Scheer’s Citizenship & “VirginiaWhistle”
It was just barely a few hours ago that I wrote about Conservative leader Andrew Scheer and his propensity for being evasive and being unwilling to answer straight forward questions…
Cam Holmstrom
Recruitment Failure
This federal election campaign has seen some very consistent themes, which is not always the best thing. One such theme from the Conservatives and Andrew Scheer has been a refusal…
The Morning After: TVA Debate
Last night we saw the first of two debates in French, with the “Face à Face” Debate on TVA, a format that has proved to be successful and very popular…
One Green Vetting Fail Too Many
Now that we are into the second half of this general election campaign, we’ve getting closer and closer to casting our ballots. But that doesn’t mean we’re any closer to…
Talking Liberal Platform & #Elxn43 on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I had the chance again to join Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We talked about the…
Checking in at the Midway Point
Here we are onto Day 20 of our 40 day 43rd General Election campaign and wow, what a campaign it has been. It’s felt like so much longer than the…
What You Need to Know – Week 3 of #Elxn43
The newest episode of “What You Need to Know” is recorded and now up. Every Friday during the campaign we’ll be releasing a new episode where we’ll talk about the…
“A Golden Ticket”
It was just over a week ago here that I wrote about the case of the former Green candidate in Peterborough-Kawartha Brock Grills and some news on his part. He…
Talking #Elxn43 on “The Arlene Bynon Show
This morning I had the chance to join Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Mike Van Soelen. We talked about Andrew…
Transparently Ducking
When it comes to campaigns and activities a candidate might do, there are certain general expectations in this day and age. And when a campaign or candidate decides to buck…
Bumps on the Campaign Trail
We are well into the 43rd General Election now and we are starting to get into a normal pace and patter to then campaign itself. Events and announcements each day,…
A Questionable Appointment
It goes without saying that the last handful of days on the campaign trail have been bad for the Liberals. Ever since Wednesday nights big news story came out, and…
What You Need to Know – Week 2 of #Elxn43
The newest episode of “What You Need to Know” is recorded and now up. Every Friday during the campaign we’ll be releasing a new episode where we’ll talk about the…
The Morning After: #Elxn43 “Time” Bomb
The news of last night is barely 12 hours old and this is all still sinking in with people. Needless to say, it’s all been very jarring and something that…
#Elxn43 “Time” Bomb
We all know the old adage that “Campaigns Matter” in Canadian politics. Time and again this has found a way to be true, and it only seemed like a matter…
Inside Influences
One thing I’ve been watching closely in the run up to and during the current federal election campaign has been the influence of third-party groups. More and more these third…
The Hits Keep Coming
It’s been a very rough start to the 43rd General Election for Elizabeth May’s Green Party. Between candidate vetting that’s proved to be lacking, a poor platform launch with gaffes…
Failures at Launch
We are onto Day 7 of the 43rd General Election and the parties are all spread out around the country trying to win over peoples votes. A big piece of…
Podiums for Six
It was about a month ago that the brand new Federal Election Debates Commission decided on the guest list for the two big Commission debates on October 7th and 10th.…
More #Elxn43 Candidate Vetting Headaches
As we start Day 6 of the 43rd General Election, an early on-going theme has been the problems that some campaigns are having with the vetting of their candidates, and…