The nature of systems is to resist change
Written by Michael Chender
Changing something as embedded as our voting system is a big undertaking. In fact, as any of us who have worked...
Fighting Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia: Q&A With Advocate of the Year, Dr. Ingrid...
Dr. Ingrid Waldron was recently named the Advocate of the Year at the Better Politics Awards for her work fighting environmental racism in Nova...
Op-Ed: New politics? Up to you, Nova Scotia
This editorial was written by Mark Coffin, and originally featured in The Chronicle Herald, Opinions section. See the original here.
“A new politics” was the first...
What we’ve learned since starting Make Democracy Better.
We launched the Make Democracy Better project to build a space – on the ground, and online - where people could contribute to a discussion...
Reform Act would make the Prime Minister First Among Equals
Written by Mark Coffin
Originally published in the Globe and Mail on December 4th, 2013.
The House of Commons is one of the most expensive and least...
Politicians could learn to collaborate from whale watchers
Written by Mark Coffin. Originally published in the Chronicle Herald.
If politics worked more like the whale watching business, more of us would want to...
Nova Scotia Election Results Unpacked: 2013 Provincial Election
Analysis of election results reveals deep problems with first-past-the-post electoral system. View PDF version (recommended).
A detailed analysis of the provincial election results suggests that...
Stephen McNeil, Jamie Baillie and Darrell Dexter on Democratic Renewal
Written by Mark Coffin
Tomorrow, thousands of Nova Scotians will head to the polls. Despite popular belief, we will not be electing a government. Instead,...
Why politicians attack one another
Pictured above: A screenshot from an NDP television ad targeting Liberal leader Stephen McNeil from the 2013 provincial election campaign.
Written by Mark Coffin.
After last night’s provincial...
The political system doesn’t need us.
Written by Mark Coffin
I’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is, the political system doesn’t actually need any of us. The...