Canada federal election Sept. 16
CBC News will bring you the latest news from the campaign trail in our live blog every weekday from now until election day, Oct. 19.
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or, at least, that one should have the freedom in Canada to practice one's religion as one sees fit. -
Here's the thing: The Conservatives in government expressed the view that is essentially unCanadian to wear the Niqab when taking the citizenship oath.
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Given the speed with which the Conservative Party announced it would appeal, I suspect it feels it has something to gain by making this an issue. It is interesting, because my colleague Alison Crawford yesterday reported the court gave the government's lawyers a very hard time. There was even a ruling from the bench, which suggests the judges didn't need time to make up their mind. They made the decision licketysplit
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Hey, folks, thanks for watching. I'm off to look at the NDP fiscal plan.
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Chris Carter, Senior Producer, Politics, for CBCNews.ca will tackle this one:
Why is CBC election coverage focused almost entirely on the horse race, the cult-of-the-personality and the results of opinion polls and surveys when it is well know that such coverage increases the democratic deficit?
Douglas Jamesat 2:09 PM -
Douglas (and I just saw your other comment - hope you are still watching... I just jumped in when I saw your question)..... -
We post about 12 to 15 election stories online a day, on average, on weekdays - fewer than that on weekends. Of those stories, just 1 or 2 are about polls or "horse-race" stories.
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Those include the Poll Tracker updates by Eric Grenier, founder of threehundredeight.com. He maintains the Poll Tracker by aggregating all the major polls released during the campaign, and offers analysis about what the polls are revealing about strategies and movement in voter support. That was a deliberate move on our part - rather than chasing every poll that came out, we would offer more insight into the numbers and what they mean, and I think Eric is doing a fabulous job at that. Some of these stories will inevitably be about the"horse-race" - but I think if you look at that, we have a couple of those headlines a week.
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We also are writing about some of the results we are getting from Vote Compass, our voter engagement tool (http://cbc.ca/votecompass) to get a sense of voters' opinions on the issues.
But I think if you look at our page each day, you'll see a mix: stories on the announcements by the leaders in the morning and the reaction; analysis pieces on the parties' policies and strategies, stories on some of the people involved and some of the broader themes of the campaign, our Spin Cycle series that looks into some of the claims and counterclaims by the parties -- and, the inevitable candidate missteps that lead to candidates being dropped by their parties. -
Not to say our coverage is perfect Douglas, and your question is a good one, we agree with your point that a campaign is about more than who is leading or trailing. Thanks for asking it.
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The bad news: We had dozens of questions we didn't get to before James Cudmore had to run to his next assignment.
The good news: We'll have many journalists and analysts on CBC's election live blog between now and election day Oct. 19.
Stay right here for up-to-the-second coverage from the campaign trail for the rest of the day. -
Here are some of the many comments to the live blog today, including a few questions we didn't get to during our Q and A:
Not only do I look at the pages everyday, I have kept a written diary of every story. Without a doubt, CBC.ca coverage is heavily weighted towards 'stories' that will drive traffic to the web site rather than serving the Canadians solid public journalism. There are very few real issue stories that explain the party positions in clear detail with a reference to what they really mean to people. There have been numerous examples of stories where the CBC has 'told' us what "we" learned from week one or two or three etc. Sheer arrogance. Only we know what we learned. There have been numerous stories, far more than you suggest, focused on the horse race and the personalities in the election. It is sad that even those who work for the CBC don't really know the extent that its campaign coverage has deteriorated through the years, specifically since CBC.ca took advice from American consultants and started pushing out content for all the wrong reasons.
Douglas Jamesat 2:30 PMWhat I would like to know is why didn't you as a group of journalists refuse to go on Harper's bus and agree to his ridiculous 5 questions rule?
If you had all agreed to stand up to him would he not have had to back down and relax that rule and open himself up to real question that Canadians want answered?
Patrickat 2:30 PMI have not heard much about replacing first past the post in a while. Why is no one talking about it?
Gordon Gilbertsonat 2:02 PMHas any party talked about unifying health care in Canada? Moving from an insular provincial insurance plan to a federal one. One day, I would like to walk into any medical centre across Canada and have my medical records available.
Darrenat 1:57 PMI'm a low-income student who doesn't have a family, and instead has a ballooning scholastic debt with at least 3 years left. I live in Vancouver where the likelihood inwill ever own my own home is the same as me willing LottoMax. I work in order to attend school, I struggle to pay for transit and food in the summer. When will the parties stop speaking rhetoric and will make me undecided?
Tim Mottishawat 1:31 PMWith close two-hundred thousand cases of cancer and 80,000 death due to cancer , why there is no talk of doing something in this area from the political parties? UK is starting a four week screening time frame . In four weeks patient will have a answers , once referred by a GP. Here we have to wait for six months to get an appointment from a specialist ? Do the campaign is missing key issues . To much emphasis on taxes? What about our school education system? lot of key areas overlooked in campaign?
