Saturday, May 25, 2013
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FUNKE'S VIEW
Canadian federal elections: one campaign, many battlegrounds

The key to making overall gains is the ability to maintain internal cohesion while fighting multiple combatants from different parts of the political spectrum.


  
So close, but no cigar: close ridings aren't always safe target ridings

In the last 20 years, no close seat in a general election remained close in a subsequent byelection. And no close byelection race had ever been a close race in the previous general election. Not one.


  
Progressives urged to move from 'think tank' to 'do tank' to counter erosion of democracy

Massive growth in the conservative 'ideological persuasion industry,' tools targeted at the grassroots.


  
Voters angry, engaged, and ahead of conventional parties: Hébert

Conventional political parties are 'slow to catch the wave,' or simply being cast away by a populace looking for something else, says Chantal Hébert.


  
Time to modernize election process, urges Canada's chief electoral officer

Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand tells Parliament the Elections Act needs an overhaul.


  
Online voting won't hike youth turnout, but 'it grows on you,' forum told

Electronic voter registration will be the first step in Canada, although Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand is authorized to explore 'alternative voting methods'.


  
Byers' formula fails in his own province

Michael Byers recently urged the Liberals and NDP to strike a one-time deal where each party would stand down from running candidates in ridings in which the other party placed higher. But his vote switching theory doesn't fly.


  

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Party Central: Raising money, saying thanks to the troops with Party Under the Stars May 21, 2013

The Hill Times photo by Jessica Bruno.
Hill Staffer Cheri Elliott founded her charity, To the Stan and Back, to raise money for soldiers returning from Afghanistan.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Conservative MP and veteran fighter pilot Laurie Hawn and then-chief of defence staff General Walt Natynczyk at the 2011 party.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Tory MPs Chris Alexander, Candice Bergen and Bob Dechert.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Kenzie Potter, chief of staff to House Speaker Andrew Scheer.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay pictured at the 2011 party.

MICHAEL DE ADDER'S TAKE