Pass on the gaslighting, and ignore parties’ petty strategic vote scare tactics
OTTAWA—In true Canadian fashion, with just days left in the election, the political calculations of strategic voting are being trotted out. The problem is, strategic voting is as effective as autocorrect: in clutch moments, the prescribed option can become the wrong one. The Liberals are taking out gaslighting insurance by warning us of the dangers […]
The astrophysicist whose polling aggregator is projecting the election
Mired in a growing frustration with how political polls were being reported on, a Quebec astrophysicist tried his hand at aggregating polls and projecting the 2018 Quebec election. Three provincial elections later, Philippe Fournier is hoping to correctly predict 90 per cent of the winning candidates of the Oct. 21 vote. From coast-to-coast-to-coast—from Nunavut to […]
Preliminary data shows nearly 3 million tuned in to French debate, more than double 2015’s ratings
Nearly three million Canadians tuned in to watch the federal party leaders debate in French on Oct. 10 on all platforms, including television, radio, and streaming services, according to Jill Clark, senior communications adviser for the Leaders’ Debate Commission. The numbers are drawn from preliminary data, and are “subject to change and analysis,” Ms. Clark […]
This campaign has been getting odder by the day
OTTAWA—When a party starts public rumination about a new leader, it usually means it knows something the rest of us don’t. The Globe and Mail’s front-page story last week about Peter MacKay’s potential move to replace Andrew Scheer could not have come at a worse time. Canadians were chowing down on turkey and politics on the weekend, […]
Scheer is no Trump, so he should ditch the MS-13 playbook
Andrew Scheer, by all accounts, is nothing like U.S. President Donald Trump. He appears to have none of Mr. Trump’s personality tendencies, or his habit of heaping scorn on new adversaries each day. Mr. Scheer has, for the most part, aimed any negative messaging from his campaign—some of it fair, some not—at the governing Liberals, […]
Which federal party will stand up for veterans in this election campaign?
As the federal election day approaches, veterans will be vitally interested in the positions to be adopted by the government and the opposition parties to remedy the longstanding injustice and inequity impacting Canada’s disabled veterans and their families. It remains our position that there is much to do in improving veterans’ legislation in order to […]
Tassi, O’Regan exit their campaigns to tend to ill family members, Tassi’s mother dies on Oct. 12
As election day quickly approaches, two Liberal cabinet members took time off from their campaigns last week in order to spend time with family members who are sick. Seniors Minister Filomena Tassi and Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O’Regan both announced last week they will be tending to ill family members. Ms. Tassi said in a […]
Candidates scramble to outperform their competitors in the critical ground game ahead of next week’s election
With the election day only a week away and a close outcome expected, every single riding counts and candidates will be working hard to ensure their ground game is better than their competitors’ in the final stretch. “We’re mobilizing all the volunteers,” said Liberal MP Ken Hardie (Fleetwood-Port Kells, B.C.), who was first elected in […]
Mendicino campaigning with Liberal stars as gun violence takes centre stage in Eglinton-Lawrence
Rookie Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, who’s running for re-election in Eglinton-Lawrence, Ont., has been campaigning with a slate of high-profile Liberals as his riding battles a gun violence problem and the possibility that turnout may be diminished as Jewish voters face voting challenges because the Oct. 21 election date conflicts with the Jewish holiday, Shemini […]
Buckle up, it’s going to get nastier
OAKVILLE, ONT.—If you think the ongoing Canadian election has featured too much negativity, better buckle your seat belt because it’s likely going to get worse. That’s because we’re now heading into the campaign’s all-important final week, that crucial period of time when Canadians actually start paying more attention to politics and when “undecided” voters at […]
