September 2015

L. Ian MacDonald (iPolitics) The Conservatives have finally broken through the glass ceiling of 30 per cent support in the polls. Paradoxically, this is a dangerous moment for them. The growth of the Liberals into…

The Canadian Press: A New Democrat government would create a new parliamentary office to provide solid scientific advice and analysis to politicians, and would encourage scientists to speak their minds, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said…

Heather Mallick (The Toronto Star): On one thing readers and I agree: the universities Johnstone attended are at fault, much more than this well-meaning Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas candidate, if in fact she was being truthful about “Auschwitz”…

Patrice Servant (Le Journal de Montréal): Les sondages se suivent et se ressemblent. Ils indiquent une tendance. L’appui au NPD faiblit au bénéfice des libéraux et des conservateurs. Le nouveau Calcul électoral du Journal fait…

CTV News: The latest nightly tracking by Nanos Research for CTV News and The Globe and Mail shows a dead heat between the Liberals and Conservatives for first place, with the NDP trailing. Voters were…

CBC News: With their political momentum apparently stalled, the New Democrats plan to launch a course correction, shifting their strategy with a recalibrated campaign that includes sharper attacks on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. CBC News…

Adam Radwanski (The Globe and Mail) In retrospect, the Conservative line against Justin Trudeau heading into this election campaign – the one in which Stephen Harper’s Conservatives invested many millions of advertising dollars – may not…

Martin Patriquin (Maclean’s): Long riding high in the polls, it would seem that the country’s love affair with the NDP has cooled over the last few weeks of the campaign. Yesterday, a poll from Ottawa-based Abacus…