Greens running biggest federal campaign yet, led by Jonathan Dickie
Much is new when it comes to the federal Green Party’s campaign, including a first-ever rapid response team, a bulked up team of provincial organizers, and national campaign manager Jonathan Dickie says the party is currently “fairly confident” it can win between six and 12 seats on Oct. 21. “That number’s constantly shifting as we […]
Former PQ organizers behind Bloc Québécois’ fall federal campaign
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has projected his party will at least double its 10-seat incumbent caucus and win more than 20 federal seats this October, with a campaign being run by Carl Pilotte. Mr. Blanchet made his projection in an interview in French with L’actualité in July, saying his party had reorganized and moved […]
Politics This Morning: Singh to squeeze in some time for pizza party; Trudeau to hit NDP territory
Happy Friday, Day two of the campaign saw the different parties tout their promises and on the defensive ahead of the first leaders’ debate in Toronto. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spent the morning in the 905 territory, in Brampton, where he pledged to get a new hospital built, saying that though it falls under the province’s […]
Politics This Morning: Off to the races
Good Thursday morning, Annnnd the countdown is officially on. Party leaders have hit the ground running to audition for the role of prime minister. Justin Trudeau has had four years to show he’s up to the job, the others have 39 days left to make their case. The campaign launch saw the four party leaders […]
Trudeau triggers federal election call amid shadow of SNC-Lavalin affair
RIDEAU HALL—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged from Rideau Hall on Wednesday after asking Governor General Julie Payette to dissolve the 42 Parliament, officially triggering the start of Canada’s 43rd federal election campaign. With the sun beaming on an unusually hot day in Ottawa, Wednesday’s ceremonial event was a far cry from the frigid weather that […]
The empire strikes back
The Ottoman Empire, like many of its Middle Eastern predecessors, had the bad habit of moving entire peoples around if they were causing trouble. And sometimes, as happened to the Armenians during the First World War, what started as deportation ended up as genocide. The empire collapsed a century ago, but old habits die hard. […]
NDP defection gives Greens ‘boost’ in New Brunswick, but it’s still an ‘uphill battle’
The federal Green Party’s endorsement by a group of former provincial NDP candidates—though inflated in its original number—gives the party a “bolt of energy” in New Brunswick, say observers, though the province remains an “uphill battle” for the Green Party. At a press conference on Sept. 3, a group of provincial New Democrat defectors presented […]
Assad’s grip on power hampers Canadian humanitarian assistance to Syria, say experts
As the Syrian Civil War nears its end, with the Syrian government controlling the vast majority of the war-torn country, Syrian experts say Canadian assistance is doing as well as can be expected. Currently, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government holds control of the great majority of Syria, which has been engulfed in civil war since […]
Parties take on phone bills, internet prices in election platforms
Unlike the 2015 race, affordable cell phone and internet bills—and better access in rural areas—are shaping up as key campaign planks so far this election, say consumer advocates, who are praising party pitches so far as a step forward but caution they’re short on details. There has been a “big shift” with these issues getting […]
Money scandals irk Canadians more, but ethics a grey area, says UVic Prof. Bryden
Canadian voters have consistently been more upset with misspent dollars than any other political shenanigans that have been at the heart of political scandals in Ottawa since Confederation, says one historian, but experts remain split on just how strongly scandals that challenge ethics resonate with voters. “We care collectively about proper financing, we care about […]
