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Go Ahead and Cross the Floor MPs. Just Ask First
A Facebook page and on-line petition encouraging Conservative MPs to switch party affiliation is just another example of two wrongs not making a right — no matter how much they want it to be. Party flopping is fine — as long as you give your electorate the chance to approve or reject the change. Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Media
Tagged Belinda Stronach, Conservatives, Cross the Floor, David Emerson, elections, Facebook, federal politics, Garth Turner, party-hopping, Pat O'Brien, politics, Rick Mercer, votes
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Fringe Candidates Foolishly Have No Door Upon Which Opportunity Can Knock
Why fringe candidates who neglect to use Twitter, other social networks, are missing out on the most powerful tool at their disposal. Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Media
Tagged candidates, elections, fringe candidates, fringe parties, ontario, Ontario provincial election, social media, social networking, Twitter, voters, voting
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Professional or Puerile? How Do We Want to Be Represented?
Asking voters to remember that we elect candidates to represent us — and how they behave on social networks and in debates should cause us to ask how we want to be represented. Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Media
Tagged elections, Ontario provincial election, politics, representation, social media, social networking, vote
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A Channel’s Manic Monday
Join us in London’s election Internet café, on behalf of London’s A-Channel. We’ll be helping to keep a few fingers on the digital pulse of the elections from a social media perspective. Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Media
Tagged elections, Facebook, federal election, Internet, social media, Twitter, votes, voting
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Pair Vote, Vote Mob Misguided Solutions to a Bigger Problem
Why Pair Vote and London’s Vote Mobs are simply diverting time, effort, and attention away from where it should be placed in this federal election — creating an informed electorate. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged elections, electorate, federal elections, Pair Vote, Rick Mercer, vote, voters, votes, voting
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