Transition teams must be prepared for ‘unpredictable outcomes’ in minority situation, say former senior bureaucrats
Former senior bureaucrats say they hope Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s transition team is “already plugged into the Privy Council Office,” and that both the Liberal and Conservative transition teams should be “prepared for unpredictable outcomes” at this point in the campaign. According to CBC’s poll tracker, updated on Oct. 14, the Conservatives were in the […]
What’s your issue? Taxes, climate change, health care top leaders’ campaign pitches this election
With less than a week to go until Oct. 21, there’s been plenty of lamenting over the issues that aren’t being talked about this campaign. So, what have the leaders spent their time spotlighting? And what issues have media definitively brought to the fore? The Hill Times took a look at the issues raised by or with […]
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 […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau takes tour to New Brunswick; Scheer heads to Quebec
Good Tuesday morning, We’re down to the last week of the campaign, with only five days left. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau takes his tour to Fredericton, where he’s slated to tout his party’s health care pitch at an event targeted at families and seniors. Incumbent MP Matt DeCourcey and other Liberals from the region are […]
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 […]
If it’s a minority government, Liberals can stay in power even if Conservatives win more seats on Oct. 21, but could prompt public backlash
With public opinion polls suggesting Canada is heading towards a minority government, the Liberals will have the first crack at maintaining power if they can gain the confidence of the House of Commons, even if the Conservatives win more seats, but fail to gain a majority. As of Oct. 11, the CBC poll tracker projects […]
‘They’re really riled up here’: Conservatives circling Goodale’s lone Liberal seat in Saskatchewan
Conservatives from across the Prairies are working to try to unseat longtime Liberal MP Ralph Goodale in Regina-Wascana, Sask., where a local columnist says anger towards Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the carbon tax has reached a boiling point. “It’s a pretty hostile campaign,” said Murray Mandryk, a columnist for The Regina Leader Post who […]
Debt, deficit ‘not ballot booth issues’ for most Canadians: pollsters
A majority of Canadian voters doesn’t rank balancing the budget or managing federal debt as key issues, say two leading pollsters. The proportion of people who say Canada’s federal debt should be a top priority for the government fell from 88 per cent during the debt crisis in the mid-1990s to 61 per cent this […]
