Dec 13 2019 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — No matter what alleged experts might claim, nobody anticipated the results of the UK election. As late as Thursday afternoon there were predictions that the Labour Party could form a government with the support of the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats. Or perhaps there would be another hung parliament. Instead, Labour suffered its […]
Nov 25 2019 — Kady O'Malley — iPolitics — Before we get started, a wee bit of editorial backstory: Originally, this was supposed to be included in last week’s edition, but running down the rules of committee engagement in a minority setting wound up filling all the available white space in this corner of iPolitics. If you missed the first instalment — or just […]
Nov 15 2019 — iPolitics — Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has apparently fallen out of favour with the conservative group best known for its online advocacy that helped elect Doug Ford in Ontario. iPolitics reviewed the Canada Proud Facebook page on Friday and found that it had posted 200 times since the election. While almost half the posts (87) negatively targeted […]
Nov 13 2019 — Kady O'Malley — iPolitics — According to the latest precinct intel, just three MPs have officially entered the race to serve as House of Commons speaker when the reconfigured Chamber re-opens for business next month: the current incumbent, veteran Nova Scotia Liberal MP Geoff Regan, his Liberal caucus colleague Anthony Rota and Conservative MP Bruce Stanton, both of whom served […]
Nov 8 2019 — iPolitics — Despite winning no seats in the election the People’s Party will continue to exist, but will have to do so without leader Maxime Bernier’s top advisor, who orchestrated the party’s direction behind-the-scenes, the party told supporters in its first fundraising email since the campaign. “The struggle for a better society never ends. This was just […]
Oct 30 2019 — iPolitics — More than half of voters were not swayed by the federal election campaign, a new poll from Mainstreet Research for iPolitics suggests. In the firm’s phone survey of 1,108 Canadians, conducted between Oct. 26 and 27, 54 per cent of respondents said they decided which candidate they were going to vote for ahead of the […]
Oct 28 2019 — iPolitics — Former prime minister Kim Campbell says the problem with Andrew Scheer’s views on social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage isn’t that he has the stance he does, but that Canadians don’t trust him to prevent the matters from being raised at a federal level. In the time since the election, the Conservative Party leader […]
Oct 18 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Three days away from Monday’s election and the Liberals and Conservatives are in a statistical tie in the newest polling numbers from Mainstreet Research, separated by only two-tenths of a percentage point. Results from the firm’s daily tracker phone survey released Friday show that 32.1 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said they’d vote […]
Oct 17 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Only days out from Monday’s election, the Liberals are holding a small, statistically insignificant lead over the Conservatives, with the NDP cresting over 18 per cent, according to the newest polling numbers from Mainstreet Research. Results from the firm’s daily tracker phone survey released Thursday show that 31.9 per cent of leaning and decided respondents […]
Oct 16 2019 — iPolitics — On the same day that another fabricated hit piece on Justin Trudeau was circulated by thousands on Facebook, company executives confirmed the social media platform wouldn’t ban one of the top outlets responsible for fake Canadian political news. Instead, Facebook said it’s continuing to rely on existing deterrence measures that haven’t stopped users from sharing […]
Oct 15 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — New poll results from Mainstreet Research suggest over two-thirds of voters who took advantage of advance polling over the past four days or have already submitted a special ballot voted for the Liberals or Conservatives. For its daily election tracking poll for iPolitics, Mainstreet has started asking Canadians if they voted at the advance polls […]
Oct 11 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — With just 10 days left before voters head to the polls, the Conservatives are narrowly ahead of the Liberals in the national fight for first, while the NDP continues to grow its support in the wake of Monday’s English-language leaders’ debate, according to new polling numbers from Mainstreet Research. According to the latest results from […]
Oct 10 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The federal Conservatives are holding a statistically insignificant two point lead over the Liberals in Mainstreet Research’s latest national poll, while the NDP and Bloc Québécois continue to gain ground, increasing the likelihood of a minority government. According to the results from the phone survey of 2,309 voters, conducted between Oct. 7-9, 32.2 per cent […]
Oct 9 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Conservatives and Liberals remain in a statistical tie in Mainstreet Research’s daily tracking poll results for Wednesday, while the NDP appears to be gaining support, in the wake of this week’s English-language leaders’ debate. In the latest results, which cover polling conducted between Oct. 6-8, 32 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said […]
Oct 8 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Conservatives and Liberals are again separated by only a few tenths of a percentage points in Mainstreet Research’s daily tracking poll results for Tuesday. These newest results, which cover polling conducted between Oct. 5-7, show that 33.1 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said they would vote for the Conservatives if a federal […]