Youth turnout may be stronger than expected this year and the NDP are reaching them the best: politicos
While the lack of on-campus polling stations this election cycle have caused some to question whether youth voter turnout will drop this year, some politicos and experts say that given the high stakes of this campaign, the opposite may be true. Elections Canada launched the Vote on Campus initiative in 2015 as a pilot program to help […]
What we’ve got here is failure to connect
OTTAWA—As we enter the last days of Election 2021, I suspect many of us are still struggling to figure out what this election is about and, in some cases, what it has achieved. To date, none of the major parties has managed to hook voters with their own compelling ballot question. Frustratingly, the only party […]
Canada isn’t ready for what comes next
OTTAWA—We’re coming down the homestretch of this god-awful election and evidently the PPC aren’t the only ones with white male rage; Erin O’Toole and Justin Trudeau have turned particularly nasty, as both the gloves and the masks come off. This election has been particularly silent on intersectional feminist issues. There has been little to no […]
Liberals and Conservatives trade barbs in series of attack ads
A series of three attack ads were released by the Liberals on Sept. 4, targeting Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole and suggesting he would “take Canada backward.” That same day, another set of English-language ads came out from the Conservative Party, accusing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his caucus of misleading Canadians using “cynical, American-style attack ads, […]
Northern races heat up as candidates vie to succeed Qaqqaq, Bagnell
Nunavut candidates are ones to watch as outgoing NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq leaves talented shoes to fill, those running say, and the issues in the area are more pressing than ever before. The issues shared across party lines in the northern territories centred on Indigenous issues, housing, affordability, COVID-19 recovery, access to services, the environment, […]
Ideas to curb the tide of workplace abuse absent so far this election
Since the last election, toxic workplace conduct has seen a governor general resign in disgrace, a former chief of Canada’s defence staff charged with obstruction of justice in connection with misconduct accusations, and legal settlements in the military and RCMP amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Shocking as these events are, they are but […]
In the final stretch of #Elxn44, a reminder: words matter
The last stretch of the 44th federal election is upon us. After beginning the 36-day campaign with a since-canned ad depicting Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Willy Wonka’s Veruca Salt (signing “I Want it Now,” with “it” being a majority in Parliament), the Conservatives marked the start of the campaign’s final week by releasing […]
Trades worker shortage getting worse as politicians promise more construction
Canada’s shortage of skilled tradespeople is getting worse, the government’s efforts to fix it aren’t working well enough, and that could interfere with an infrastructure-fuelled economic recovery, says a new report released by the Royal Bank of Canada. More than 700,000 skilled tradespeople will likely retire by the year 2028, according to the bank’s report, […]
Politics This Morning: Protests outside hospitals earn strong rebuke from party leaders; Trudeau in B.C., O’Toole and Singh in Ontario
Good Tuesday morning, Protesters concerned with vaccine mandates and other pandemic measures took their message directly outside of hospitals in a number of Canadian cities yesterday, earning strong rebukes from federal party leaders. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a re-elected Liberal government would make it a criminal offence to block access to buildings that provide […]
Cabinet record could help or hinder at-risk ministers in Quebec, Ontario
After a contentious English-language debate that had the Bloc Québécois accusing others of Quebec bashing, some Liberal cabinet members from the province who narrowly won in 2019 are “in trouble,” according to one pollster. Those most at risk include Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.), who won re-election by just 325 votes in the […]
