Federal Election 2015: The Start

Leaders and party launch
Rahman Mohamed

The writ was dropped on August 2, but the ads had already begun to rise high.  The Conservatives have released ads attacking Justin Trudeau.  With the same theme, a hiring team sitting in a board room overlooking Thomas Mulcair’s qualifications and playing to his monetary actions cited to CBC and The Globe and Mail, the Conservatives are playing to Canadian confidence in the leader of the economy, the Conservatives are launching attacks against Mulcair.  They’ve also entered social media, searching for volunteers through Facebook

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Election 2015: It has (unofficially) begun

The first punches have been thrown; but no one has run or tried to dodge yet
Rahman Mohamed
Last updated 15 July 2015

The time is nearing.  October 19 is only 108 days away from July 3.  All Canadians know about the election, who’s running, and the where the finish line is.  The only unknown (besides who will be first to cross the finish line): when the race will officially begin.

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Canadian Science: Forward or Still?

Is government-funded Canadian science moving forward or stagnant?
Rahman Mohamed

Orion is now more than just an archer in the sky with a famous three star belt.  It’s blast closer to taking humans to Mars.  Dawn of 5 December 2014 NASA successfully launched a new rocket in Cape Canaveral Florida for a test flight.  Mark Geyer, Orion’s program manager says “Orion is the exploration spacecraft for NASA, and paired with the Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket it will allow us to explore the solar system.”  Orion is being planned to take humans to asteroids and Mars.

Canadians might be some of these astronauts.  The Canadian government reports that it is investing more into science.

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