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22nd
SEP 2008
The three-pillar approach
Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Student articles
Kate Scroggins
Liberal leader Stéphane Dion gave supporters a glimpse of his party’s platform at his campaign launch in Ottawa yesterday, saying he wants to make Canada “richer, fairer and greener.”
20th
SEP 2008
Positive thoughts about negative ads
Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Student articles
Susan Krashinsky
Conventional wisdom has it that Canadians have a low tolerance for negative campaign tactics. While negative ad campaigns are commonplace for our neighbours to the south, it’s often said Canadians are quicker to cry foul at such attacks.
18th
SEP 2008
What Stephane Dion hears
Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Student articles
Amanda Truscott
Stéphane Dion’s trouble with English is not the result of a hearing problem, according to a prominent Toronto audiologist – though some other experts are not so sure.
18th
No time for politics
Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Student articles
Laura Stone
He’s been in Canada for 20 years, and became a citizen in 1992, but Jose Campos can count the number of times he’s voted in federal elections on one hand.
16th
SEP 2008
A lot of people think it’s hopeless
Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Student articles
Matthew Pearson
Trevor Haché wants to be a locksmith.
The NDP candidate in Ottawa-Vanier is hoping to break open the ironclad lock the Liberals have had on the riding for decades.
16th
To vote or not to vote
Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Student articles
Emily Senger
Lunjia Huang thinks it’s important to vote, but that doesn’t mean she is going to do it.
Huang turned 18 in June, making her among one per cent of the Canadian population who will be old enough to vote for the first time on October 14. She also represents what some advocacy groups are referring to as a democratic crisis—young people who do not vote.
16th
Flickrs, twitters and Facebooks
Posted by cwaddell under Election 2008, Election 2008 Student articles
Dan Robson
Harper Flickrs, Dion Twitters, and Layton posts on Facebook.
The heavy hitters of Canadian politics have tapped into the immensely popular world of online social networking, and are hoping to ride cyberspace to the ballot box this October.
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