Pundit panel: what policies will get parties votes?
‘It’s quaint to assume policy will matter in this election,’ says former Liberal PMO staffer Dan Arnold.
Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign
In the first three days after the election call, the Liberals spent $301,000 on Meta ads for the party and their leader, outpacing the Conservatives’ combined $150,000.
Day six: Tories and Greens fight for Nanaimo
Plus, Canada’s retaliatory plan for U.S. auto tariffs to be revealed next week.
Liberal and Conservative safe seats likely to stay, but NDP less certain, say pollsters
There are 111 safe seats across Canada, based on wins by candidates with a margin of 25 per cent of the vote or greater in the previous federal election in 2021.
Grits go-getters in digital election ads, overtaking Tory pre-writ lead on Meta spending
Liberals take decisive day-one lead, spending $118,000 on Facebook and Instagram as Conservatives coast on a half-million-dollar pre-election-week spend on the platform.
Carney takeover top reason for Liberal revival: poll
Thirty-five per cent of the new Liberal supporters had previously backed the NDP, while 29 per cent had migrated from the Conservative Party.
Day five: Carney gets his chance
Plus, Poilievre holds a rally in progressive party territory in Vancouver.
Poilievre needs to ‘put some new material in the window’ as polls narrow and Carney gains ground, say strategists
Running a campaign focused on Liberals failings and likening Mark Carney to former prime minister Justin Trudeau is ‘probably not enough’ says Conservative strategist Tim Powers.
Ex-staffers throw their names into the electoral ring
The list includes recent cabinet chief of staff Marianne Dandurand, who’s running for the Liberals in her one-time boss’ riding of Compton-Stanstead, Que.
Q&A | The politics of pitching fiscal restraint and public service cuts with Sahir Khan
‘No magic math’: an expert in government finances addresses why cutting waste won’t fund election promises.