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While we were running the live chat with CBC reporter James Cudmore, Calgary's Mayor, Naheed Nenshi, spoke with reporters as the three main party leaders practice in his city for tomorrow night's economic debate.1:17 PM - 16 Sep 2015- Reply
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Nenshi says his door is "always open" to federal party leaders. #elxn42 #cdnpoli http://t.co/ooV54TuW8C
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau met with Calgary's mayor and now NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is about to do the same. #elxn42 #cdnpoli1:31 PM - 16 Sep 2015- Reply
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#NDP press secretary reminds media waiting for Mulcair this will be a photo-op only and the leader will not be answering Qs. #elxn421:33 PM - 16 Sep 2015- Reply
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Mulcair will not be speaking to reporters ahead of economic debate in Calgary. Party to release spending figures today. #NDP #elxn421:35 PM - 16 Sep 2015- Reply
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Mulcair and his wife leave city hall in Calgary following a meeting with the mayor. #NDP #elxn42 http://t.co/9OfBK8qjLp
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Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi :who ever gets transit right and improves quality of life gets to be PM #elxn421:48 PM - 16 Sep 2015
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Some of Chris Austin's views, as articulated in past comments, are irreconcilable with the values of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Chris Austin, Liberal candidate, pulled for views 'irreconcilable' with party values
The Liberal Party has removed another Alberta candidate for expressing views that don't conform to the party's values. Chris Austin was pulled after Facebook posts came to light. -
Contrary to popular opinion, fairness and compassion dictate that the tax on large companies should be reduced while the rate on small businesses should be raised.
Jack Mintz says Canada needs to change corporate taxes to prod investment
One of Canada's foremost tax experts argues in a new paper that it's time to raise small-business tax rates because too many wealthy Canadians are using the rate to reduce their tax bill. -
From CBC's Evan Dyer:
The gloves are coming off in Calgary -- literally in one case -- as the three leaders prepare for their debate on the economy tomorrow.
Justin Trudeau, known for his boxing-match, upset victory over then-sitting Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau, will spend part of the day sparring to try to get in the right frame of mind for his verbal bout with Brazeau's former boss Stephen Harper and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. But since Trudeau didn't pack his boxing gloves for the campaign tour, he will instead use what boxers call hand wraps.
"Energy in, energy out," is how one staffer described Trudeau's use of physical exercise to focus the mind. Trudeau also runs, but boxing is his preferred form of exercise.
Like all the campaigns, the Liberals are anxious that their rivals not learn details of how their leader prepares, what files he studies and who is helping him. In fact, the Liberals won't say whether they are using role-players to stand in for the other leaders at all, although that is common practice.
They are at pains to stress, not surprisingly, that their leader is calm and looking forward to the chance to state his economic case.
Tom Mulcair has no such quirky routines. True to his disciplined and methodical style, he will prep in his room at Calgary's Fairmont Palliser by going over the issues again and again with his closest advisers.
That means role-playing each potential scenario on camera, and then reviewing the tape and dissecting his performance alongside his chief of staff Alain Gaul and his principal secretary Karl Bélanger.
Gaul was with Mulcair during his days in provincial politics, and returned as his chief of staff in January. He is the quietest and most retiring member of the campaign tour, but his return to the Mulcair fold coincided with the party's surge in the polls.
One sign of the secrecy surrounding this debate prep is that for the first time in his national tour Mulcair is staying at a different hotel from the campaign's media entourage, in what seems to be an effort to avoid their prying eyes.
CBC News has learned that the party has flown in native English-speaking members of their team, who are not members of caucus, to stand in for Harper and Trudeau. Senior campaign adviser Brad Lavigne, who has not been travelling with the leader, arrived in Calgary on Tuesday afternoon.
Lavigne was widely credited with engineering Jack Layton's strong campaign in 2011 and also returned to the party this year after a hiatus at PR firm Hill & Knowlton.
Unlike Trudeau, who plans a photo op on Thursday, Mulcair plans to use the whole day to prepare for the debate.
The New Democrats know that much of the focus in the debate will be on their promises, and how they are going to pay for them.
Leading in the polls, they have to convince Canadians that their pledge to balance the books while spending billions on new or expanded programs is not a fantasy.
Expect Tom Mulcair to repeat again and again that his is the only party to produce a fully costed budget plan before this debate. -
Here's a sampling of what some of the parties' official sites are saying today:Productive meeting with Mayor @nenshi to discuss how an #NDP government can support Calgary's long-term needs. —TM http://t.co/QvWPfrBkMD
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Vous êtes contre le visage voilé lors de la cérémonie d'assermentation ? Joignez-vs à nous : http://t.co/slTSTkazkz http://t.co/Bi5lQd1gPu
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Spoke to media in #Calgary about how NDP tax hikes on employers & payrolls would kill hundreds of thousands of jobs. http://t.co/bC6Wraatf9
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Whoops, accidentally dropped Trudeau's:Great discussion with @nenshi today about our plan to invest in #Calgary and communities across the country. http://t.co/gpdplxSFxB
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The stickers were put on Harper signs by a member of the local Conservative campaign to deter vandalism.
