Prof. Emeritus Richard Johnston spoke to CBC about the possibility of the US creating an agency like Elections Canada
Richard Johnston, professor emeritus at UBC Political Science, said creating a national agency like Elections Canada to oversee the administration of U.S. presidential elections would ensure uniform voting rules across the country.
“It’s night and day.” Prof. Kathryn Harrison on what a Biden presidency means for Canadian climate action
“It’s night and day within the U.S. to go from a president who rejects science and has been rolling back fairly modest measures to one that is promising 100 per cent clean electricity by 2035,” said Kathryn Harrison, a University of British Columbia political science professor who studies climate and energy policy.
Watch Prof. Lisa Sundstrom, Bruce Baum and Richard Johnston discuss the possibilities of an unclear US election result in “Doubling Down on Democracy”
This event occurred on October 22, 2020 and is a part of “The 2020 U.S. Election Event series“.
Prof. Paul Quirk comments on the possibility that Trump refuses to leave office
Paul Quirk, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia, previously told The Independent it would put law enforcement in an awkward position.
“If the US democracy begins to collapse, the consequences for Canadians are kind of unimaginable.” Prof. Max Cameron on why Canadians are closely watching the US election
Canadians were already on edge heading into the U.S. election, but the uncertain outcome Tuesday night and the likely recounts and court battles to come have only heightened that sense of unease.
Professor Maxwell Cameron on how B.C.’s snap election reflects our electoral system
Minority parliaments are not necessarily unstable or unproductive. Ironically, it is the logic of our first-past-the-post system that has created the incentive to destabilize a working supply and confidence arrangement.
“Other nations need to speak up, now”: Read Prof. Michael Byers’ latest about US space policy
Michael Byers latest titled: U.S. policy puts the safe development of space at risk
Watch Prof. Paul Quirk’s conversation with Global News about the impact of Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis
UBC Political Science Professor Paul Quirk, who specializes in U.S. politics, looks at what the President’s COVID-19 diagnosis will mean for the election campaign.
Prof. Gerald Baier finds it odd that many NDP incumbents have chosen not to run for re-election
Prof. Gerald Baier, a Canadian politics expert at the University of B.C., said he considered it strange the number of incumbent New Democrats who decided not to run this fall, especially with the party ahead in the polls.
Prof. Lisa Sundstrom says “nothing has improved” with LGBTQ rights in Russia since 2014
Lisa Sundstrom, associate professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, said on a legal level, “nothing has improved” with LGBTQ rights in Russia since the 2014 Olympics.