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What if they held an election and nobody came?
By Greg Weston As ordinary Canadians prepare to celebrate the end of a federal election marked by personal mudslinging, lacklustre leadership, and competing promises of a chicken in every pot,…
Young voters will matter
By Hilary Martin In 2015, young voters in this country bucked the trend of low voter turnout among their age group and played a decisive role in the election. Four…
How effective are federal minority governments?
A look at Canada’s seven minority governments over six decades shows a broad range of results that were not always so obvious at the time. Written by Geoff Norquay for…
20 days into federal election campaigning and poll results remain flat.
“CBC’s Andrew Nichols speaks with Principal of Earnscliffe Strategy Group and a Liberal Strategist, Charles Bird, Conservative strategist and Senior Partner at Fleishman Hillard High-Road, John Capobiano, and NDP strategist…
An Insider Look at the Leaders’ Debate
“It’s two hours that can make or break a campaign. But what happens before the federal leaders step out onto the stage to debate in front of millions of Canadians?…
Will climate change move votes in 2019?
By Velma McColl It’s impossible for any leader or political party to ignore the 500,000 people who came out in Montreal Friday or the thousands who marched across the country.…
How voters decide
Written by Allan R. Gregg When I first got involved in political campaigns, my mentors warned me of the rule of plus or minus 6%. Basically, this rule suggested that…
A guide for watching the leaders’ debates
Written by Elly Alboim for Capital Currents. Click here to read the original. Conventional wisdom is that leaders’ debates are potential defining moments in election campaigns, but that’s not always…
Will attaching costs to platform promises make a difference to voters? | The Power Panel
Following the Green Party of Canada’s release of the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s costing of 24 Green platform promises, our Kathleen Monk, NDP strategist, and Geoff Norquay, Conservative strategist, join the…
The makings of a stronghold: What’s the secret to a political ‘safe seat’?
Written by Taylor Blewett, Ottawa Citizen, with commentary from Earnscliffe’s Yaroslav Baran. Click here to read the original. On a sunny Saturday morning in Ottawa–Vanier, Carole-Ann Larose and Wayne Corneil…