election 2015

Official Voting Results are out! (poll-by-polls et al)

adma — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:02:19 +0000

http://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2015app/home.html

A question about Alexandre Boulerice

Cody87 — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:23:50 +0000

I have a question. First let me preface this with the fact that I didn't even know who Alexandre Boulerice was until during the election. I still don't know that much about him. I'm certainly not arguing that he should, or should not, run for leadership of the NDP or win said leadership if he does run.

What I do know is this. Every time Alexandre Boulerice's name comes up he gets complemented as a quality leadership candidate but dismissed because he "is a separatist." In this context, "is a separatist" means he admitted to voting for Quebec to separate from Canada in 1995, and donated to QS.

NDP leaders suffer no consequences for big losses: Left Chapter blog

DaveW — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:38:52 +0000

A good critique;

these guys seem well to my Left, but their electoral analysis bang-on;

Dion and Ignatieff were run out of town after defeats, but Mulcair's fiasco seems to have NO consequences:

http://theleftchapter.blogspot.ca/2015/11/as-liberals-and-conservatives-look-for.html

Election deals blow to Canada's dominant press group

Debater — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 02:47:55 +0000

Postmedia’s support for Conservatives leaves it out of step with the public

Sunday 1 November 2015

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The most common prediction ahead of last month’s Canadian election was that the country’s many polling firms would again fail to predict the results. In the event, most of them accurately foresaw Justin Trudeau’s Liberals sweeping into power. Instead, it was the country’s daily newspapers that got it wrong, promoting the incumbent Conservatives while readers and voters turned en masse against the party. Social media pounced on the striking disconnect with increasing ferocity as editors in virtually every Canadian city and town published tortured endorsements of Stephen Harper’s government.

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For Halloween former NDP candidate Andrew Thomson Dressed Up As Lead Now Canvasser

terrytowel — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:54:32 +0000

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Tories 'blew themselves up': ex-adviser Norquay

Debater — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 20:53:31 +0000

October 31, 2015

By Mark Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen

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"Theirs was a suspicious Canada and a Canada without dreams; they always preferred short-term tactics over a long-term vision. They never understood governing, so they saw no use for government. They ran a closed circle, they humiliated staff, they berated candidates, they pushed every reasonable argument far beyond its logical limit, they shut out others with a different view, and they crafted a campaign based much more on anger and fear than hope.

"Within the Conservative Party, great will be the celebration at their well-deserved and permanent riddance."

Defeated incumbent MPs aren't invited to NDP's post-election caucus meeting

terrytowel — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:50:15 +0000

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Electoral reform explained through Lego

terrytowel — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:57:33 +0000

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Stephen Harper Still Has Not Resigned

terrytowel — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:40:42 +0000

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Outgoing Immigration Minister Chris Alexander blames literally everyone but himself

terrytowel — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:14:44 +0000

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NDP Fave Joy Taylor's Take On The Election

terrytowel — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:56:34 +0000

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NDP Furious @ Trudeau - NDP Did All The Work In HOC & Trudeau Is Getting The Reward

terrytowel — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:47:54 +0000

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Peter Stoffer proposes name change for NDP

KarlL — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:58:43 +0000

http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/10/26/former-east-cast-mp-peter-st...

OTTAWA - The New Democratic Party should drop the word "new," says former MP Peter Stoffer.

The 18-year veteran politician, who lost his East Coast riding last week, suggests the New Democrats should consider becoming the Democratic party.

"It is a simple change, it's superficial ... but if you just call yourselves the Democrats ... people can digest that very easily," he said.

Stoffer, who was among those who pushed for structural party reform in 2001, also favours separating the federal and provincial wings of the NDP....

Peter Stoffer proposes name change for NDP

KarlL — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:58:36 +0000

http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2015/10/26/former-east-cast-mp-peter-st...

OTTAWA - The New Democratic Party should drop the word "new," says former MP Peter Stoffer.

The 18-year veteran politician, who lost his East Coast riding last week, suggests the New Democrats should consider becoming the Democratic party.

"It is a simple change, it's superficial ... but if you just call yourselves the Democrats ... people can digest that very easily," he said.

Stoffer, who was among those who pushed for structural party reform in 2001, also favours separating the federal and provincial wings of the NDP....

Election 'awoke a sleeping giant' amongst the aboriginal electorate

Debater — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:22:14 +0000

October 25, 2015

WINNIPEG – Aboriginal activists who spent months mobilizing First Nations communities say Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s attempt to disenfranchise aboriginal voters backfired and fuelled turnout so high that some reserves ran out of ballots.

Some aboriginal communities saw voter turnout spike by up to 270 per cent in the Oct. 19 election despite the Fair Elections Act which made it harder for someone to vote without approved identification.

In the riding of Kenora, which includes 40 First Nations in northern Ontario, voting on the reserves was up 73 per cent – almost 3,000 voters. At least four of those First Nations ran out of ballots and either used photocopies or waited for more to be brought in.

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