Third party ads in the ridings
Hundreds of lobbyist organizations are running advertisements in electoral districts across the country in the current election campaign as third party advocates to promote their pet issues. Kory Teneycke, executive director of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association said in an interview that third party advocates of specific issues are relying more on advertisements during election […]
Grits leak Quebec strategy
The Bloc Quebecois isn’t going to change its campaign plan after the Liberals accidentally leaked details of its own strategy. Michel Gauthier, the Bloc’s chief campaign organizer, said his own party was hardly surprised to see a list of 20 “targeted”ridings flagged by the Liberals. “We knew already. Listen, political parties have extraordinary tools today. […]
Holiday greeting cards an expense in the current election campaign
Holiday greeting cards sent by incumbents and new candidates during the current campaign are considered an election expense, according to Elections Canada. In every campaign, each riding has a different spending limit for electoral expenses which is determined by Elections Canada based mainly on the number of electors and the size of the riding. Before […]
A critical look at war room strategists on TV political panels
CBC Newsworld Early Edition with Don Newman M-F 10:30 Susan Murray Liberal strategist As a former CBC journalist, Ms. Murray is clearly revelling in her new role on the other side of the news, and she gnaws away at the issues using the Liberal message du jour with the tenacity of a terrier. Opposing panellists […]
Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep those campaigns rolling, fly high
Prime Minister Paul Martin spent the first 11 days of the campaign in Eastern Canada, nine of which were spent in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. As of Dec. 9, Mr. Martin had yet to set foot west of Ontario. And they’re off. Madly in all directions. Prime Minister Paul Martin spent the first 11 days […]
Bloc threatening breakthrough in Outaouais on federalists’ home turf
Bloc’s Gatineau candidate Richard Nadeau says he’s getting a ‘warm’ welcome. Grit incumbent Francoise Boivin won the riding by 830 votes in 2004. Born and raised on the Quebec side of Canada’s national capital region, Melanie Lapointe refuses to label herself as a Pequiste or Bloquiste, but she’s clear about which side she would choose […]
Kind of makes you want to go for fixed election dates, eh?
The number of citizens directly influenced by the candidate at your door saying, ‘I want your vote’ is the story of song and legend – but not how votes will be won in 2006. WASHINGTON, D.C. – To be sure, there is some temerity for a resident of Washington, D.C. (where they close the schools […]
Whistleblowing former bureaucrat Cutler dodges controversy, targets Grits
Rookie Grit MP David McGuinty says few people are talking about the sponsorship scandal in riding. He is best known as the unassuming, bookish whistleblowing civil servant who refused to go along with the sponsorship program, but Allan Cutler has become a star candidate for the Conservatives who plans to use his political inexperience as […]
House curator unveils 900 works in first-ever look on website: Joe Clark only Prime Minister missing from official PM portraits, but beginning talks on his painting
Of the over 5,000 artifacts in the collection of the House of Commons, some 900 are featured on the Parliamentary website. Only those with a keen eye and a passion for art may notice the Auguste Rodin sculpture in the House Speakers’ Portrait Gallery, or admire the imps carved on the posts in the government […]
Incumbents and candidates encourage supporters to vote soon
Even before the advance polls scheduled to take place on Jan. 13, 14 and Jan. 16, voters across the country can cast their votes by going to the riding’s returning officer’s office. Incumbent MPs and candidates from all parties across the country running in the Jan. 23 federal election are encouraging their political supporters to […]
