Tag: 2021 Canada federal election

Mandatory Vaccination: Disturbing Precedents Being Set in Election Campaign

August 21, 2021
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Commentary Issues such as health care, education, and foreign policy typically dominate the discourse at the beginning of a federal election campaign. We are not in a typical campaign, however. As we near the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, it isn’t surprising yet still remains odd that an issue such as mandatory vaccinations would…

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Canada’s Federal Election: Here’s Where the Parties Stand

August 17, 2021
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Election polling in North America has been frustratingly hit and miss in recent years. Pollsters have had difficulty reaching people without traditional landline telephones and internet polling has been prone to notoriously to biased results. That said, pollsters have been adapting to changing times, and electoral forecasts from a number of firms have been consistent….

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Election Call Comes Before Fallout From Record Deficits and Debt Hits: Analysts

August 16, 2021
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Although polls show the majority of Canadians are concerned about the federal debt and deficit, the issue may take a back seat during the election as blowback from the ballooning debt hasn’t had a major impact yet, say veteran political and economic analysts. The Trudeau government has borrowed substantially to respond to the pandemic, causing…

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