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urban vs ruralby Liam Kelly

The 2021 Federal Election is over, and the seat changes nationally are almost identical to the 2019 election less than two years ago. Many Canadians are frustrated, many are content, but few are ...

vote 2831241 1280- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor

The candidates' signs are disappearing in the same mysterious way they seemed to appear, and for those of us in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound (BGOS), the almost invisible federal election campaign appears to have changed nothing. Party votes here were all no more than a 6% swing from 2019 totals.

But there were two results of this election which should hold our attention in the months ahead. ...

elections canada ballot box- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor

This will be the 15th federal election in which I have voted in the forty-seven years I have been eligible.

That would average an election every 3.1 years – but that's not how a parliamentary system works in real life.

togetherstopcovidRe: Vaccination policies on Council agenda

I live in a country where I have a choice to vaccinate or not without cost.

If I choose to vaccinate, I know from the science that I’m less likely to become seriously ill if I do contract Covid19. I’m less likely to need hospitalization, ICU or ventilator, and that leaves more health care available ...

specialballot- by Pat Steenberg and Frank Barningham

How will I make my voice heard in the next federal election? I want to vote, but cannot support any party.

This is not because all parties are bad, or that none are good; I simply recognize that our first-past-the-post electoral system ensures that all parties – all legislators – behave the same way.

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