This citizen-led campaign in support of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Calgary Food Bank includes two different t-shirt designs. Both inspired by the Ramsay Turkey, one reads “Keep Calm and Gobble On” and the other sports an illustration of the turkey set…
My journey with Turk began on March 28th, 2020, when I noticed some tweets on social media talking about a rogue turkey posing on a very popular hill that oversees the downtown core of my hometown of Calgary, Alberta. It…
Let me paint you a picture. It’s just after an election (be it municipal, provincial, or federal). Because it’s politics, there are winners and those who lost. Now there is a bunch of politicians and their staff in the job…
In the last ten years I have knocked on some 100,000 doors. Between over 15 campaigns in various roles I might’ve learned one or two things. I’ve put together a top ten list of what you should think about. With…
Here is the post below that I wrote in response to some of the criticism I received on another blog post after the 2011 election. That initial post was on the building of political organizations and where to direct investments.…
“Hehr in his capacity as a Liberal MP: special assistant Vincent St-Pierre, who was previously a member’s assistant to Mr. Hehr on the Hill.” Hill Times, December 17, 2017
“This is starting to be an exercise in futility,” says Vincent St. Pierre, Hehr’s executive assistant. St. Pierre is kneeling on the floor, trying to replace the batteries on Hehr’s wheelchair, stuffing them into the undercarriage after cutting off their…
The school can only donate $500 to the cause but Vincent St. Pierre who watched the Twitter campaign has pledged to match the school’s donation. “I have three siblings, two of them have schizophrenia with a dual diagnosis with…
The first donor to step up and fund the next $500 was Vincent St Pierre, a civil servant who has had family and friends struggle with mental health issues. He followed the campaign from its infancy and after careful consideration…
Then more money started pouring in from companies and individuals. “I saw these tweets popping up and I said OK, what can I do to help?” said Vincent St. Pierre, who has three disabled siblings who have wrestled with mental…