#canadian-politics

#canadian-politics

"The House of Commons should be representative of all people, including young Canadians. You can have youth committees, but the best way to have young people represented is to have young people in government."

The overriding narratives in this election were the influence of U.S. politics and the cost of living, overshadowing urgent climate change discussions.

"I don't think there is a better choice right now. I know people believe in Poilievre, but it's the same, like, soundbites that you get from anybody else. It sounds like mini-Trump to me."

This election has been interesting, but not a lot has happened during the campaign, revealing a lack of significant drama or pivotal moments.

If the next government wants to put more pipelines in the ground, experts say that could include different strategies such as taking an ownership stake in one, or reducing red tape for private companies.

In the past, those platforms came a lot earlier because parties knew or believed that voters would very much pay attention to deficits and taxes.

In the past few weeks, we have been working with our provincial and territorial partners to make sure that families can rely on this system, to become something that no government, a year from now, five years from now, twenty years from now, could ever go back on.

The operation against Joe Tay involves a mock 'wanted' poster and coordinated online content targeting his candidacy, expected to intimidate voters and silence dissent.

Blanchet took a swipe at Carney, criticizing his lack of political experience and negotiation proof on trade agreements during a heated debate exchange.

"The easiest way is to go to our website," McKenna said, emphasizing that most Canadians are already registered to vote if they haven’t moved since the last election.

The point person in Canada is one Pierre Polievre, who is leading the federal Conservatives into the snap election at the end of April.

As the parties start rolling out big, splashy spending ideas, it's worth noting the state of government coffers. Balancing the books is becoming increasingly difficult at the federal level, as the government's annual deficit is in the tens of billions of dollars and the overall debt keeps growing.

Ford's political advisers had been urging him for months to call an early election, and their motivation was clear. The goal was to get to the polls before anything could happen to hurt Ford's chances of winning.