Category Archives: Elections
BC Liberals urged to return dirty donations from fraudster
The BC Liberal party is being asked to return “dirty” donations once again. Following fraud charges against prominent BC Liberal donor Paul Oei, the Liberal Party are being asked to return all of his donations. IntegrityBC, a non-partisan and non-profit organization, discovered
Halfway between elections, Canadians unsure of new federal leaders
By David Boughton At the midpoint of the 2015 and 2019 elections, Canadians continue to approve of Justin Trudeau, while they’ve yet to form much of an opinion of the other two leaders. A recent Abacus Data poll shows the
Let’s Avoid Collective Amnesia at the Polls Next Week – The Innumerable Scandals of the BC Liberals
By Evan Sumner Let’s avoid collective amnesia at the polls next week and try to keep in mind the number of controversies our current government has managed to be embroiled in over the years. If you’re like me and specifics
Supporters publicly abandon Liberal Party as Trudeau reneges on electoral reform promise
By Amy Chen Social media is abuzz with Liberal Party supporters publicly abandoning their membership, some going as far as to tweet photos of themselves cutting up their party membership cards, after their leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided
Ads, #BarbaricCulturalPractices and Ford: Harper campaign hurt by self-inflicted wounds, poll finds
The Conservatives’ own ads, Stephen Harper’s appearance with Rob Ford and the pledge to introduce a “Barbaric Cultural Practices” tip line all did more to drive voters away than to attract them to the Tories, according to a new poll.
Canada electing Trudeau caused the whale-watching tragedy, US evangelist claims
God caused the sinking of the a whale-watching vessel killing five Britons and an Australian off the coast of Tofino, BC, because Canada elected Justin Trudeau as the nation’s new Prime Minister, a popular US evangelist claims. “It’s a sign
‘Barrick Gold’ Baird rules out Tory leadership run
John Baird, who resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs to take a job as an advisor with a corporation that received subsidies for its mining operations from the Harper government during the time he was in the Cabinet, has ruled
Opinion: How Canada found an antidote to Lynton Crosby’s venom
By Lisa Chang Lynton Crosby’s wedge strategies and dog whistle politics helped unpopular conservative prime ministers in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to retain power. But the ‘Lizard of Oz’ failed so miserably in Canada, that his partner
Back to the Future: Canadians wish to restore values of civility, kindness, and inclusion in voting Liberals, survey finds
Canadians have gone “back to the future” and made a deliberate decision to restore the values they view as traditionally defining Canada and Canadian society, including civility, kindness and inclusion in voting for Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, according to
Defeated Harper supporters call for independent “Republic of Western Canada”
Supporters of defeated Prime Minister Stephen Harper are calling for an independent “Republic of Western Canada” covering Canada’s western provinces after the Liberal Party swept to power in the general election on Monday. Harper’s Conservatives, who only managed 99 seats