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Moderator Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, front, joins Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, back left to right, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole pose for an official photo before the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Debate format, moderators need fixing: commission

Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Tuesday, May. 10, 2022

OTTAWA - The next federal election debates should have a simpler format and better moderation to focus more on what leaders say than what they are asked, says the commission that oversees the events.

"There is widespread agreement that the 2021 debates did not deliver as well as they should have on informing voters about parties' policies," said the final report of the Leaders' Debates Commission on the 2021 nationally televised events.

Many people look to leaders' debates during an election for the elusive "knockout punch" moment, in which a politician gets such a good hit on an opponent that their campaign efforts nosedive.

But in 2021 it was a throw from a moderator that left the biggest impression. Shachi Kurl, the president of the Angus Reid Institute, asked Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet why he defended "discriminatory" provincial laws about religious symbols and the French language, which she said marginalized minorities and anglophones.

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Bloc wins Trois-Rivières after recount

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Bloc wins Trois-Rivières after recount

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Friday, Oct. 8, 2021

OTTAWA - The Bloc Québécois is being confirmed as the winner of the Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières after a judicial recount.

Elections Canada says the Bloc beat the Conservatives by 83 votes, after votes were counted again.

The Tories went to court to request a recount to check the original result, which had the Bloc winning the seat by 92 votes.

Elections Canada is confirming that Bloc candidate René Villemure has won the Quebec riding with 17,136 votes.

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Friday, Oct. 8, 2021

A man casts his ballot at a polling station on federal election day in Shawinigan, Que., Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Liberals pick up one more Quebec seat

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Liberals pick up one more Quebec seat

Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have picked up another seat in Quebec after a judicial recount Wednesday.

Elections Canada confirmed that incumbent Brenda Shanahan will be returning to Parliament after the recount declared her the winner in Châteauguay-Lacolle over her Bloc Québécois rival by just 12 votes.

That overturns preliminary results from the Sept. 20 election, which had Shanahan losing to the Bloc's Patrick O'Hara by 286 votes.

The recount bumps up the total number of seats won by Justin Trudeau's Liberals to 160, although the winner in one of them — Kevin Vuong in Toronto's Spadina-Fort York — will be sitting as an Independent MP after failing to disclose to the party a past sexual assault charge that was ultimately dropped.

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Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021

NDP demands inquiry into election 'failures'

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NDP demands inquiry into election 'failures'

Marie Woolf, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021

OTTAWA - The NDP has requested an official inquiry into what it calls “numerous and systemic failures of election officials” in last month's federal election.

NDP national director Anne McGrath has written to Canada's elections commissioner, Yves Côté, calling for an investigation into whether election officials in a number of ridings failed to follow correct procedures, denying citizens the right to cast their vote on Sept. 20.

The letter of complaint, seen by The Canadian Press, alleges that some polling stations opened late “or not at all,” disenfranchising voters, many of whom were in Indigenous communities.

It says that in Kenora, Ont., Indigenous voters were “significantly disenfranchised” because places where people expected to vote did not open at all, or not until mid-afternoon.

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Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021

People start to line up early for the Canadian general election before polls open in west-end Toronto for the Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 election. The NDP has requested an official inquiry into what it calls “numerous and systemic failures of election officials” on election day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Candidates demand four recounts, as voters wait

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Candidates demand four recounts, as voters wait

Marie Woolf, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021

OTTAWA - Voters in four ridings are still waiting for confirmation of who their MP will be, following demands from candidates that ballots be counted again.

As Elections Canada’s deadline passed for parties to challenge local election results, four ridings were facing recounts.

In two close Quebec ridings — Trois-Rivières and Châteauguay-Lacolle — votes were being counted again on Tuesday, after judges accepted demands for an official recount.

In two other ridings — Davenport in Toronto and Brome-Missisquoi in Quebec — parties have applied to the courts to have the votes recounted.

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Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021

A sample ballot box is seen ahead of the 2019 federal election at Elections Canada's offices in Gatineau, Que., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

NDP asks for recount in Toronto's Davenport riding

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NDP asks for recount in Toronto's Davenport riding

Marie Woolf, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Monday, Oct. 4, 2021

OTTAWA - The NDP is to ask a judge for a recount in a Toronto seat where it lost to the Liberals by 76 votes.

