Dear Ryan: The Unfair Elections Act is a law Pierre Poutine can be proud of
Ryan LeefMember of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,On May 13, Bill C-23, the Unfair Elections Act passed. It now awaits rubberstamping by the Conservative Senate.While clauses with the worst optics for...
View ArticleDear Ryan: Conservatives are not under seige from the media!
Please help rabble.ca stop Harper's election fraud plan. Become a monthly supporter.Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,A recent Conservative Party fundraising letter disguised as an...
View ArticleDear Ryan: Protect the Peel River Watershed!
Ryan Leef Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,We need your help.The Peel River Watershed is a pristine area in northern Yukon prized by First Nations and famous worldwide for its extraordinary...
View ArticleDear Ryan: How are wedge politics working out for Stephen?
Ryan Leef Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,Adam Goldenberg, writing for the Canadian Jewish News, said this about the Conservative government's policy on the Middle East. "This is the dark...
View ArticleDear Ryan: What's with the left-leaning non-profit witchhunts?
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,The Conservative Party has redacted official documents, been charged with contempt of Parliament for failure to disclose information on the cost of...
View ArticleDear Ryan: Don't vote for Bill S-6
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,Senator Lang's, Bill S-6, "An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights...
View ArticleDear Ryan: We've found the cause of conservatism, but is there a cure?
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan, On November 17, CBC's, The Current, had a feature on Keystone XL pipeline and its potential effect on Canada's ability to achieve its 2020...
View ArticleDear Ryan: The tragedy of the Yukon's commons
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan, The Tragedy of the Commons is a famous paper published in the magazine, Science, in 1968. In it, ecologist Garrett Hardin wrote about the...
View ArticleDear Ryan: Don't pretend the Harper government cares about free speech
Ryan LeefMember of Parliament for Yukon Dear Ryan."Does this pencil make me look fat?"Stephen Harper held the pencil above his head.Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, was embarrassed.The Prime...
View ArticleDear Ryan: I don't trust the motives behind Bill C-51
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for Yukon Dear Ryan,"The government made this decision because we do not believe Canadians should be forced, under threat of fines, jail, or both, to disclose extensive...
View ArticleDear Ryan: We need to talk about political corruption
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan, What, in your view, constitutes political corruption?Graft, the practice of using one's political position for financial gain, is what usually comes...
View ArticleDear Ryan: Please don't troll me!
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,Internet trolls are people who use distortions, false dichotomies, insults, threats and other inflammatory statements to disrupt online debate....
View ArticleDear Ryan: Stand up for law and order!
Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,When the Canadian Access to Information Act came into force under Prime Minister Trudeau in 1983, it was considered the most progressive model for...
View ArticleDear Ryan: Give Canada a fair democracy. Change our voting system.
Open Letter to Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for YukonDear Ryan,Recently, a German dinner guest boasted about the superiority of the German electoral system.So I did some research to see just how...
View ArticleFor democracy's sake, let's change Canada's voting system
Adopting a German-style MMPR electoral system, along with Germany's safeguards against fascism, could serve Canadians very well indeed.Dear Ryan: Give Canada a fair democracy. Change our voting system.
View ArticleDear Ryan: Take a stand against voter suppression!
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Open Letter to Ryan Leef, MP for YukonDear Ryan,Voter suppression can help the unscrupulous win elections. Negative politicking in the form of vicious smear...
View ArticleDear Ryan: It's time to move on
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View ArticleIf Yukon Liberals used the Conservatives' dirty tactics, what would their ads...
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.The Conservative Party, on behalf of Yukon MP Ryan Leef, has mailed out campaign flyers depicting...
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