30; CAQ 22; QS 3.
The polls in the final days were more or less correct. The Liberals won 41% of the vote and captured 70 seats. The PQ captured 25 %of the vote and 30 seats. The CAQ 23 % of the vote and … Continue reading
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Another poll by Angus Reid with a sample of 1410 shows PLQ at 39%;PQ 27 %; CAQ 25 % QS 7 %; among Francophones PQ 31 %, PLQ 30 % CAQ 28 %.
Angus Reid has released what is now the most recent poll in Québec’s election on the eve of this critical election with numbers that suggest the Liberals are likely to win overall in a close race with the CAQ and … Continue reading
Two new Québec polls :Léger PLQ 38.1%, PQ 29.0%, CAQ23.4 % , QS 8%;Ekos PLQ 40 %, PQ 26.3%;CAQ 21% and QS 9.6 %
Another 2 polls have come out .One is by Ekos done for La Presse showing the PLQ at 40 %, the PQ at 26.3 %, the CAQ at 21 % and QS at 9.6 %. The Léger was done for … Continue reading
Liberals ahead in latest polls in Quebec election
There have been three new polls in the Quebec election which suggest that Liberals are definitely ahead in voter intentions. The first of these polls was conducted among Francophone voters only. It shows the PQ with 36 % of the … Continue reading
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