#Ford announces vaccine certificates, blames Trudeau

#Ford announces vaccine certificates, blames Trudeau

“#Ford announces vaccine certificates, blames Trudeau” Politics Insider for Sept. 2, 2021: The end of the Ford-Trudeau truce; the Liberal platform drops; and preparations for the French-language leaders debate Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. Doug Ford…

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#Federal election 2021: What the polls are saying at the halfway mark

#Federal election 2021: What the polls are saying at the halfway mark

“#Federal election 2021: What the polls are saying at the halfway mark” Philippe J. Fournier, who teaches astrophysics in Cégep de Saint-Laurent, in Montreal, discovered a passion for political prognostication while watching the American presidential election of 2016, when he observed a hardening consensus around a Hillary Clinton victory that he didn’t believe was supported…

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#Federal election 2021: The Liberal platform, or CARPA diem

#Federal election 2021: The Liberal platform, or CARPA diem

“#Federal election 2021: The Liberal platform, or CARPA diem” I’m wondering what happened to the camping. In 2019 Justin Trudeau ran for re-election with an 85-page platform that promised, among a lot of other things, “A New Generation of Campers.” The Liberals promised to “expand the successful Learn to Camp program” so 400,000 kids each…

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#Federal election 2021: Beware the ‘deplorables’ strategy

#Federal election 2021: Beware the ‘deplorables’ strategy

“#Federal election 2021: Beware the ‘deplorables’ strategy” Andrew MacDougall: The Liberals may try to make the ugly protests against Trudeau look like Erin O’Toole’s fault—and there’s a good chance it will backfire Andrew MacDougall is a director at Trafalgar Strategy, and a former Head of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper When it comes to…

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#Federal election 2021: Erin O’Toole, socialist crusader

#Federal election 2021: Erin O’Toole, socialist crusader

“#Federal election 2021: Erin O’Toole, socialist crusader” “It may surprise you to hear a Conservative bemoan the decline of private sector union membership,” Erin O’Toole told captains of industry last year. But that’s exactly what the Conservative leader did, in a speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto no less. He lamented that where there…

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#Federal election 2021: The choice facing Indigenous voters

#Federal election 2021: The choice facing Indigenous voters

“#Federal election 2021: The choice facing Indigenous voters” Niigaan Sinclair: In 2015, Indigenous voters helped the Liberals win a majority. But most of Trudeau’s success on Indigenous issues came after 2019, in a minority government. For all of Justin Trudeau’s time in office, the federal Liberals have made Canada’s treatment of Indigenous communities and reconciliation…

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