Action on national inquiry’s calls for justice should be an election issue: NWAC
Claudette had a good sense of humour and lit up a room when she came in. She was also a very strong girl and she stood up for herself. When Claudette’s disappearance was reported, sometimes they didn’t even include her name in the headlines. Instead, her family read words like “sex trade,” “drug addicted,” and […]
Spare a thought for campaign volunteers, organizers behind the scenes
Canada’s 43rd federal election is officially underway, with 32 days (or 768 hours) out of this year’s 40-day campaign left until election day after Sept. 18. The campaign had been unofficially underway for months before the formal election call on Sept. 11, and incumbents, candidates, and volunteers have already spent countless hours knocking on doors, […]
Trudeau should follow his father’s lead and let others challenge Bill 21
OTTAWA–It was October of 1977. Marc Lalonde, the powerful federal cabinet minister, was glowering at me as he yelled into my microphone. I was a 25-year-old radio reporter in Montreal, and he had just announced that the cabinet, led by then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau, would not challenge the constitutionality of Quebec’s language law, Bill 101. […]
Liberal, Conservative campaigns ‘at war,’ Scheer ‘vigorously swinging to land a punch’ on Trudeau: pollster
The Liberal and Conservative campaign teams are “at war” trying to unsettle each other, and the possible minority Parliament that could result could be dysfunctional, carrying “significant instability,” says a high-profile pollster. “The war rooms are at war with each other,” said Nik Nanos, chief data scientist and founder of Nanos Research. “If it’s a […]
First debate a dress rehearsal PM hopefuls needed to prepare for prime time, say pundits
Last week’s leaders’ debate was an important trial run for the three that showed up, a dress rehearsal pundits say was needed as each showed gaps in brand and messaging that will need to be ironed out before the “real test” against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Coming on day two of the 40-day campaign, the […]
Election direction: front-runners are shying away from bold ideas, harsh realities
OTTAWA—We’re a week into campaign season and we know one thing for sure: we’re not supposed to talk about some of the most glaring issues that influence the future course of this country. Election 43 has already been heralded as the ‘election about nothing,’ but why is anyone surprised? The penchant we have in Canadian […]
Elections Canada expects 30,000 expat voters in this election, Perrault says
PARLIAMENT HILL—With Canadians living abroad now able to vote no matter how long they have been outside the country, Canada’s chief electoral officer says Elections Canada expects 30,000 expats to register, but he is urging expats to register soon. Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault said after a January 2019 Supreme Court ruling that expats now […]
Riding to watch: Liberals, NDP face off on affordable housing battlefield in wavering Parkdale-High Park
TORONTO—As he walks down Queen Street West on the second day of the election campaign, Arif Virani is hailed by a honking minivan carrying cheering, sign-waving supporters. Fresh from dropping campaign signs at some of Parkdale Village’s ubiquitous Tibetan restaurants, he is stopped by various residents looking to shake his hand, ask him a question, […]
On the road again: many media organizations taking ‘flexible’ approach to party leader tour coverage
As the party leaders kicked off their national campaigns last week, The Hill Times took a look at which media organizations are joining them on their buses and planes, and what sort of planning goes into coverage of leader tours in a 40-day sprint toward election day on Oct. 21. The Globe and Mail parliamentary […]
Opposition leaders expected to push Trudeau’s ‘emotional buttons’ on SNC-Lavalin to make him look ‘arrogant, out of touch, entitled,’ says pollster Lyle
With the SNC-Lavalin controversy back in the news, one of the country’s leading pollsters expects the opposition leaders to go after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the campaign trail and in the leaders’ debates to push his emotional buttons and to get a reaction that will make him look “arrogant,” “out of touch” and “entitled,” […]
