Uppal’s chief of staff running for Conservative nomination in Kanata-Carleton
A senior Cabinet ministerial staffer, who ran unsuccessfully in the last federal election in a Manitoba riding, is now seeking her party’s nomination in the newly-rejigged riding of Kanata-Carleton where incumbent Conservative MP Gordon O’Connor is not running again. Ann Matejicka, chief of staff to Multiculturalism Minister Tim Uppal (Edmonton-Sherwood Park, Alta.), is running for the […]
Increase in civic participation won’t necessarily mean higher youth voting in 2015
A new survey shows an uptick in civic participation, especially among young people in Canada, but not everyone thinks that means millennials are ready to engage in formal politics and become a factor in the 2015 federal election. The Environics Institute and the Institute on Governance conducted the Canadian portion of the 2014 AmericasBarometer, which surveys […]
Too soon to judge how ‘stunning’ NDP MP Thibeault defection to provincial Liberals will play out
People in Sudbury are “surprised and angry” with former NDP MP Glenn Thibeault who resigned his seat and defected to the Ontario Liberals but it’s still too early to determine how this move will play out in the provincial byelection expected to be called in January and on NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s leadership, say academics and pundits. […]
Federal Election 2015: Nominated Candidates So Far
Conservative Party Candidates Alberta Blake Richards Banff-Airdrie Kevin Sorenson Battle River-Crowfoot Joan Crockatt Calgary Centre Deepak Obhrai Calgary Forest Lawn Jason Kenney Calgary Midnapore Michelle Rempel Calgary Nose Hill Ron Liepert Calgary Signal Hill Ziad Aboultaif Edmonton Manning Tim Uppal Edmonton Mill Woods Len Thom Edmonton Strathcona Mike Lake Edmonton-Wetaskiwin John Barlow Foothills David Yurdiga […]
All-Party Women’s Caucus tells Speaker Scheer they’re ‘happy to help’ inform on Hill sexual harassment policies
A handful of MPs on the All-Party Women’s Caucus met with House Speaker Andrew Scheer Monday morning to discuss how they can help to establish a harassment policy as both the Commons Board of Internal Economy and a Subcommittee of Procedure and House Affairs begin work on the explosive issue. “We are interested in making […]
On the road to election 2015, issues have crystallized
OTTAWA—With the delivery of the fall economic update by Finance Minster Joe Oliver, we now know the dollar figures that the parties have to work with and, with events and announcements of the last few months, we know most of the policy issues that will dominate the next election. Whether the Prime Minister decides […]
All parties targeting 64 open ridings for next election
The 64 open seats in the next election—34 ridings where incumbent MPs are not seeking re-election and 30 new seats—will play a critical role in the outcome of the next federal election and all parties say they are focusing their efforts on winning as many as possible. In interviews last week, MPs told The […]
Angry vets mount ‘Anyone But Conservatives’ campaign for 2015 election
PARLIAMENT HILL—Canadian veterans, angry over the government’s closure of nine regional veteran support offices in the past year as the federal Conservatives strove to balance the budget, are mounting an “Anyone But Conservative” campaign to elect another party to government in 2015. The veterans publicized their protest over the office closures and what they claim […]
Will a new party in Quebec change the game in 2015?
As if the political scene in Quebec wasn’t complicated enough, a new party in the province will be seeking votes in next year’s federal election. Forces et Démocratie (FeD) was launched two weeks by Jean-François Fortin, the MP for the Eastern Quebec riding of Haute-Gaspésie-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia. A former Bloc Québécois MP and contestant to replace […]
Mandatory voting would erode Conservatives’ strategic advantage, say experts
PARLIAMENT HILL—A system of mandatory voting now being crowd-tested by the Liberal Party would either erode or eliminate a strategic advantage the Conservative Party held over the past two federal elections through the disproportionate weight of its loyal base, U.S.-style campaign tactics, and negative attack ads, experts say. Electoral strategy and tactics the Conservatives have […]
