NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky says she is alarmed by the outsourcing of employment services in Ontario to foreign companies, especially in the Region of Peel, which has a significant immigrant population.
View More NDP MPP Says Outsourcing of Employment Services Could Hurt Immigrants
By now the Liberal candidates for the predominantly visible minority ridings of Scarborough have grown used to party strategists lavishing attention on them. They are on the frontline for the bitter battle for Greater Toronto…
View More Parties Push Economic Credentials Amid Market TurmoilAs Canada is a mere two weeks into the longest federal election campaign in modern history, negative political advertisements have already made their rounds in the media. Targeted messages aimed at various ethnic groups will…
View More Targeted Ethnic Advertising Makes Elections More Accessible
The Conservatives may have underestimated how much Canadians liked traditional media running the show, with new numbers from EKOS suggesting that not only do 74 per cent of Canadians want to see a major-network led…
View More EKOS Poll: Canadians Want Elizabeth May and a Traditional Debate, even if Harper boycotts
In concluding this series, I’d like to offer some context to what happened on May 5 in the Alberta provincial election and some insights on what, if anything, it might mean for federal party prospects…
View More What Alberta’s Political Climate Means for this Fall’s Election
‘Newcomers’ to Alberta are frequently thought to be responsible for big political shifts in a province most Canadians incorrectly perceive to be conservative to its core. Hence, it wasn’t much of a surprise when I…
View More Newcomers and the Stunning Notley WinPolitics, generally speaking, is about reason and passion, intellect and emotion. Elections, on the other hand, always come down to numbers. The party or candidate that gets the larger numbers wins (almost always). With Canada’s 42nd general election…
View More Election 2015, By the NumbersThe 2014 Liberal Plan for “One Ontario” will include a number of initiatives to attract skilled immigrants to the province, provide more culturally appropriate health care, invest in bridge training programs that help integrate new…
View More Wynne promises to stand up for new Canadians