Issue-driven campaign so far
The early predictions were this election campaign would be negative, nasty, and downright dirty. Instead, it’s been heavy on policies and issue-driven.Thankfully. Some say this election campaign has been as substantive in the first two weeks than the entire five-week campaign in 2004. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper should be given a lot of the credit […]
Who’s winning the election campaign communications war, so say a couple of wiseguys
So far it is not clear what the Liberals’ theme is, maybe ‘give me a chance just because’: Powers Campaign Themes: Whose Message is Getting Out Powers: Creating the right identity is vital if you are going to have any chance of winning a campaign! Define or be defined. Go back to the 2000 election […]
Privy Council Office putting campaign platforms under the microscope
PCO planning for a transition in government is a lot more complex today, since there are many different scenarios to consider under the current context with four political parties, say experts. Every single campaign promise is now going under a microscope in the Privy Council Office as it applies its made-in- Canada remedy for political […]
Political leaders to go negative after Christmas, expect carpet bombing in second leg of campaign
The more the federal Conservatives talk about policy issues instead of the sponsorship scandal, the better it is for the federal Liberals, a top pollster said last week. “The Conservatives changed the channel on what people are focusing on,” said Nik Nanos, president and CEO of the polling firm SES Research. “Anytime Gomery is on […]
Corrections and clarifications
In last week’s photograph on page 6, The Hill Times (Dec. 5) incorrectly identified Jim Judd as the former DM of Public Works in 2003. Mr. Judd, who is currently the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, was the secretary of the Treasury Board in 2003. ******* In NDP incumbent Peter Julian’s column in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Liberal national media? The evening the government fell, Prime Minister Paul Martin gave a speech to his caucus. Usually the caucus room just has Liberal MPs and a few staffers inside. That night, of course, it was a staged media event, and the room was filled with reporters. As he was getting started, he […]
Martin’s entourage should better understand what makes Quebec tick half as well as Duceppe’s palace guard
If there is another Quebec referendum anytime soon, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe will be the man to beat. He may turn out to be as tough a proposition for bewildered federalists as the charismatic Lucien Bouchard. Many Canadians were surprised by Duceppe’s strong performance in the 2004 televised leaders’ debates. The fact that the […]
‘We’re mere mortals this time’: Grit Mahoney: Now that the NDP’s ‘Saint Ed’ Broadbent is out of the race, the Liberals think they can win Ottawa Centre
Now that the enigma that was Saint Ed, as in Ed Broadbent, is gone from Ottawa Centre, there’s new blood vying to represent the riding. Although many are putting the odds on the Liberals to regain the seat from the NDP. The Liberals held the riding under Mac Harb from 1988 to 2003 before he […]
Third parties poised to spend, target issues and candidates in campaign 2005-2006
According to Elections Canada, third parties can spend $3,441 per riding or $168,900 nationally in total in this election campaign. It’s not just war room strategists who are facing the challenge of trying to capture the attention of voters during the hectic pre-holiday season. So are third parties. During the June 2004 election, 62 third-party […]
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 […]
