by Imad Al-Sukkari in Ottawa This year’s election campaign has been one of the longest in our country’s political history, characterized by the usual kinds…
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Tag: Election 2015
Pulse: Arab Media Tack Conservative
By Jacky Habib in Toronto Arab media publications across Canada are providing extensive coverage of the Syrian crisis, often publishing editorials in support of the…
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Refugee Arrivals Turn Taxpayers, too
by Ranjit Bhaskar in Toronto Public opinion surveys over the last week have shown that Canadians are more-or-less in lockstep with the government as it…
View More Refugee Arrivals Turn Taxpayers, tooParties Target Messages to Immigrants
by Ranjit Bhaskar in Toronto, Ontario With the federal election campaign crossing the midway marker, the theatrics are as predictable as ever, with minor distractions. …
View More Parties Target Messages to ImmigrantsSyrian Sea Change in Election Campaign
by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia As I walked along a Vancouver beach near my home this morning, I reflected on the extraordinary sea…
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Lone Tamil MP Seeks Re-entry into “White Man’s Club”
by Priya Ramanujam (@SincerelyPriya) in Scarborough, Ontario “Did I tell you the time I was called ‘a little girl’?” asks MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan incredulously. Sitting…
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The “Ethnic Vote”: All Over the Map
by Michael Adams (@AdamsMichaelj) and Andrew Griffith (@Andrew_Griffith) Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau notoriously blamed the separatists’ defeat in the 1995 Quebec…
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Immigrants Excluded from “Middle Class”
by Anita Singh (@tjsgroupca) in Toronto, Ontario As we trudge along towards an expected fall election, the race is on to gain votes from the…
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Joe Oliver’s 905 budget: Let the Election Countdown Begin
by L. Ian MacDonald (@LIanMacDonald) in Montreal The election campaign began in earnest with Tuesday’s budget, Joe Oliver’s first and Stephen Harper’s last before the writ drops…
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