Canada needs more than oil and gas to keep the country afloat
We should pursue an increasingly ambitious and potentially much more prosperous and diversified economy. But if our priorities and capital are tied up in raw materials alone, we’ll have a diminished future.
Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump
A few months ago, only people who were smoking the drapes would have thought a Liberal majority possible. Now, who knows?
Carney’s 24-member cabinet looks at safe path to re-election
Fourteen members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet won election in 2021 by a margin of more than 15 percentage points when transposed onto the new electoral map.
Good vibrations: why vibes matter in this election campaign
Social media puts emotion much more front and centre. Unfortunately, for Pierre Poilievre, the vibes surrounding him for the past few weeks have been largely negative.
Ministers, ex-cabinet members and leadership aspirants seek to hold bellwethers for Liberals
Of the 343 ridings to be contested, 34 have historically chosen the party that takes power at every election since at least 2011.
Anti-Black racism complaint bound for Canadian Human Rights Commission after court denies public service class action
The Public Service Alliance of Canada filed a human rights complaint on behalf of all of its Black members employed in the federal public service on March 27.
Pundit panel: what policies will get parties votes?
‘It’s quaint to assume policy will matter in this election,’ says former Liberal PMO staffer Dan Arnold.
Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign
In the first three days after the election call, the Liberals spent $301,000 on Meta ads for the party and their leader, outpacing the Conservatives’ combined $150,000.
Liberal and Conservative safe seats likely to stay, but NDP less certain, say pollsters
There are 111 safe seats across Canada, based on wins by candidates with a margin of 25 per cent of the vote or greater in the previous federal election in 2021.
Grits go-getters in digital election ads, overtaking Tory pre-writ lead on Meta spending
Liberals take decisive day-one lead, spending $118,000 on Facebook and Instagram as Conservatives coast on a half-million-dollar pre-election-week spend on the platform.
