MacSweeney picks up Edward R. Murrow award for reporting on Hill shooting
Cormac MacSweeney won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of last year’s shooting on Parliament Hill for Toronto radio station 680 News. Mr. MacSweeney, who was on the phone with his editor in the Centre Block rotunda on Oct. 22, 2014, when Michael Zehaf-Bibeau stormed through the front doors with a hunting […]
Election 2015 results
The Liberal Party has won a majority government. These are the preliminary results from Elections Canada and will be updated if there are any changes once final results are tabulated. Results by Party 99 (29.3%) 44 (13%) 184 (54.4%) 1 (0.3%) 10 (3%) Results by riding Alberta Riding Winner Votes obtained % Votes obtained Votes […]
Nearly 100 groups, unions, Conservative opponents register as third parties during election
PARLIAMENT HILL – A record number of unions, coalitions, democracy groups and individual electors have registered to advertise as third parties for or against political parties or candidates in the Oct. 19 general election, a sign one leading expert says means electors are aware “the stakes are high” as Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Harper, Mulcair, Trudeau campaign in Quebec
Good Thursday morning. It’s day 75 of the election campaign, and the three main federal party leaders will be campaigning in la belle province. Prime Minister Stephen Harper will deliver remarks in Trois-Rivieres, Que., today at 11:25 a.m. He will be joined by Conservative candidate Dominic Therrien. Mr. Harper will then head to Drummondville, Que., […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: To codify or not to codify, that is the question
Good Wednesday morning! The election campaign is coming to an end with just four days left before Canadians head to the polls. Public opinion polls show a two-way race between the Liberal and Conservative parties and seat projections show a minority government if the election were held today. In this scenario, government watchdog organization Democracy […]
Is the Liberal Party Canada’s new primary progressive voice?
After the 2011 federal election, several commentators offered their perspectives on what would be required to keep the Liberal Party relevant in the wake of its most resounding defeat. Some, such as Postmedia’s Michael den Tandt and myself, proposed a radical commitment to liberalism—that the Liberals should outflank the NDP to the left on social […]
Each party’s GOTV effort will be crucial in deciding who forms next government
This election has been a bore. The Conservative campaign, the most uninspiring of the three major parties, is looking to hold onto power after 10 years in office. That they even have a chance to do so is a credit to their strategy, highlighting that for incumbents, boring works (and helps to avoid the ‘governments […]
Harper government’s violation of rule of law should be federal election issue
The case is closed, or so it seems. That was the verdict delivered last week by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). They were tasked with looking into four potential offences with respect to the destruction of long-gun registry data by the RCMP in 2012. The office of the federal information commissioner issued a report to […]
The 25 Hottest Races to Watch in Election 2015
British Columbia Surrey-Newton Rookie NDP MP Jinny Sims is seeking re-election and once again is facing off against former two-term Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal. Ms. Sims won the last election by a margin of about two per cent. Ms. Sims is the former president of the B.C. Teachers Federation. Based on the results of the […]
Billions in compensation to supply managed sectors means no electoral backlash
Canada’s dairy farmers are “relieved” about the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal announced two weeks from voting day after their organization mounted a massive public relations and lobby campaign to preserve supply management. The Conservative government won’t be facing a voter backlash in rural ridings but some observers say the case for supply management is a more […]