The New Democrats say they will go before a judge on Tuesday to ask for a recount in Davenport, a Toronto riding where the NDP narrowly lost to the Liberals.

The result was one of the closest in the federal election. Liberal Julie Dzerowicz defeated NDP candidate Alejandra Bravo with 42.1 per cent of votes cast, compared to Bravo's 42 per cent.

Dzerowicz has represented Davenport for the Liberals since 2015.

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Monday, Oct. 4, 2021

A worker uses a envelope cutting machine as they open special ballots from national, international, Canadian Forces and incarcerated electors at Elections Canada's distribution centre in Ottawa on election night of the 44th Canadian general election, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Elections Canada confirms Quebec riding recount

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Elections Canada confirms Quebec riding recount

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Friday, Oct. 1, 2021

OTTAWA - Elections Canada is confirming that a recount will take place in a Quebec riding with a close result after a "potential anomaly" was discovered with a ballot box after the votes were validated.

Stéphane Perrault, Canada's chief electoral officer, says there will be a judicial recount of votes in the Châteauguay–Lacolle riding, after a request from the Liberal candidate.

The initial results had Bloc Québécois candidate Patrick O'Hara defeating Liberal incumbent Brenda Shanahan, first elected in 2015, by 286 votes.

The Liberals requested that votes be counted again after a "potential anomaly" with a ballot box was spotted.

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Friday, Oct. 1, 2021

Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault signs the writs of the 43rd general election during a photo opportunity in Gatineau, Que., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Elections Canada is confirming that a recount will take place in Quebec riding with a close result after a

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Liberals request recount in Quebec riding

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Liberals request recount in Quebec riding

Marie Woolf, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

OTTAWA - The Liberals have asked for a recount in a close-run riding in Quebec after a "potential anomaly" was discovered with a ballot box.

And a recount is likely to be kick-started this week in Davenport, a Toronto riding where the Liberals beat the NDP by 76 votes. Given the close race, The NDP may ask for votes to be counted again to ensure the result was 100 per cent accurate.

A judicial recount is to take place in Châteauguay-Lacolle where the Bloc Québécois candidate defeated his Liberal rival by 286 votes.

The Liberals confirmed they had asked for a recount in the riding, where a "potential anomaly" with a ballot box was noticed after the votes were validated. Typos in recording votes in the riding also had to be corrected by the returning officer.

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Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

A sample ballot box is seen at Elections Canada's offices in Gatineau, Que., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Liberals concede election race in west Winnipeg

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Liberals concede election race in west Winnipeg

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

WINNIPEG - The federal Liberal candidate in a tight election race in west Winnipeg has conceded defeat.

Unofficial election results from Sept. 20 were very close in Charleswood-St. James-Headingley-Assiniboia, with just 24 votes between Conservative Marty Morantz and Liberal Doug Eyolfson.

That would be close enough to prompt an automatic recount under federal law.

But a recently completed validated vote count, which involves a returning officer reviewing the addition of votes at each poll, has given Morantz the win by a wider margin of 460 votes.

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Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

A man arrives to cast his ballot on federal election day in Montreal, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Few angry about federal election outcome: Poll

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Few angry about federal election outcome: Poll

Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

OTTAWA - Canadians may not be thrilled with the outcome of last week's federal election but a new poll suggests few are angry that it produced an almost identical result to the 2019 nation-wide vote.

Just 10 per cent of respondents to the Leger survey said they're happy with the outcome, which produced another Liberal minority government led by Justin Trudeau and only minor changes to the seat counts of all the parties.

But another 24 per cent said they're comfortable with the outcome, while nine per cent said they prefer a minority government in any event and 14 per cent said they're indifferent.

On the flip side, 12 per cent said they're angry about the outcome and six per cent said they're uncomfortable with it. Another 24 per cent said they're unhappy about it "but life goes on."

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Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2021

A voter casts their ballot at a polling location on election day during the 44th Canadian general election, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Canadians may not be thrilled with the outcome of last week's federal election but a new poll suggests few are angry that it produced an almost identical result to the 2019 nation-wide vote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Voter turnout about average despite pandemic

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Voter turnout about average despite pandemic

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Monday, Sep. 27, 2021

OTTAWA - Sixty-two per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in last week's federal election — about average turnout for recent Canadian elections despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elections Canada says almost 17 million Canadians voted, out of 27.4 million eligible electors. That does not include voters who registered on election day so the final number could tick up a bit, the agency says.

