just like marit styles, it will be someone no one has ever heard of.NDP leadership to begin in September, new leader chosen no later than March 29
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
David Baxter
Published Jul 10, 2025 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 1 minute read
OTTAWA — The NDP’s leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh will formally begin in September, with a six-month race to follow according to a rules framework adopted by the party’s national council.
A new leader will be chosen no later than March 29, when the party holds its 2026 convention in Winnipeg.
An entry fee of $100,000 has been set for candidates to show their “organizational and fundraising capacity.”
Singh announced his resignation as NDP leader after he lost his seat in the April 28 election, where the NDP was reduced to just seven seats in the House of Commons.
B.C. NDP MP Don Davies is currently serving as interim leader.
Three people with knowledge of the process have verified the information with The Canadian Press.
NDP leadership to begin in September, new leader chosen no later than March 29
The NDP's leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh will formally begin in September.torontosun.com
It was who is best to deal with Trump . We sure got that right . /sMany voters cast ballot in last federal election without feeling fully informed: poll
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Cassandra Szklarski
Published Jul 31, 2025 • 2 minute read
TORONTO — A new survey suggests more than half of Canadians believe they didn’t have enough information or needed more to cast their ballot in the last federal election.
The Ipsos poll says 57 per cent of respondents either believed they didn’t have enough local news or could have used more to assess candidates back in April.
Many respondents pointed to social media as among their most influential news sources, with 14 per cent specifically citing Facebook even though the social media site banned news content in Canada.
The online survey of 1,000 Canadian residents was conducted July 11 to 21 and is part of a study by the Public Policy Forum on access to local news.
The think tank concludes that a steady erosion of local news outlets leaves many Canadians “wading through the toxic waters of social media.”
Report authors include former Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper and former Maclean’s editor-in-chief Alison Uncles, who suggest a permanent non-partisan election fund could help media outlets better cover political races.
“There was scant coverage at the local level, with candidates using their own social media channels rather than have their information filtered through local reporters,” says the report, also co-authored by Sara-Christine Gemson, executive director of the Public Policy Forum Academy and a past Radio-Canada journalist.
“It is no hyperbole to argue that given the collapse of local news and the Facebook ban on news on its site, the federal election of 2025 was most likely the most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history.”
Meta stopped Canadian access to news on Facebook and Instagram in 2023 after the federal government required the social media giant to pay Canadian news outlets for posting their journalism.
Sean Simpson, senior VP at Ipsos, says the poll suggests “people are craving more information” about their local candidates and local issues.
The poll found 70 per cent of respondents said greater availability of local news would have made them better informed voters.
There was some overlap when respondents were asked which sources of information had the biggest impact on their ballot, with national media most often cited at 46 per cent, followed by word-of-mouth at 35 per cent.
While 14 per cent pointed to Facebook, 15 per cent cited other social media, such as TikTok, Reddit and Instagram.
Simpson notes that national concerns dominated the campaign as concerns over the economic policies of U.S. President Donald Trump shaped a two-party race between Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and winning Liberal leader Mark Carney.
“It was very much an election fought on national leaders,” says Simpson, reached in Kitchener, Ont.
“It was: who’s best to deal with Trump?”
“Uncovered: How to build back election coverage for a better democracy” is set for release Thursday.
The PPF report was written in partnership with the Rideau Hall Foundation and the Michener Awards Foundation.
Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without feeling fully informed: poll
The Ipsos poll says 57 per cent of respondents either believed they didn't have enough local news or could have used more.
I tend to believe that. The majority of news was not on local candidates, but the parties and leaders. It is almost like everyone except the media knows we vote for our local candidate, not the party or the leader. Could be because the majority of our media is on the liberal payroll.Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without feeling fully informed: poll
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Cassandra Szklarski
Published Jul 31, 2025 • 2 minute read
TORONTO — A new survey suggests more than half of Canadians believe they didn’t have enough information or needed more to cast their ballot in the last federal election.
The Ipsos poll says 57 per cent of respondents either believed they didn’t have enough local news or could have used more to assess candidates back in April.
Many respondents pointed to social media as among their most influential news sources, with 14 per cent specifically citing Facebook even though the social media site banned news content in Canada.
The online survey of 1,000 Canadian residents was conducted July 11 to 21 and is part of a study by the Public Policy Forum on access to local news.
