NDP has a familiar team fighting to keep its presence in the House

‘For the NDP, the battle of this campaign is going to be fought in their incumbent ridings,’ and target ridings, says strategist Jordan Leichnitz.
Q&A | Unpacking the ‘astonishing’ swing in federal polls with Frank Graves

‘The stakes are very high’ this election says Ekos Research’s Frank Graves, and voter ‘emotions are very important’ in driving how campaigns take shape.
There is no Team Canada strategy without Indigenous people

We want to work together to develop the resources that will help us make our way economically in the uncertain world created by Donald Trump.
Carney grasps a key point that Poilievre has missed in the trade war

It can never be politics as usual again with the United States. Mark Carney has talked about the political imperative that this new and totally unexpected truth poses for this country.
Despite dip in polls, Conservative path to victory remains possible, say political players

If the Conservatives hope to win the next election, they’ll need to address Trump’s tariffs alongside the cost of living, says pollster Nik Nanos. ‘If he can come down with that extra punch, he can win the election.’
Carney’s driving Grits’ momentum, but polls suggest Tories hold upper hand in ‘commitment gap’

Angus Reid’s poll released last week found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal and 36 per cent planned to vote Conservative. But that 10-point spread is reversed for committed voters, and Shachi Kurl said the challenge for the Liberals is to ensure that voting intention becomes a reality.
Election campaign should be about creating a new economy, not extending and expanding the old one

So far, the politicians are letting us down. If the job of government is to represent the future to the present, they get a failing grade. But we will all be losers.
Poilievre: we’re just not that into him

Pierre Poilievre’s polished daily performances continue to be, primarily, laments for the sorry state of the country, extended complaints about the ‘lost Liberal decade,’ simplistic policy promises and the occasional tangle with any real journalist who breaks through the daunting line of party enforcers that police every large rally.
Poilievre: the biggest gatekeeper of them all

If the Conservative leader wants the country’s top political job, he’s going to have to start talking more to the national media and answering questions.
The theatre of leaders’ debates

The election debates we see on TV nowadays are little more than political leaders going on a stage to express carefully crafted talking points and mini speeches. In short, it’s less like an intellectual debate and more like political theatre. So buckle up, it’s showtime.