After extensive lobbying, the Philippines’ Commission on Elections extended the deadline for overseas absentee voting. But Filipino migrant rights advocates say the extension does not go far enough.
View More Under Pressure, Manila Extends Overseas Voter Deadline
“I’m still undecided after watching the debate because I don’t think there was that one moment that was a game changer.” – Paula Arab, an undecided voter.
View More Debate Skirts Crucial Issue of Immigration
More than 40 of 338 federal ridings in Parliament have populations where visible minorities are the largest voting bloc. Any path to a majority government requires winning these ridings, experts say.
View More New Canadian Vote Key to Forming Majority Government
Elections Canada is urging community leaders to get New Canadians, whose turnout at the polls have been historically low, to the ballot box.
View More Getting New Canadians to ‘Get Out and Vote’
The two by-elections set to take place on October 26 in Toronto will proceed as scheduled despite soaring cases of COVID-19 in the city.
View More Green Party Leader Questions By-election Amidst COVID-19 Surge
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised to replace the first-past-the-post electoral system of Canada during the last federal election campaign a year ago. Now that he is prime minister with a parliamentary majority, there is an…
View More Don’t Mess with a Vote System that Works
In the weeks leading up to the Oct. 19 federal election, Rabia Khedr started to feel like she didn’t belong in Canada. The executive director of the Canadian Association of Muslims with Disabilities says she,…
View More #Elxn42 Sparked Muslim-Canadian Political Engagement
As Canada gears up for the 2015 federal election on October 19, the Conservative Party of Canada has launched a Chinese-language website as a strategic move to win the Chinese vote. But although the site…
View More Chinese-Canadians Not Swayed by Tory Site
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s ‘old stock versus new stock Canadians’ comment during a political debate could very well cost him the election. His political opponents and the media would not let him live it down…
View More 6 No-No’s on the Campaign Trail
Many new Canadian citizens will be casting their vote for the first time on Oct. 19. For them, understanding how to cast a ballot and finding the suitable candidate might seem like a daunting task.…
View More A Guide for First-Time Voters