Week One Highlights The 43rd federal election kicked off last week. With the writs “drawn up” on September 11, this 40-day campaign will be much shorter than 2015’s 78 days. The Liberals, Greens and Conservatives all had rocky starts to their campaigns: Justin...
Welcome to the NDP edition for our 2019 Federal Election blog series! So far, we’ve looked at Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives, Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, and we will be looking at the other parties next week. Jagmeet Singh has had a busy summer, travelling...
2019 began with the Liberal government riding high in the afterglow of a newly-signed United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. As the House of Commons resumed in the new West Block chamber, most pollsters envisioned the Trudeau Liberals coasting to a safe majority...
Political parties spend millions of dollars on research, advertising and a leader’s tour to shape how voters view each election, and the choices offered. It’s an exercise known as “setting the ballot question.” The more success a party has in defining that question,...
Now that the writ has officially dropped, Ontario is into a 28-day sprint to Election Day. As the leaders of Ontario’s three main political parties hit the campaign trail, the question of what it will take to win is front of mind for all. Counsel’s Philip Dewan,...
