With only one candidate nominated, Conservatives unlikely to win a seat in Newfoundland: insiders
The Conservative Party has no hope of winning seats in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is why all but one of the province’s ridings are without candidates three weeks into the election campaign, say political observers. “The Conservative Party is well aware that winning seats in Newfoundland is near impossible, so they’re focusing on areas where […]
Expect Harper to ride out ‘routine’ campaign style through Duffy trial
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been out on the hustings in six provinces and territories since his early election call, making daily, early-morning announcements, a strategy that’s expected to continue despite the national media’s fixation on former chief of staff Nigel Wright’s testimony at the ongoing criminal trial of Senator Mike Duffy in Ottawa. “It’s […]
Candidates’ social media history adds new dimension to vetting
The “name and shame” game has always had a role in politics, but its targets are becoming easier to find due to a generation of political candidates with years of online history from daily social media use and opinion-filled blog posts. As political parties rush to nominate candidates across the country, they’re looking to minimize […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Duffy trial heats up
Day two of testimony from former PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright at Senator Mike Duffy’s trial on fraud, breach of trust and bribery, saw more emails being released, this time from defense laywer Donald Bayne. The court exhibits reveal some new information from Sen. Duffy’s perspective, including that he believed he was taking “a […]
Stephen Harper’s travelling gripefest
By some measures, Stephen Harper is having a good campaign. He held his own in the first debate, avoided fatal injury at the Duffy trial and, on the campaign trail, he is relaxed, confident and omnipresent. But what a despairing message he conveys and what a miserable country he leads. When it comes to inspiring […]
‘The 2015 election campaign is now officially underway, set to be 11-weeks long. What do you think of the long campaign?’
Cory Hann Conservative strategist “It’s clear that both the Liberals and NDP have been on the campaign trail for much of the summer. Members of both opposition parties have indicated their enthusiasm for starting the campaign. We think it’s best the campaigning happen under set rules that apply equally to all parties. It’s also appropriate […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Hearts all the rage
In what could be considered the first gaffe of the election campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said yesterday in Regina, Sask., that his government, if elected, would “grow the economy, not from the top down the way Mr. Harper wants to, but from the heart outwards.” The Conservative Party jumped on the comment, sending out […]
Tory Senators make $27.8-million worth of funding announcements weeks prior to election call
PARLIAMENT HILL—Despite Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s condemnations of the unelected Senate and the recent scandals over Senator expenses, his government assigned six Conservative Senators to announce $27.8-million worth of federal handouts across the Atlantic provinces in a three-week period prior to the Prime Minister’s election call on Aug. 2, records of the last-minute spending announcements […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Wright takes the stand
It’s day 11 of the federal election campaign, and all eyes will be on the Mike Duffy trial, which resumes today in Ottawa court after a two-month recess. Former PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright will be in the witness box for a highly-anticipated testimony regarding the $90,000 he gave to suspended Sen. Duffy in […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Conservatives start campaign’s second week talking security
As attention is set to return this week to the Senate expenses scandal with former PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright’s long-awaited testimony at Senator Mike Duffy’s trial on Wednesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper kept the focus Monday on the Conservative sweet spot—security. Mr. Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) started the second week of the […]
