Party leaders continued on the campaign trail today before gearing up for the first televised debate of the election campaign. Free trade, justice for residential school survivors, gun control and long-term care were among the main topics leaders focused on during day 19 of the federal election campaign. Liberals Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau was…
Election Campaign Day 19: Focus Turns to First Debate, Free Trade, Firearms, and Long Term Care
Opinion: Major Parties’ Big-Spending Promises Mean Canada Won’t See Balanced Budget Any Time Soon
Commentary Spending promises from all of the major parties in the election have been pouring in hard and heavy. And with three weeks left in the campaign, we can expect proposed spending to reach even more staggering levels, as party leaders try to buy the electoral love of citizens. While the parties are long on…
Major Parties’ Big-Spending Promises Mean Canada Won’t See Balanced Budget Any Time Soon
Commentary Spending promises from all of the major parties in the election have been pouring in hard and heavy. And with three weeks left in the campaign, we can expect proposed spending to reach even more staggering levels, as party leaders try to buy the electoral love of citizens. While the parties are long on…
Election Campaign Day 18: Leaders Talk Post-Pandemic Recovery, Infrastructure, Affordable Housing and Equalization Payments
Day 18 of the federal election campaign saw party leaders pledge their support for a range of issues—from mandating vaccines for federal public servants, to investing in infrastructure and affordable housing, to reducing equalization payments. Liberals Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau announced the release of his party’s election platform Wednesday, with a focus on post-pandemic…
Liberals, Tories Get Creative With Campaign Imagery in Quebec
Commentary Quebec separatism might not be on full throttle these days, but there’s definitely a “different-from-the-rest-of-Canada” spirit to how federal candidates are promoting themselves in La Belle Province via their campaign signs. Elsewhere in the country, campaign posters and signs tend to be generic: the colour of the party, candidate name, party logo, and riding…
Election Campaign Day 17: Promises Include Balancing Budget, Cracking Down on Housing Speculators, and Food Security
As the election campaign reaches the mid-way point of its third week, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole campaigned in Ottawa on Aug. 31, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was in B.C. People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier continued his campaign in Alberta, and Green Party Leader Annamie Paul was in Toronto. Speaking…
Likeability and Inspiration: How Politicians Win Over Undecided Voters
In every election there are the existing staunch party supporters, but there are many who are undecided, and that’s who the parties target most in their campaigns. Jacqueline Biollo, a principal at Aurora Strategy Group, says that for undecided voters, party policies are the caboose while personal impressions drive the train. “Much of an election…
Election Campaign Day 16: Promises Include Freshwater Protection, Animal Welfare, and Curbing Tax Evasion
Protecting freshwater, animal welfare, and going after tax evasion were some of the topics that leaders made announcements about on Day 16 of the federal election campaign. In Quebec on Aug. 30, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced that his party will invest $1 billion over a 10-year period to protect and restore Canada’s lakes and…
We Need to Understand the Reason for Aggressive Protests at Trudeau Events
Heckling and protesting at political events has been going on since time immemorial. The protesters who have been dogging Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s campaign events are demonstrating anger and belligerence at a level we are not accustomed to seeing, however. The number of protesters has been growing, as has been the ire they are expressing….
Conservative Party Gimmicks Don’t Come Cheap
Commentary Editor’s note: This is the second in a series examining the economic platform of each party ahead of the 2021 federal election. The first can be read here. We get it: electoral campaigning entails bright, shiny objects to parade in front of sound-bite-driven media. However, the extent to which the Conservative Party of Canada…
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