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Editorial
NL Election 2021: The Foggy Road Ahead
The 2021 provincial election is over. It is time to start the work of repairing what has been broken, or brace for another cascade failure.
Drew Brown
March 29, 2021
# democratic reform
Commentary
Proportional Representation: Why aren’t we winning?
If we want to ever get a proportional representation referendum in this province we’re going to have to rethink our strategies.
Marilyn Reid
January 21, 2018
Uncategorized
Reclaiming democracy
With an election this fall, 2015 is a big year for Canadian politics and democracy. But how much can really change, even if we do…
Marilyn Reid
June 24, 2015
Deadmonton Dispatches
God guard thee, Newfoundland
What the rushed passage of controversial Bill 42 reveals about our leading political parties, their understanding of legislative reform and their propensity for anti-democratic decision-making
Drew Brown
January 26, 2015
News
2014: Newfoundland & Labrador ‘Year in Review’
We need a 'bigger picture' perspective if we're to achieve the large scale change we desperately need. The Independent was there to cover the stories…
Justin Brake
January 16, 2015
Power and Dissent
The cruel optimism of reform
Newfoundland and Labrador is on the low road to a difficult future
Jon Parsons
May 29, 2014
To Each Their Own
Going out the back door
With the "Fair Elections Act" the federal Conservatives may have the trump, but they're not playing with a full deck
Rhea Rollmann
March 11, 2014
Letters
Real choice means you can say “No”
If people had the option to select "None of the Above" on a ballot they would get more of what they really want and less…
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March 4, 2014