Solving for first past the post: what’s wrong with that?
Guest Blog by Katelynn Northam
I remember distinctly the moment when I realized how broken our voting system is. It was the night of the...
Electoral reform is not about revolution, it’s about evolution
Written by Jesse Hitchcock
In ecology, we talk about ecosystems - groups of organisms living together and interacting with their environment. Ecosystems are perfectly engineered...
Bill Black: Are majority governments good or bad?
Guest Blog by Bill Black
A core question when considering proposals for new voting systems is whether majority governments are good or bad. I think they...
The opposite of representation is exclusion
Guest Blog by Antony Hodgson
Anyone who watched last year’s film ‘Selma’ about the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 will not...
Think hybrid: can we have our ranked ballots and proportional representation too?
Written by Ian Sherman
Living as I do in rural Cape Breton, my very strong feeling is that we’ll never see our largely rural...
Percy Paris and the pressures of being the only black MLA in Nova Scotia’s...
By SANDRA HANNEBOHM
‘Here I was, the only African-Nova Scotian in the House and I’d be asking questions to the minister of African Nova Scotian...
If you lost your cool at Province House, would you be blamed, charged or...
By SANDRA HANNEBOHM
In May of 2013 — four years ago this month — then-NDP MLA Percy Paris was arrested for assaulting Keith Colwell, a...
Wayne Adams’ term in the white House took strange turns at times
By MARK COFFIN and SANDRA HANNEBOHM
“I remember being told by a former MLA, ‘When you get elected, Adams, you'll notice that all your enemies are...
How to find political power in Nova Scotia if you’re not an Archibald
By SANDRA HANNEBOHM
I’m a young mixed-race woman, raised by a single, immigrant mother. Statistically, the chances of me (or her) walking into the legislature...
The reality of road fixing — and fixation — for MLAs in nova scotia
By LOUISE COCKRAM
"In the views of your constituents, that road is the most important thing in their lives. They don't care about what you're...