Category: federal election

‘It’s Time for a Reckoning’: O’Toole Welcomes Tory Leadership Vote on Feb. 2

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he welcomes a leadership review after learning some members within his party are requesting the caucus to trigger a vote on his leadership on Feb. 2. “I’m not going anywhere and I’m not turning back,” said O’Toole in a series of posts on Twitter on Jan. 31. “It’s time for…


Canadians Increasingly Divided Over Vaccination Status, Poll Finds

The Canadian population is increasingly split into people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who are not, according to a new poll, with other polling data suggesting Canada is generally more divided since the recent federal election. Conducted by Leger for the Association of Canadian Studies, the survey found that more than three in…


Moe Slams ‘Pointless’ Federal Election, While Legault Stresses Interests of Quebec

In the wake of the federal election on Sept. 20, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe lambasted the campaign as “pointless,” while Quebec Premier François Legault, who had criticized the Liberals during the campaign, said he will work with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “to advance the interests of Quebec.” Moe’s criticism came on Sept. 21 after the…


Voter Turnout for 2021 Federal Election Lowest Since 2008, Mail-In Ballots Likely to Affect Final Outcome

With the final result of the federal election delayed while mail-in ballots are counted, voter turnout appears to be the lowest since 2008. Preliminary data from Elections Canada shows that 59 percent of roughly 27 million registered Canadian electors cast their ballots, although this figure could change once approximately 1 million mail-in ballots are counted. Not since 2008, when 58.8 percent of…


Canadians Should Vote for Party With ‘Most Balanced Approach’ to Public Issues: Preston Manning

In this election, Canadians should take a moment to ask themselves which federal leader, party, and candidate is offering the most balanced approach to public issues, Preston Manning says. In a recent op-ed in C2C Journal, the founder of the Reform Party said Canadians generally opt for balanced over extreme measures in resolving public issues….


Election Campaign Day 35: Trust Me, Says Trudeau; Tories not ‘Wedging People’ on Vaccination, Says O’Toole

With only two days left before Canadians head to the polls, party leaders focused on issues ranging from trust and security to personal freedoms and health care. Liberals During a campaign stop in Aurora, Ont., on Sept. 18, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was asked why Canadians should trust him given he had previously promised not…


‘Significant’ Security Concerns: Tory Candidate on Trudeau’s Book Deal With CCP-Controlled Publisher

The past publishing deal with a CCP-controlled company that printed Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s personal memoir in China raises concerns not only from an ethics perspective but also one of national security, a Tory candidate says. “We are very concerned about the fact that the Prime Minister of Canada would have a personal publishing deal…


No Matter the Election Outcome, Small-c Conservatives and Classical Liberals Are on the Losing End

Commentary No matter which party wins the 2021 election, small-c conservatives and classical liberals will lose. Progressives and a complicit mainstream media establishment have created an environment where any leader who deviates from their worldview is labelled as extreme. If a leader stands up for civil liberties, they are castigated as wanting to put the…


People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier Denied Participation in the Leaders’ Election Debates

People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier will not join five other political party leaders in the upcoming federal election debate, Leader’s Debates Commissioner David Johnson announced on Aug. 21. Bernier said in a statement he is “disappointed, but not surprised” to learn that he is not invited to the leaders’ debates. “I do not…


As They Head to the Polls, Canadians Want a Positive Vision to Embrace

Commentary On Sept. 20, Canadians will be heading to the polls in a federal election for the second time in two years and some two years ahead of schedule. Justin Trudeau’s election call surprises nobody. On average, minority governments in Canada only last for 18 months as they are taken down either by a non-confidence…