Slogans can evoke parties’ contrasting visions, but few capture public imagination, observers say
Memorable campaign slogans may be a rarity in politics, but if effectively deployed, they can signal a party’s values and draw a stark contrast with its main opposition, political observers say. The Liberals and Conservatives recently debuted their campaign slogans, each with an accompanying video. The governing party chose “Choose Forward,” while the official opposition […]
Feds to finalize 100 Wellington’s future by 2021—Algonquin, Indigenous groups continue dispute over vacant site
Long-term plans for the building at 100 Wellington St. are to be finalized by the fall of 2021, but it remains unclear how much longer the site costing Ottawa an average of $200,000 per year will sit vacant. Once home to the U.S. Embassy, Ottawa said it would dedicate the space to Indigenous groups in […]
Air Singh: NDP offering spot on campaign plane for a day
If you ever wanted to live life as a NDP staffer for a day and fly on the party’s campaign plane, the New Democrats are putting on a contest for you. The “Jet with Jagmeet Contest” is offering the chance for the winner to fly on the campaign’s plane for a day during the election […]
Ex-staffers to ministers Hajdu, Carr hit the campaign trail
Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu has seen a couple of staff departures of late, with Roy Karam and Aisling MacKnight both going on leave. A Cape Breton University alumnus, Mr. Karam had been on the job as the Atlantic regional affairs adviser in Ms. Hajdu’s office since September 2018, serving at the […]
If anyone sees the NDP, ask them to call home
CHELSEA, QUE.—Maybe a cash reward would help. The RCMP might be want to employ their sniffer dogs. A plea on social media could produce useful leads. One way or the other, something must be done: there is a federal election coming and the NDP has gone missing. It isn’t entirely the fault of the party’s […]
Scheer’s elephant problem
OAKVILLE, ONT.—The recent spate of Liberal attacks on the Conservative Party reminds me of the six blind men and the elephant parable. You’ve heard that story, right? It’s about six blind men who come across an elephant for the first time, and to ascertain its appearance, each man touches a different part of the animal’s […]
Election is Liberals’ to lose: Greg Lyle
The 2019 federal election begins with the odds favouring the Liberals. While it is not difficult to imagine losing scenarios for them in a campaign in which each party gets their fair shares of ups and downs, the Liberals should end up with the most seats. How can that be? What are the key factors […]
Widespread opposition to carbon price, even among left-leaning voters, as price ticks up, study suggests
Many Canadians rank the environment high on their list of preoccupations, but there’s little appetite for a carbon price to rein in emissions, according to a new study released Thursday. The latest data from the Digital Democracy Project suggests that while 17 per cent of respondents indicated the environment was a top election issue, on […]
Trudeau book authors Wherry, Ivison talk challenge of penning political tomes as story unfolds
It’s “hard to write simple conclusions when the story itself is changing,” says Aaron Wherry, author of Promise and Peril: Justin Trudeau in Power, one of two new books on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But John Ivison, author of Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister, says the emergence of the SNC-Lavalin affair “more or less […]
Time for party leaders to step up, show who’s going to be the best for public servants
OTTAWA—Many historians trace Labour Day celebrations back to the Nine Hour Movement, an international mobilization effort begun in 1872 to bring about standardized nine-hour working days. From this flowed the early legal rights that made unionization and organizing possible. Today, workers continue to fight for basic protections across the country. Some of these battles will […]
