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Canada 2015 Federal Elections
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Topic Started: Aug 4 2015, 12:02 AM (762 Views)
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MSantor
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Sep 24 2015, 08:38 AM
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Wouldn't back Conservative minority government: Leader of Canada NDP Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:02pm EDT
By Randall Palmer
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The leader of Canada's largest opposition party, neck and neck with rivals ahead of an Oct. 19 election, on Wednesday said he would never support a Conservative minority government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The comments by Thomas Mulcair of the New Democrats underscored the real possibility that the ruling Conservatives would be quickly defeated if they did not win a majority in the House of Commons.
Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau made similar anti-Harper comments on Tuesday.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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MSantor
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Sep 25 2015, 10:20 AM
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Another instance that shows that the NDP is full of people who are ignorant of history:
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NDP candidate sorry for Auschwitz joke; didn't know it was a death camp The Canadian PressBy Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
TORONTO â A Hamilton school trustee running in the federal election for the New Democrats has apologized for making a crude reference related to Auschwitz, reportedly saying she had no idea that it was a notorious Nazi death camp. In a Facebook note, Alex Johnstone conceded she should not have made her remarks. "Attention was recently drawn to a comment I posted on social media seven years ago," Johnstone said. "While never intending any malice, this comment was clearly inappropriate. I would like to offer my unreserved apology."
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Canada PM faces 'Anyone But Harper' strategic voting in election Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:03pm EDT
By Julie Gordon
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is so out of favor with some voters that they say they are prepared to back a political party they don’t usually support just to unseat him in the Oct. 19 general election.
A number of groups have been formed to encourage Canadians to vote strategically by taking a “Anyone But Conservative” or “Anyone But Harper” stance.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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MSantor
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Sep 26 2015, 12:21 AM
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Canada's Liberals try to boost share of important immigrant vote Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:40am EDT
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's opposition Liberals, locked in a three-way tie ahead of an Oct. 19 election, promised on Friday to do more for the immigrant community, which used to vote en masse for the party but has since drifted away.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said he would boost the number of family members who could join immigrants already in Canada, saying this would help drive a sluggish economy.
"When Canadians have support – like family involvement in child care – it helps to drive our productivity and economic growth," Trudeau said at an event in Brampton, Ontario.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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MSantor
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Sep 29 2015, 07:37 AM
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Conservative fortress Calgary could see first breach in 47 years Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:59pm EDT
By Nia Williams
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Two electoral districts in the traditional Conservative fortress of Calgary are showing vulnerability, a crack that could signal wider losses for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's nine-year-old government.
The potential loss of two seats in Harper's adopted hometown and Canada's energy capital, where no left-leaning candidate has won a federal race since 1968, suggests urban Alberta can no longer be taken for granted by the right-of-center party.
Harper's Conservatives are expected to win most of Alberta's 34 seats in the Oct. 19 vote, which polls indicate is too close to call nationally. But any Calgary losses would echo the shift seen in Alberta's provincial election in May, when voters dumped the Conservatives after 44 years of rule for the left-leaning New Democrats.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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Sep 29 2015, 08:14 AM
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Mulcair is a Canadian version of trapos, while Justin doesn't seems to know what's happening around him.
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MSantor
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Oct 1 2015, 08:56 AM
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Ha! Those leftists in the NDP are staring to lose ground in this election:
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Canada election race narrowing to two parties as NDP stumbles Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:49pm EDT By Allison Lampert and Randall Palmer
MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's tight three-way election race may be turning into a two-party contest.
The left-leaning New Democrat Party (NDP), which had surged into top spot after an unexpected May victory against the ruling Conservatives in Alberta, has stumbled in national polls as support in its stronghold of Quebec wanes.
The NDP, down from first to third place in national polls, appears to have been hurt by its backing of Muslim women who want to wear the face-covering veil, or niqab, during citizenship ceremonies, while its plans to fund a universal day-care proposal have been greeted with skepticism.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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MSantor
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Oct 2 2015, 06:06 AM
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Canada Conservatives buoyant over election, see boost in votes Thu Oct 1, 2015 4:55pm EDT
By David Ljunggren and Randall Palmer
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Conservatives, buoyed by polls showing they are starting to break away in the run-up to the Oct. 19 election, predict they will do even better than forecast given their past ability to beat polls that underestimate voter support.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives, seeking a rare fourth consecutive term, had 34 percent support in an Angus Reid poll released on Thursday, compared with 27 percent support for the rival Liberals and New Democrats.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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Oct 6 2015, 11:58 AM
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I'm surprised that Trudeau is now in the lead even as Harper's Conservatives tout the new trade deal that came out of the TPP:
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Canada election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows Mon Oct 5, 2015 2:37pm EDT
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Trailing in second place two weeks before Canada's election, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a trade pact on Monday that largely protects the agricultural voting bloc, putting pressure on opponents who hope the deal would be a weak spot.
Harper touted the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a good accord that offers only limited access to Canada's politically important farm industry, largely neutralizing an attack from the left-leaning New Democratic Party, which has been sinking in polls.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair derided Harper for backing the 12-nation agreement in the midst of a campaign when the government is supposed to be in a neutral caretaker status.
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Nanos Poll: Liberals Trend Up, NDP Trend Down, Conservatives Steady www.ctvnews.ca Posted: 10/04/2015 10:20 am EDT Updated: 10/04/2015 10:59 am EDT
The latest nightly tracking by Nanos Research for CTV News and the Globe and Mail shows the Liberals trending up, the NDP trending down, and the Conservatives holding steady.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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Oct 10 2015, 11:15 PM
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Conservatives, NDP to release platforms on same day CBC
The Conservatives and NDP will unveil their election platforms today, offering their competing visions to Canadian voters with less than two weeks to go in the federal election campaign. - POLL TRACKER: Get the latest numbers - VOTE COMPASS | Find out where you stand on the issues CBC News has learned the Conservative platform is coming this late in part because the party was waiting for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations to conclude. Representatives from Canada and 11 other countries reached the deal to create the largest-ever regional trading bloc four days ago in Atlanta.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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Oct 14 2015, 12:17 AM
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Canada Liberals tighten opposition to keeping Harper in power Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:01am EDT
By Randall Palmer
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, in a tight race ahead of the Oct 19 election, said on Tuesday he would not abstain from a confidence vote that would decide whether Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper could form a minority government.
With six days left before the ballot and the vote too close to call, Canada's three main parties are jockeying to lay out their positions in what looks likely to be a minority government.
The center-left Liberals and New Democrat Party could topple a minority Conservative government if they vote in Parliament against Harper, seeking a rare fourth straight term in office.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton
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