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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

On this weekend when so many of us are planning to attend screenings of The Odyssey, I link back to a sermon from 10 years ago, which is about rural Saskatchewan, technological and social change, John Keats, translating The Odyssey, and social media mwucsermons.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/o...

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“On First Looking into the Church’s Instagram account”

Text: Luke 10:1-20 (“The harvest is plentiful”) When I lived in Saskatchewan from July 2011 until December 2013, I was immersed in rural culture. The three churches I served were connec…

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We've Learned. To start, we need cleaner air, which requires a change in medical culture, by @crof.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca

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COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned | The Tyee

We need cleaner air, which requires changes in medical culture.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

For the first time in 15 years, my end-of-year essay strikes an optimistic note -- not for the year that's ended, which was catastrophic, or the one ahead. But I observe that our condition will necessitate an era of great growth, invention, employment... www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e33036f...

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Dear Gen Z: You’re not watching the world end – you’re about to build a new one

Despite older generations’ doomsday prophecies and belated apologies for the state of the world, today’s young people are now on the brink of leading the greatest era of rebuilding and growth this cen...

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Huge majorities of Ontario voters consistently vote for parties other than the Tories -- 58% in 2022, 57% in 2025. But the Tories win huge majorities because of Ontario's antidemocratic FPTP voting system. Don't blame the voters. Blame the system

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

He was racist, sexist, and ignorant. These were not liabilities, but political strengths, unfortunately.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled. A small, almost invisible breath. Relief. And then came gratitude… You didn’t just choose kindness or experience… You chose not to flirt with fascism.” From Ukraine.

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The Nation That Trump Could Never Break

Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Is Warren Kinsella aware that many Canadians don't care about the obscure lunar calendar reckonings and mythological storytelling that lie behind the shifting dates of Easter?

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

And what if Alberta votes Liberal? I think it could happen.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

First Past the Post systems combined with 3 or 4 main parties, means the majority of votes don't count. Only proportional representation ensures every vote counts. Until we have democracy (i.e. PR), I will vote for whomever is most likely to defeat the Conservative Party in my riding.

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Gretta Vosper @grettavosper.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

If you see this, repost it. If legacy media won't tell everyone that change is wanted, you have to.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If 57% of the electorate don't want a PC government, but that's what we get, voting doesn't matter. PR guarantees that each vote counts.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

It's called polling. Pollsters survey 2,000 people and claim the results are accurate 19 times out of 20. On Thursday, Ontario ran a poll and more than 4 million responded.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Doug Ford was rejected by a majority -- 57%. The huge non-PC majority voted Liberal, NDP, Green or other. And yet, Ford's Tories won a huge majority of the seats. Ontario is not a democracy because it doesn't use proportional representation.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

If 100% of the electorate had voted, the result would likely have been the same -- 57% voting non-PC, but with Ford getting 100% of the power. Voting matters, but democracy (I.e. proportional representation) matters even more.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A big majority of Ontario's voters -- 57% -- rejected Ford. But with Ontario's anti-democratic FPTP voting system, Ford won another victory. Don't get mad, get proportional representation.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

57% of those who voted chose a non-PC candidate. Under FPTP, Ontario is not a democracy.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Here's my latest reflection on a lesson I learned from a woman who was in the second tower on 9/11. When the world is turned upside down taking action is the only way to survive. Our democracy is under threat but politicians are still living in 2024. charlieangus.substack.com/p/no-return-...

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NO RETURN TO NORMAL

A Message To My Fellow Parliamentarians

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Doug Ford's enthusiastic support for Trump in October 2016, less than a week after the "grab em by the pussy" scandal broke should be made into ads by NDP and Liberal teams and run everywhere until Feb 27 -- toronto.citynews.ca/video/2016/1...

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Video: Doug Ford says his support of Donald Trump is unwavering

CityNews reporter Cynthia Mulligan spoke with former city councillor and longtime conservative Doug Ford about Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Proportional representation now

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Trudeau says not implementing electoral reform is the biggest regret of his 9+ years in power. I couldn't agree more. Maybe 2025 will finally be the time when Canada tries democracy with some kind of proportional representation.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

If the fools who run the Democratic Party of Iowa had created an app that quickly reported the results of the Iowa Caucus of February 3, 2020, the headlines from the day would have been about the shock of Pete Buttigieg becoming the first openly gay person to win a state primary election.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Who knows how Buttigieg as President would have handled the genocide in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023. I can only imagine it would have been better than Biden's acquiescence to Netanyahu's fascism. One can always dream, I guess.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

And if Biden, having placed fourth in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire and third in Nevada, had then dropped out of the race, I can imagine Buttigieg winning South Carolina, and then moving on to Super Tuesday as the Democratic front-runner.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

And if Buttigieg had been the winner of both Iowa and New Hampshire, it is easy to imagine him coming in second behind Sanders on Feb 22 in Nevada instead of coming in third behind Sanders and Biden.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Instead, the headlines were about the debacle of the party not being able to release results until Fri. of that week. If Iowa had reported its results quickly on Feb 3, it is easy to imagine Buttigieg winning the New Hampshire primary on Feb 11 instead of coming a close second to Bernie Sanders.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

As many of us dread the inauguration of Trump and of dream about alternative timelines, I offer a sermon from five years ago today about Pete Buttigieg, whom I wish was now preparing for the start of a second term as President of the USA mwucsermons.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/v...

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Vision 2020

Texts: “Continue” by Maya Angelou, and Matthew 2:1-18 (the flight to Egypt) On Christmas Day, a controversy broke out on Twitter when U.S Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg sent out …

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

A huge majority of those who voted in 2022 (59%) chose a non-PC candidate. Nevertheless, Ford won a huge majority of the seats -- because Ontario does not have proportional representation. If only Ontario were a democracy.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Trump did not get the majority of the votes. He received 49.9% of the votes cast for President, just slightly more than Harris (48.4%). More than one third of the electorate did not bother to vote at all.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

So, U.S. concerns about horrible people crossing over the Canadian border were true!

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

You know who is responsible for the flow of goods and people across the border into the U.S? The U.S!

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Yes; and I prefer a democratic electoral system in which every vote truly does matter -- as in most European countries, who have adopted various types of proportional representation.

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Ian Kellogg @iankellogg.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I agree with the sentiment. But I disagree with the statement "every vote counts." They would under proportional representation. But in Ontario's FPTP system, 59% of the voters can choose non-PC candidates, as they did in 2022, and still get a huge PC majority.

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