This year’s election campaign has been one of the longest in our country’s political history, characterized by the usual kinds of political messaging, policy debates…
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Tag: Election 2015
Pulse: Arab Media Tack Conservative
Arab media publications across Canada are providing extensive coverage of the Syrian crisis, often publishing editorials in support of the Conservative Party’s approach to fighting…
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Refugee Arrivals Turn Taxpayers, too
Public opinion surveys over the last week have shown that Canadians are more-or-less in lockstep with the government as it drags its feet on bringing…
View More Refugee Arrivals Turn Taxpayers, tooParties Target Messages to Immigrants
With the federal election campaign crossing the midway marker, the theatrics are as predictable as ever, with minor distractions. Leaders of all the major political parties…
View More Parties Target Messages to ImmigrantsSyrian Sea Change in Election Campaign
As I walked along a Vancouver beach near my home this morning, I reflected on the extraordinary sea change in the Canadian election campaign. From…
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Lone Tamil MP Seeks Re-entry into “White Man’s Club”
“Did I tell you the time I was called ‘a little girl’?” asks MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan incredulously. Sitting in her election campaign headquarters in Scarborough’s…
View More Lone Tamil MP Seeks Re-entry into “White Man’s Club”The “Ethnic Vote”: All Over the Map
Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau notoriously blamed the separatists’ defeat in the 1995 Quebec referendum on money and the ethnic vote. When it comes to…
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Immigrants Excluded from “Middle Class”
As we trudge along towards an expected fall election, the race is on to gain votes from the “middle class”. In the midst of an…
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Joe Oliver’s 905 budget: Let the Election Countdown Begin
The election campaign began in earnest with Tuesday’s budget, Joe Oliver’s first and Stephen Harper’s last before the writ drops in September for the October…
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