Efforts are underway at a western meeting of aboriginal groups to increase the number who will vote in the October 19th federal election. Elections Canada says just half of eligible voters living on native reserves actually cast a ballot in… »
Highlights / Federal election 2015
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Researchers seek to make science an election issue
Scientists fed up with cuts to their funding and being muzzled by the Conservative government are mobilizing to highlight the issues during the current federal election campaign. This is Science Literacy Week in Canada and they deem it to be… »
Tax banks, big oil, demands political party
The Bloc Quebecois is calling for higher taxes for banks and oil companies in the name of what its leader calls fiscal justice. This political party is running candidates in the French-speaking province of Quebec during this federal election campaign.… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
Liberals promise to restore CBC and arts funding
The Liberal Party is promising $380 million in funding for the arts if it is elected to form Canada’s next government on October 19th. Leader Justin Trudeau also says he would reverse the $115-million-dollar annual cut in funding that the… »
Leaders stake economic claims in Calgary debate
In a confrontation more acrimonious than the usual bland, the leaders of Canada’s three main federal parties faced each other in heated debate Thursday night in Calgary. The event was promoted as an opportunity for the Conservative leader Stephen Harper,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
A fight to protect animals in Canada takes an age-old route
A grass-roots movement to speak for a constituency that can’t speak for itself is trying to make it presence felt as Canadians head to the Oct. 19 federal election. An undercover video found this calf with its rear hoof caught… »
Economy, Health, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
Senior’s issues in Election 2015
Seniors are officially considered people over 65 years of age in Canada, but a growing number of 55 year-olds are preparing and watching the issues they’ll be dealing with in the not too distant future. Canada is one of the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Former FM wants change in Arctic policy
A former foreign affairs minister is at odds with Stephen Harper over Canadian policy in the Arctic. Lloyd Axworthy, who held numerous Cabinet posts under Liberal prime ministers Pierre Trudeau, John Turner and Jean Chretien, said Canada should lead an… »
Leaders debate tonight in Calgary
Leaders of the three main political parties are in seclusion today preparing for their face-off this evening. It is the second, and only other debate in this federal election campaign. The two-hour encounter may be a turning point for many… »
Economy likely will dominate campaign this week
The longest federal election since the 19th Century has entered it’s second half as public opinion polls continue to suggest that the race toward Oct. 19, voting day, remains very, very close–with all three major parties hovering around 30 per… »
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