Category: Focus

So, it’s election time. Again. Do you find yourself asking: Why should I vote? And how on earth do I vote? I’m certainly asking those questions. Well, this year that’s all going to change. I am forcing myself to sit down and learn the basics of the Canadian electoral process. And I am bringing you, gentle reader, along for the ride.

Mélanie Stewart and Kevin Tunney say they wish the infighting in the federal government would end so parties could start making things happen for Canadians.

Childcare advocates say the election of a Conservative government would be like a lump of coal in their stockings.

Political observers and the candidates themselves agree that winning the election in the downtown riding will be a challenge, since the former MP, New Democrat Ed Broadbent announced his exit from federal politics this summer .