Tag: Elections

NDP struggling to nominate candidates as election call draws nearer | CBC News

The NDP is facing massive gaps in its candidate roster as the official start of the federal election campaign draws nearer. The party says it has named 175 candidates to run under the orange banner in the upcoming election, meaning just under half of the 338 ridings don’t have a New Democrat candidate yet.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-nomination-candidates-1.5263840

Ten U.S. Democratic 2020 candidates to debate on one night – Reuters

Democrats will hold a single debate for 10 U.S. presidential contenders next month, leaving out 10 other candidates who did not meet the party’s more stringent criteria for participation, the Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate/ten-u-s-democratic-2020-candidates-to-debate-on-one-night-idUSKCN1VJ29T

Hear from the man behind the decision to pull pro-Bernier anti-immigration billboards | CBC Radio

The president of a major Canadian billboard company says he will “seriously debate” taking any political ads in the future after the firestorm over anti-immigration signs featuring People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.5260023/hear-from-the-man-behind-the-decision-to-take-down-those-maxime-bernier-billboards-1.5261258

This election should be about more than which leader sucks. Alas, it won’t be: Neil Macdonald | CBC News

What are the Liberals’ election talking points, in this age of environmental insecurity and economic anxiety? That Andrew Scheer is scary. And the thrust of the Conservatives’ campaign? It’s obvious: Trudeau Sucks.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/election-leaders-1.5260586

Local Liberals resigning amid federal nomination ‘scandal’ involving ex-MPP Khalil Ramal | The London Free Press

An abrupt move by the Liberals to block a former London MPP from the federal party’s nomination race in London-Fanshawe has triggered a mass resignation of its riding association’s brass and left Khalil Ramal stinging.
— Read on lfpress.com/news/local-news/local-liberals-resigning-amid-federal-nomination-scandal-involving-ex-mpp-khalil-ramal

Faithless elector: A court ruling just changed how we pick our president

The decision could give a single elector the power to decide the outcome of a presidential election — if the popular vote results in an apparent Electoral College tie.
— Read on www.msn.com/en-ca/news/newspolitics/faithless-elector-a-court-ruling-just-changed-how-we-pick-our-president/ar-AAG9vBs

Andrew Scheer promises to make EI maternity, parental benefits tax-free | CBC News

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says that, if his party forms the next federal government, he’ll make Employment Insurance (EI) benefits for new parents tax-free to ease the cost of raising a child in Canada.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/andrew-scheer-ei-benefits-tax-free-1.5253218

What 35,000 political ads on Facebook reveal about Canada’s election-year message battle | CBC News

We are still two months from the federal election, but industry groups, partisan advocates and unions have been busy spending big money on highly targeted Facebook ads to push their agenda.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-political-ads-canadian-federal-election-1.5246710

Maxime Bernier excluded from initial invitations to leaders’ election debates | CBC News

The Leaders’ Debate Commission has invited the leaders of five political parties to participate with the notable exception of People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier — who has been left off the list, at least for now.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leaders-debate-commission-maxime-bernier-out-1.5244287