Stories by Abbas Rana
Former cabinet minister Sohi to officially launch Edmonton mayoral bid soon, sources say
Prof. Duane Bratt says Amarjeet Sohi would be the ‘front-runner’ in the mayoral election, where at least six candidates have officially joined the race to succeed Don Iveson.
If Mark Carney chooses to run as a Liberal in the next election, he will likely run in Ottawa South, say some Liberal insiders.
Erin O’Toole had no option but to take a chance on trying to grow his party’s support base, but it's not clear whether his gamble will pay off in the next election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Nomination contestants are campaigning without knowing whether the voting will take place in-person, online, or a combination of both, making GOTV a challenge to prepare for, say candidates.
‘The challenge for Erin O'Toole is internal within the conservative tribe, not necessarily external,’ says pollster Nik Nanos of Nanos Research.
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan wants the Doug Ford government to publicly release the allocation criteria used for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in different regions of Ontario.
The April 19 budget ‘will be the election budget any way that you cut it,’ says pollster Nik Nanos of Nanos Research
If an election were held today, the Liberals would win most of the 13 suburban ridings decided by the closest margins in the last election, say pollsters.Author
Canadians are tired and worried and they aren't making distinctions between the federal and provincial governments. 
And the Liberals can't win a majority government without winning in rural Canada, say former Liberal MPs.
A spring election is off the table because of COVID variants, the vaccine rollout still in its initial phase, and the possibility of a third wave hitting Canada in the coming weeks, Liberal MPs told The Hill Times.
More people, including millennials, are flocking to live in suburban ridings and the two main parties will be targeting 13 ridings specific ridings to win the last election, say pollsters. 
The highest governing body of the Conservative Party elected Robert Batherson as the new party president on the first ballot, Sunday afternoon. 
The Conservative Party hasn't explained why they want to dissolve the riding association of Hastings-Lennox and Addington, Ont., says its president Carlo Petracca.
Toronto lawyer and senior TD Bank executive Paul Saguil also wants to run for Liberal nomination in the same riding, currently represented by former Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi.
The WE Charity scandal broke the COVID rally for the Liberals in the summer which they never recovered from and it could still cause more damage in the coming days, say pollsters. 
Campaign Life Coalition needs the support of at least 100 delegates from 100 different ridings to force a vote at the March 18-20 policy convention.
Candidates are working the phones and social media to garner support for a spot on the Conservative Party's national council.
Some aspiring Liberal candidates are wondering whether the party's nomination contests will be open and fair, or if the leadership has already chosen its preferred candidates in four winnable Ontario winnable ridings.
The federal Alberta riding of Edmonton West has proposed a constitutional amendment demanding that party money only be used to ‘advance the political and electoral interests of the party.’
Campaign Life Coalition claims that its endorsed candidates’ performance played a key role in the defeat of the four prominent Conservatives in the delegate elections.
Liberals should bring the pandemic under control as soon as possible, or the opposition parties will have an opening to raise serious questions about the government’s competence, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Ontario MP Derek Sloan previously said a decision to bar him from running could lead his base to stay home on election day or to turn to rival conservative parties like the People's Party of Canada or the Maverick Party.
National council candidates and grassroots members say they want the Conservative Fund to be accountable to the highest elected governing body of the Conservative Party.
Campaign Life Coalition and other social conservative organizations endorsed delegates riding by riding to their supporters for the delegate election process.
Ekos Research president Frank Graves says the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is a problem for the Liberals, but also says it's not over yet. 
'Getting closer to the centre’ is the only path to victory for the Conservatives, says pollster Nik Nanos.
‘I would like to see somebody holding that position who can help to bring the people of this country together,’ says former senator Murray Sinclair.
Without becoming the officially nominated candidates, fundraising is a major challenge, especially for first-time candidates, says former Liberal MP Gordie Hogg who wants to run again. 
The Liberals say Ind. MP Ramesh Sangha has been kicked out for making ‘baseless and dangerous’ claims, but he says party leadership cherry-picked parts of his media interview to justify removing him from caucus.Payette’s resignation yet another self-inflicted wound for Trudeau Liberals, say former senior Grits
Justin Trudeau should take his time and follow a proper screening process in choosing Julie Payette’s successor, says Prof. Donald Savoie. 
The Jan. 18 online meeting was a regular monthly meeting aimed to update MPs and riding volunteers about 'party’s tools and resources to stay connected with Canadians in virtual ways that respect public health guidelines,' says Braeden Caley, senior director, communication with the Liberal PartyPolitics This Morning
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