The think tank concludes that a steady erosion of local news outlets leaves many Canadians “wading through the toxic waters of social media.”
Report authors include former Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper and former Maclean’s editor-in-chief Alison Uncles, who suggest a permanent non-partisan election fund could help media outlets better cover political races.
“There was scant coverage at the local level, with candidates using their own social media channels rather than have their information filtered through local reporters,” says the report, also co-authored by Sara-Christine Gemson, executive director of the Public Policy Forum Academy and a past Radio-Canada journalist.
“It is no hyperbole to argue that given the collapse of local news and the Facebook ban on news on its site, the federal election of 2025 was most likely the most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history.”
Meta stopped Canadian access to news on Facebook and Instagram in 2023 after the federal government required the social media giant to pay Canadian news outlets for posting their journalism.
Sean Simpson, senior VP at Ipsos, says the poll suggests “people are craving more information” about their local candidates and local issues.
The poll found 70 per cent of respondents said greater availability of local news would have made them better informed voters.
There was some overlap when respondents were asked which sources of information had the biggest impact on their ballot, with national media most often cited at 46 per cent, followed by word-of-mouth at 35 per cent.
While 14 per cent pointed to Facebook, 15 per cent cited other social media, such as TikTok, Reddit and Instagram.
Simpson notes that national concerns dominated the campaign as concerns over the economic policies of U.S. President Donald Trump shaped a two-party race between Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and winning Liberal leader Mark Carney.
“It was very much an election fought on national leaders,” says Simpson, reached in Kitchener, Ont.
“It was: who’s best to deal with Trump?”
“Uncovered: How to build back election coverage for a better democracy” is set for release Thursday.
The PPF report was written in partnership with the Rideau Hall Foundation and the Michener Awards Foundation.
Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without feeling fully informed: poll
The Ipsos poll says 57 per cent of respondents either believed they didn't have enough local news or could have used more.
HooeyCanada’s federal voting system constitutional, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
Groups argued in court that the first-past-the-post system violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms' guarantee of effective representation
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jim Bronskill
Published Aug 11, 2025 • 2 minute read
OTTAWA — A panel of three Ontario Court of Appeal judges unanimously affirmed the constitutionality of Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system in a ruling released on Monday.
The system, laid out in the Canada Elections Act, sees the candidate who receives the most votes in a given riding or electoral district become the member of Parliament.
Fair Voting BC and the Springtide Collective for Democratic Society argued in court that the first-past-the-post system violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ guarantee of effective representation.
The groups also said the system leads to the under-representation of women and other groups in Parliament, breaching the Charter’s equality rights provision.
In a proportional representation system, the number of representatives a party elects reflects the percentage of the total vote the party receives.
In November 2023, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed the challenge from Fair Voting BC and Springtide. It said that while a proportional representation system would be a fair alternative to the current system, it’s not required by the Constitution.
In its decision, the province’s Court of Appeal also rejected the groups’ key arguments.
“The electoral system is not in conflict with either the right to vote or the right to equality. It does not violate the Charter,” Justice Grant Huscroft said in written reasons delivered on behalf of another judge on the panel.
“The appellants’ arguments that the electoral system violates the Charter are, in essence, a repackaging of failed political arguments as constitutional rights violations.”
The expert evidence “put forward in support” of those arguments, Huscroft wrote, is “replete with highly contestable policy arguments about which reasonable disagreement abounds, not only in the academic community but amongst the public at large.”
“This evidence demonstrates the shortcomings of constitutional litigation in addressing public policy disagreements,” he added.
The short answer to the argument that the electoral system violates the Charter is that Canadian citizens are free to vote for anyone they choose, and for any reason they choose, Huscroft added.
“There is no constitutional requirement that their individual choices aggregate in a way that achieves some ideal of representational diversity,” he wrote. “Neither the political party affiliation nor the personal characteristics of the candidates who win election are relevant to the constitutionality of the electoral system.”
During the 2015 election campaign, then-Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised it would be the last federal election held under the first-past-the-post system.
Once in office, however, Trudeau’s government abandoned his pledge to replace the system.
Canada’s federal voting system constitutional, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
The system sees the candidate who receives the most votes in a given riding or electoral district become the member of Parliament.
