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Nova Scotia Manifesto Analysis 2024

I thought I was done with election pieces for a while, but apparently Tim Houston wanted to get in an election this year (I guess it’s easier to run as a provincial Conservative while an obviously flailing Liberal administration is still in power in Ottawa), and so here we are with an election tomorrow and me with one more of these blogs to write. Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for the sector, the parties have conspired to keep this one

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November 25, 2024 1 Comment

Saskatchewan Election Manifesto Analysis, 2024

Hi all. Third of three manifesto analyses for this ballot-iest of Octobers, this time Saskatchewan which goes to the polls today. This one might be the simplest one yet, mainly because Saskatchewan elections—like those in the other two Prairie provinces—are a resolutely two-party affair. It has been 25 years since a third-party MLA has been elected to the legislature, and there is zero danger of that streak being broken tonight. But also because the differences in the two parties’ platforms

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October 28, 2024 No Comments

New Brunswick Election Manifesto Analysis, 2024

Good morning, everyone. Hope you had a good weekend. The New Brunswick election is a mere week away, so let’s get to our platform analysis. I’m restricting the analysis to the three parties with an outside shot of actually winning a seat—the Greens, the Conservatives and the Liberals—and yes, I know there are the New Democrats and the People’s Alliance, but c’mon. New Brunswick politics holds a special place in my heart. Mainly because of the frequency of moments of

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October 15, 2024 No Comments

British Columbia Election Manifesto Analysis, 2024

British Columbia goes to the polls on October 19th, and so it’s time to take a look at what the parties are saying about universities, colleges, and students. You’re about to get a lot of these because we have three provincial elections going on simultaneously (New Brunswick votes on the 21st and Saskatchewan on the 29th). Warning, though: This might be the simplest election platform analysis I’ve ever done because there’s just so little on offer. Let’s start with the

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October 8, 2024 1 Comment

Marc Miller Strikes Again

On Monday last week, the Liberals got humiliated in a pair of by-elections in Quebec and Manitoba. In response, the Liberal party decided it needed to regain some popularity and that the best way of doing so was to kick universities and colleges a bit. And so the Minister of Immigration (and unofficial National Minister of Higher Education) Marc Miller announced a set of changes to study visas and post-graduation work visas. (How do I know this was a sudden, unplanned

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September 23, 2024 3 Comments

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