Confronting Beijing’s meddling outweighs concerns over politician participation, says Uyghur advocate
Panellists from diaspora groups provided the Foreign Interference Commission with ‘courageous and heartbreaking’ context to examine the full scope of the problem, says a former CSIS official.
‘Up to Canadians to judge’: Liberal-NDP deal holds two years on, as sweeping elections bill introduced
If Bill C-65 passes, the chief electoral officer must report on ways to implement a three-day voting period, and on the feasibility of allowing electors to cast their vote at any polling station in their riding by 2029.
Government’s newly proposed privacy policies won’t change how federal political parties use voter data: experts
The federal parties are preparing to go to court to avoid being subject to B.C.’s more stringent privacy laws. Sara Bannerman, an expert on data governance, said if the parties were required to adhere to such laws, ‘it could cripple their whole data-fied campaign system.’
Attorney general calls B.C. privacy case ‘premature,’ says federal political parties can ‘self-regulate’ use of voter data: new documents
The attorney general’s ‘principal strategy’ appears to be to ‘push off a court ruling to a later date,’ but the ‘elephant in the room’ is the federal election set for October 2025 or sooner, said lawyer Connor Bildfell.
‘Believe the polls’ is the message for Trudeau Liberals from Durham byelection, say some seasoned political players
The next election is not scheduled until October 2025, and political dynamics could be very different at that time compared to now, says Dan Arnold, a former senior strategist for the Liberal Party.
‘We won’t give up’: electoral reform advocates set sights on provinces after citizens’ assembly motion fails in the House
Just under a third of MPs voted for the motion, but a Fair Vote Canada representative said ‘opportunities for reform will continue to come up whenever voters are dissatisfied.’
Want electoral reform? Let the voters decide
An ‘instant-runoff’ style ballot system is the least disruptive, and ensures that the wishes of the majority of voters are respected.
Lobbyists prepping clients for possible federal election shakeup, and a Conservative government
Policies that are being enacted and money that’s being spent could be reversed by a Conservative government, warns a senior consultant at Summa Strategies.
M-86 affords MPs the chance to show civic respect
Establishing a National Citizens’ Assembly would let ordinary citizens weigh in on how to strengthen our democracy.
B.C. Liberal MP Aldag in talks with provincial NDP to run in the fall election
MP John Aldag denies he’s considering a provincial run for the B.C. NDP because of the unpopularity of the Trudeau Liberals federally.
