Oct 18 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh appears to be leaving the door open to using cancellation of the Trans Mountain expansion project as a bargaining chip if his party ends up playing kingmaker in a Liberal minority government. When asked by a reporter on Friday whether he would make cancellation of the controversial pipeline expansion a condition […]
Oct 17 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — A clear majority of Canadians say most of the news coverage and social media posts they’ve seen about the federal election have been negative. And experts say while fear and mud-slinging can be powerful motivators for voters, they can also backfire on parties.
Oct 15 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The man who became the public face of a September defection of NDP supporters in New Brunswick is suing NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and prominent party veteran Charlie Angus for defamation, claiming the two accused him of being racist. And the party is pushing back, arguing the claim “has no merit.”
Oct 10 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — A federal Conservative candidate in Ontario says he has apologized over a 2013 letter he wrote in his local newspaper urging people to consider “dressing more modestly” to avoid being raped, saying he has since learned what a victim wears “doesn’t matter.” Tim Durkin, Tory candidate for Bay of Quinte, wrote the letter published in […]
Oct 10 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — “Pocketbook issues” are always touted as key ballot box questions during election campaigns. This time around though, there appears to be a fresh urgency in the fears of many Canadians about their financial security. According to an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News, 68 per cent of Canadians feel like they can’t get ahead, […]
Oct 5 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Elections Canada is monitoring the potential Ontario education worker strike expected to begin on Monday, just days before advance polls open. But while the agency says it does have contingency plans in the event of a strike, it does not anticipate any voting locations will change as a result.
Oct 3 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — It’s no secret to those following the federal election campaign that Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau seems to be going after former prime minister Stephen Harper as much, if not more, than Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. But just how much more? Roughly 33 per cent.
Sep 26 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase “climate change?”
Sep 26 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — There may be a growing consensus across the country that climate change is a problem, but roughly half of Canadians — and a majority of Conservative voters — aren’t willing to spend a single extra penny to tackle it.
Sep 18 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has leapt ahead of his rival, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, in Canadians’ estimations of whom would make the best prime minister, a new poll suggests. According to an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and La Presse between Sept. 11 and 13, 37 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they […]
Sep 12 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The Green Party‘s federal candidate in the Ontario riding of Simcoe North has resigned after coming under fire over a 2007 Facebook post in which he appeared to suggest he wanted to mail pieces of a pig carcass to Muslims.
Sep 10 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Canadian taxpayers footed the bill for $4.5 million worth of travel across the country for the spouses of members of Parliament over the last four years. Those costs come through the use of what’s known as designated travellers — individuals with whom MPs can share their privilege of expenses-paid travel when the designated traveller represents […]
Sep 10 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Canadians have paid more than $125,000 over the last four years flying the spouse of former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould back and forth across the country under the government’s designated traveller program. A Global News probe of MP expenditures and claims through the program revealed Wilson-Raybould claimed more than any of her former cabinet colleagues […]
Sep 8 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The credibility of political leaders is set to be the major deciding force in how Canadians cast their ballots in the upcoming election, according to one pollster. In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Darrell Bricker — president of Ipsos — said he expects the campaign will come down to who can convince […]
Sep 8 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — With the federal election set for Oct. 21, the pressure is on for the main parties to distinguish themselves to voters. Throughout the federal campaign, The West Block‘s strategy panel will be weighing in on the inner workings behind the scenes of the campaign and providing insight into what is driving each party as they […]