Kevin Grandia's blog
VFE Team is Ramping Up [Again] for Fall 2010!
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 11:02After the 2008 federal election, the VFE team took a long break - it was an exhausting campaign for us, especially when you consider that we had no full time staff and all of us ran the campaign while maintaining our regular day jobs!
But we never forgot. After all how could we, given the massive explosion on to the election scene that Vote for Environment caused.
In the three-and-half weeks the VFE campaign ran we had over 300,000 unique visitors to the website, 3.2 million pageviews and media coverage from coast-to-coast-to-coast.
Vote For Environment Case Study: How new media changed the 2008 federal election
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 11:05In the analysis we report on the web analytics, ie. traffics sources, regional breakdown etc. and provide what we think are the reasons it went so big so fast.
Drop a line to either Evan or I if you have any questions or ideas. Our contact info is at the end of the report.
My VFE Next Election Pledge
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 21:20I have a very good chance of winning a new (very fuel efficient) car and I want to use it in the next Canadian election to spread the Vote For Environment message across Canada at the grassroots level.
Like most things in my life it seems, this particular contest is about votes, so if you want to go here and vote for me now that would be great. Then you can come back after and read how I want to use this car for the VFE project.
Harper proposed coalition with Bloc Quebecois in 2004
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:58With the Stephen Harper-led Conservative Party in a tailspin, he and his supporters are pulling out all the stops to paint a Liberal and NDP coalition with the Bloc Quebecois as a deal with the devil that will "destroy Canada."
The problem for Stephen Harper in this whole smear campaign is that in 2004 Harper proposed to the Governor General a coalition with the Bloc Quebecois.
Conservative Party's desperate spin and inflamed rhetoric
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 17:25A lot of you know that I spend most of my days working on US politics in the areas of climate change and energy policy.
In the US political-sphere, claims of communist plots, nazi propaganda and socialism are sadly all too familiar. In Canada we rarely see such inflamed political hubris and thank goodness for that.
Harper doesn't have a majority of the vote no matter how you crunch the numbers
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 16:45Today, Harper and the Conservatives are saying that "Canadians rendered a clear judgment in the Federal Election."
Harper continues to try and spin his way into somehow claiming that he and his party won the last election with the will of Canadians. And his main problem has been that he is unwilling to govern in a way that is sensitive to the fact that no matter how you spin the results of the last election, he and his party were not chosen to rule this country by the vast majority of Canadian voters.
Breaking: NDP, Liberals and BQ issue statement calling on Governor General to throw out Harper government
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 15:32Looks like the 3 opposition parties have really upped the ante today, releasing a very strong statement that indicates like never before that they are not willing to back down.
A joint release with an accompanying "Open Letter to Canadians" (attached) was issued just minutes ago by the Bloc Quebecois, NDP and Liberal parties states that:
Date: December 1, 2008
For Release: Immediate
Party leaders lose confidence in Conservative government
MAY SURGE COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HARPER MAJORITY AND LIBERAL MINORITY
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Sat, 10/11/2008 - 13:50This release just went out from 3 of Canada's most senior climate change scientists.
You can click here to download a comprehensive spreadsheet (PDF)of all the ridings where the Green vote can make a difference.
Here are the bears!!
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 15:44You Have a Choice
Submitted by Kevin Grandia on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 15:22Check out this amazing new video from our great friends at anyonebutharper.ca and avaaz.ca.