Tories yank '24 hour surveillance' stickers on signs in Harper's Calgary riding
'24 hour surveillance' stickers have been pulled from re-election signs in Stephen Harper's Calgary riding after a member of the local Conservative campaign put them up in an effort to curb vandalism. -
I think it's entirely reasonable to ask, for those 30 seconds, that someone proudly demonstrate their loyalty to Canada.
Niqab ruling to be appealed to Supreme Court, Tories say
Conservatives doubled down on their position that women should not wear face coverings during citizenship ceremonies, saying the government would take the matter to the Supreme Court, while vowing to reintroduce the niqab ban within 100 days of re-election. -
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was the only leader to make a public announcement today. Here are some highlights:
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BREAKING: NDP pledges four years of balanced budgets
From CBC's Terry Milewski
Leading the polls by a razor-thin margin, Canada's New Democratic Party is promising four years of balanced budgets in a bid to reassure voters that the party is throwing off its socialist past.
The NDP released a broad overview of its campaign platform in a budget-style briefing for reporters in Ottawa, presented by former Saskatchewan finance minister Andrew Thomson. Thomson is billed as a star NDP candidate who cut taxes in his home province and is now running against Conservative Finance Minister Joe Oliver in Toronto.
The NDP plan claims that costly promises such as its signature plan for subsidised daycare will be paid for by an increase in corporate taxes from 15 per cent to 17 per cent -- which the party says is still below the G7 average. That increase, it says, will increase revenues by $3.7 billion annually.
In addition, the NDP will eliminate the Conservative income-splitting plan and roll back the increase of Tax-Free Savings Account allowances. Combined, those rollbacks would increase revenues by about $2 billion annually.
The NDP would also eliminate what it calls "tax loopholes" such as breaks on stock options available to CEOs. Together, the NDP claims that its measures would add more than $7 billion to federal revenues each year.
At the same time, a New Democrat government would add more than $5 billion a year in new spending -- with $3 billion of that going to infrastructure. Even so, the party claims that the budget would show a "modest surplus" of $3 billion or $4 billion dollars in each of the four years of an NDP mandate.
The NDP's brochure describing the plan does not include a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system to deal with carbon emissions. However, party officials say that "we just haven't announced everything yet," adding that any cap-and-trade scheme to be announced later would be "revenue neutral" and would therefore not change the overall numbers.
Traditionally left-of-centre but now competing with the Liberals for middle-of-the-road voters, the NDP under Tom Mulcair has moved steadily to the political centre, leaving Justin Trudeau's Liberals as the only party pledging to run consecutive deficits to stimulate the economy. -
NDP promises a balanced budget and to raise corporate taxes from 15 to 17%. #elxn424:06 PM - 16 Sep 2015
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NDP estimates that increase, it says, will increase revenues by $3.7 billion annually #elxn424:07 PM - 16 Sep 2015
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Here's a difference between NOW and 2011 NDP costing. People are very very interested. #elxn424:23 PM - 16 Sep 2015
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Thomson: this is a modest balance. Has the contingency fund in it. #elxn424:23 PM - 16 Sep 2015- Reply
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Thomson: will announce in the coming days increased support for foreign. Can't do .07 % aide in thsi framework. #elxn424:24 PM - 16 Sep 2015- Reply
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How the NDP says it will balance budget for four years. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPDDB3zWUAAOWqb.jpg
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#NDP promise to close stock option loopholes for CEOs and senior executives. Party projects this move will raise $500 million/year. #elxn424:25 PM - 16 Sep 2015- Reply
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Nash: NDP will meet the 6% escalator on healthcare. #elxn424:27 PM - 16 Sep 2015
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Liberals responding to the NDP fiscal plan as it's unveiled:Liberals will invest in economic growth. Mulcair's rush to eliminate the deficit will do nothing to boost the economy or help middle class.4:28 PM - 16 Sep 2015
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The NDP believes it can run a $4.1-billion surplus next fiscalyear under the plan, based on projections from the federal budget. Chris Rands/CBC -
by Susana Mas via twitter 9/16/2015 8:08:17 PM -
Doing my on camera in Calgary. #elxn42 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPDQkHJUcAAQe4P.jpg
by Hannah Thibedeau via twitter 9/16/2015 8:18:55 PM -
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So I'm going to chat with @debbiecoopercbc in about 15 minutes on Here and Now back home about #elxn42 and social media. #nlpoliby David Cochrane via twitter 9/16/2015 8:32:18 PM -
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Get ready to rumble: Leaders prepare in private for debate night cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli #hwby CBC Politics via twitter 9/16/2015 11:00:51 PM
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Is Canada really in a deficit right now? Time for the Baloney Meter cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli #hwby CBC Politics via twitter 9/17/2015 12:06:56 AM
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The dropped list (so far): Candidates and party officials who made trouble for themselves cbc.ca/canada-electio… #cdnpoli #hwby CBC Politics via twitter 9/17/2015 1:13:22 AM
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Tax expert says Canada needs to change corporate taxes to prod investment cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli #hwby CBC Politics via twitter 9/17/2015 1:14:10 AM
