[NEWS] Thirteen #cdnpoli links for #elxn43
- CTV News notes that election day is here in Canada.
- CTV News shares a list of answers to frequently asked questions about #elxn43 requirements.
- Philippe Fournier at MacLean’s notes that #elxn43 is shaping to be perhaps the most uncertain federal election in Canada since 1979, at least.
- Kai Cheng Thom at Daily Xtra addresses the despair of a voter wondering if they should vote at all. Even in dark times, there must be some room for hope, for creative responses.
- Andrew Coyne at the National Post points out the obvious, that Canadians should not feel smug about dysfunction in the US and Britain.
- Chris Selley at the National Post argues against electoral reform.
- CBC shares stories of Syrian refugees, now citizens, voting for the first time in #elxn43.
- The diffusion of extremist sentiments in Canada in the past few years is a real concern. NOW Toronto has it.
- This CBC opinion suggests that expatriates from Canada, non-resident in the country, should not have a right to vote.
- Andrew Scheer, once notable for his vocal support for Brexit, is now much quieter about the issue. CBC reports.
- Peter Henderson at NOW Toronto argues that Ed the Sock has become the voice of a responsible conservatism.
- The claims of Andrew Scheer that the political party that wins the most seats gets to form the government in the Canadian system are obviously wrong. Global News has it.
- Who, exactly, forms the middle class in Canada, that demographic that Trudeau and Scheer have been claiming to address? CBC reports.
Written by Randy McDonald
October 21, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences
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