Election 2019: electoral districts
Search for your riding to find out who’s running in the 2019 election, who currently holds the seat, and by how much they won. The Liberals, with their majority, hold 177 seats, while the official opposition, the Conservatives, control 96 seats. The New Democrats have 41 seats, 15 of which are in Quebec, and […]
With Canada’s election looming, sense of urgency growing over passage of new NAFTA, say Republican aides
As Canada inches closer to the upcoming federal election, some Republican staffers say there’s a growing impatience with the Democrats over their refusal to bring the new NAFTA to a vote in the House. “In my district, among farmers, there certainly is a sense of urgency,” said Republican staffer Debra Fansler, who works for Representative […]
Failure to move forward on Denesuline talks before conclusion of government’s mandate would be a significant step backwards: Sinclair
I was taken by surprise on June 19 when a delegation of chiefs, negotiators, and members from the Denesuline First Nations of Sayisi Dene, Black Lake, Northlands Denesuline, Fond du Lac, and Hatchet Lake held a press conference and public demonstration in Ottawa to bring attention to Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett’s recent decision to […]
Canada’s upcoming federal election could expose deepening societal rifts and ‘ordered’ populism, says Graves
Canada’s upcoming federal election could expose deepening societal rifts that will test the country’s immunity from Trumpian-style populism, says one leading pollster, but other politicians and political observers say while there are worrying signs, it has limited appeal. Thanks to economic stagnation, the hyper-concentration of wealth, and a brewing cultural backlash, Canada’s political climate is […]
Generational changes in Sikh vote, in five graphs
NDP hits pause on ads, Grits and Tories suspend TV campaigns as pre-election spending cap, summer doldrums kick in
The NDP says it has temporarily stopped running political ads on Facebook and elsewhere fewer than 100 days before the federal election, leading one conservative-tied digital strategist to suggest the party is in deep trouble, and a former NDP national director to predict the party is saving its ammunition for closer to the election. “The […]
Recent staff exits in Treasury Board President Murray’s office, Liberal research bureau
Treasury Board President Joyce Murray recently bade farewell to two of her political aides: Jonathan Chiu and Jonathan Robinson. Not only do they have the same first name, both have since joined Ms. Murray’s office as the Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra, B.C. With Parliament having risen, both are now working out of Ms. Murray’s […]
Conservative premiers on campaign trail give Scheer little boost, say pollsters
Campaigning conservative premiers pose little gain for federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and his party in preparation for the October election, pollsters say. A group of five conservative-minded premiers, who met two weeks ago ahead of the Council of the Federation —a biannual meeting of the 13 premiers of Canada’s provinces and territories—to present themselves […]
‘Foreign actors’ less threatening to elections than homegrown
CHELSEA, QUE.—There is a bustling cottage industry in Ottawa intent on preventing “foreign actors” from subverting the Oct. 21 federal election. Security experts issue regular warnings that malign forces are targeting our democracy. They provide anti-hacking advice—“always practise good cyber hygiene”—and point to the growing incidence of cyber-attacks in other democracies. Everything but the ominous […]
Generational changes in the Sikh Canadian vote could spell trouble for Liberals
Sikhs have long been called “power brokers” in Canadian politics for the ability of Sikh political activists to deliver delegates in nomination and party leader races on the local, provincial, and federal level, and for the past 30 years they’ve mostly backed the federal Liberals, but that could change in the next federal election, say […]