Turnout was down from 67 per cent in 2019 and 68.3 per cent in 2015 but it was still better than four of the previous seven federal elections held in Canada since the turn of the century.

The pandemic resulted in fewer polling locations, fewer poll workers and long lineups to vote last Monday in some places.

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Monday, Sep. 27, 2021

A voter casts their ballot at a polling location on election day during the 44th Canadian general election, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Kevin Vuong to sit as Independent MP

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Saturday, Sep. 25, 2021

TORONTO - The newly elected member of Parliament for a downtown Toronto riding says he will sit as an independent.

Kevin Vuong says he will not step down as Spadina-Fort York's representative in the House of Commons despite controversy surrounding his election.

He made the announcement in a tweet Saturday night.

The Liberal party dropped Vuong as a candidate just two days before Monday's election.

Liberals take Richmond Centre riding, NDP Nanaimo

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Liberals take Richmond Centre riding, NDP Nanaimo

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Saturday, Sep. 25, 2021

VICTORIA - The Liberals and New Democrats have been declared the winners in two hotly contested British Columbia federal ridings too close to call on election night.

Elections Canada says Liberal Wilson Miao will be the new member of Parliament for Richmond Centre, defeating the Conservative incumbent Alice Wong by 772 votes.

In Nanaimo-Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, New Democrat challenger Lisa Marie Barron defeated Conservative Tamara Kronis by 1,281 votes. Green incumbent Paul Manly placed third.

Kevin Vuong declared on Saturday night that he would sit in the House of Commons as an independent after controversy clouded his election in the downtown Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York.

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Saturday, Sep. 25, 2021

A person passes posters advising measures against COVID-19 as they enter Ottawa City Hall, a polling location, on election day during the 44th Canadian general election, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. The Liberals and New Democrats have been declared the winners in two hotly contested British Columbia federal ridings too close to call on election night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Election results show rise in urban-rural division

Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Saturday, Sep. 25, 2021

OTTAWA - The results of the federal election have shown a deepened divide between Canadians living in urban areas who mostly chose Liberal candidates and those living in rural areas who voted for the Conservative party, experts say.

Allan Thompson, the head of Carleton University's journalism program, said the results of Monday's election have revealed increasing polarization between rural and urban Canadians.

The division was very clear in Ontario where the Liberals picked up almost all the seats in the urban ridings and the Conservatives flipped some rural ridings and increased their lead in ridings they'd held before.

"What worries me is just the polarization, that it seems to be more and more split, more of a division where it's virtually automatic what the outcome is going to be," Thompson said.

Vuong's predecessor urges him to resign

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Vuong's predecessor urges him to resign

Marie Woolf, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Friday, Sep. 24, 2021

OTTAWA - The former Liberal MP for Spadina-Fort York said he has urged his newly elected successor, Kevin Vuong, to resign, warning him that local people will be "furious" if he takes his seat.

Adam Vaughan, who did not seek re-election this year after having represented the downtown Toronto riding since 2014, also said that he would not brief his successor on certain sensitive cases and would instead ask ministers or neighbouring MPs to take them forward.

The Liberal party dropped Vuong as a candidate in Spadina-Fort York just two days before Monday's election after the Toronto Star reported there had been a sexual assault charge laid against him in 2019, which was later dropped.

However, thousands of people had already voted by mail or in advance polls in the riding and it was too late to remove Vuong's name or party affiliation from the ballots that were cast Monday.

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Friday, Sep. 24, 2021

Liberal MP Adam Vaughan responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Vaughan is urging his newly elected successor, Kevin Vuong, to resign. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Recounts likely in tight-race ridings: experts

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Recounts likely in tight-race ridings: experts

Marie Woolf, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Thursday, Sep. 23, 2021

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals have picked up one more seat in Quebec, pushing them slightly ahead of the Bloc Quebecois in the province.

Brome-Missisquoi is the only riding so far to change hands since Monday's preliminary election results, which did not include some 850,000 mail-in ballots.

Once election officials finished counting postal votes in the riding Thursday, Liberal Pascale St-Onge edged ahead of the Bloc's Marilou Alarie by just 186 votes.

That leaves the Liberals leading or elected in 34 of Quebec's 78 seats, to the Bloc's 33 and also puts them slightly ahead in terms of the popular vote.

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