Tagged: Elections Canada
Mojisola Salaudeen
Three Things To Know About the Canadian Election
Canadians went to the polls on the 21st of October to choose their legislative representatives in the 338-seat House of Commons. As predicted, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party won the most seats in parliament, handing him a second term in office. In an earlier report, Reuters noted that Trudeau has history on his side, […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Canada Kicks Off Campaign Season
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has triggered the formal launch of the 2019 federal election campaign. On Wednesday the 11th of September, Trudeau met with Governor General Julie Payette to request the dissolution of Parliament, marking the start of the campaign season for Canada’s 43rd general election. The election of the 338 members […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Here’s why Elections Canada is under fire
Elections Canada, the independent non-partisan electoral body in Canada, became the subject of a swathe of criticism when news broke that it considers climate change a partisan issue. CBCreported that “an Elections Canada official told groups in a training session earlier this summer that since Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, […]