Posts by Kai Nagata - Page 13

Rise of the Green Tories

March 1, 2016 | 

Part 2 in a two-part series about the next leader of Canada’s Conservative party. Part 1 is about Kevin O’Leary and the temptation presented by Donald Trump. The most ...

Canada’s Donald Trump?

March 1, 2016 | 

Part 1 in a two-part series about the next leader of Canada’s Conservative party. Part 2 is about Michael Chong and the rise of the Green Tories. The Donald ...

China is a country, not a race

February 25, 2016 | 

Xi Jinping, the President of China, makes Donald Trump sound like a liberal poseur. Cracking down on Muslims? Check. Torturing political enemies? Check. Mass surveillance, violation of reproductive rights, ...

Want Free Trade? Build A West Coast Pipeline, Says China

January 20, 2016 | 

With final arguments in the Kinder Morgan pipeline review underway in Burnaby, a top Chinese official is using the moment to offer Canadians a deal. In his visit to ...

!!!!!!!!, and other lessons from the federal election

What do you think was the best-performing email subject line of the entire federal election campaign at Dogwood? If you guessed eight exclamation points in a row and nothing ...

People, place and power

December 23, 2015 | 

This is a blog post about voting reform, though I’m going to start by talking about Star Wars. Bear with me you must. The enemy in the original Star ...

Which voting system is best?

October 30, 2015 | 

When a favourite sports team falls short in the playoffs, fans are quick to find fault with the umpires, the weather, the league – in short, blaming everything the ...

Strategic voting didn’t defeat Harper. Voter turnout did.

October 23, 2015 | 

History rarely repeats itself, but it does rhyme. Long before Justin Trudeau ever contemplated a life in politics, his father stoked the embers of Western alienation that would give ...

Spare a Thought for the Cannon Fodder Candidates

September 28, 2015 | 

This article first appeared in TheTyee.ca on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. In the last federal election, 1,279 brave Canadians, most of them earnestly wishing to serve their country, ran ...