Cult MTL on Bluesky

Foreign interference: CSIS alleges India aided Pierre Poilievre in Conservative leadership race

“Poilievre’s refusal to get his security clearance is looking increasingly suspicious.”

https://cultmtl.com/2025/03/foreign-interference-csis-alleges-india-aided-pierre-poilievre-in-conservative-cpc-leadership-race/

APTN News on Bluesky

As the country gets ready to go to the polls on April 28, Elections Canada Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault says they’ve worked hard to better engage Indigenous voters this time around.

Hear how on the latest APTN News Brief: pod.fo/e/2bdbe9

MediaSmarts on Bluesky

The #househippo is here to remind us that misinformation can fool anyone—even you!🧐 In an election season, always check the facts with a reliable source before you share online. Learn how at www.breakthefake.ca #BreaktheFake

Canadians for EU Membership on Bluesky

An election is underway, tell the candidates it's time for Canada to stop "getting closer" to the EU and go all the way inside!

CIVIX Canada on Bluesky

Wow! More than 2,500 schools have already registered for Student Vote Canada. ⁠

Register your school today for this inspiring mock election program studentvote.ca/canada

Fair Vote Canada on Bluesky

Told you're wasting your vote by backing the party that reflects your values?

Ask them why we’re still stuck without proportional representation.

#Election2025

On the eve of the 2025 federal election call, an excerpt from Danielle Smith’s interview with Breitbart News started making the rounds on social media. On Sunday it hit mainstream media.

In the interview, Smith said: “The longer this [tariff] dispute goes on, politicians posture, and it seems to be benefiting the Liberals right now so I would hope that we could put things on pause is what I’ve told administration officials... Let’s just put things on pause so we can get through an election.”

Why should the Trump administration care about the Canadian election? Smith went on to say that she told the Americans “I would say, on balance, the perspective that Pierre [Poilievre] would bring would be very much in sync with, I think… the new direction in America. And I think we’d have a really great relationship for the period of time they’re both in (office).”

Fair Vote Canada on Bluesky

A federal election is coming and our soverignty is on the line.

That's why we're looking for volunteers to deliver door hangers—and help fight for proportional representation.

Sign up here: secure.fairvote.ca/en/action/el...

Let’s ditch first-past-the-post.

Let’s make every vote count. #cdnpoli

The race to choose Canada's next prime minister began Sunday with each of the main party leaders making their pitch for why they are uniquely qualified to lead the country through a crisis.

The first day of the campaign gave them the opportunity to tell Canadians a bit about their background and values — and how that dovetails with the crisis the country is facing.

That crisis: the political, economic and existential threat posed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The office of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is vehemently denying accusations that she asked the U.S. to interfere in Canadian federal politics, as comments Smith made during an interview with an American news outlet earlier this month made waves this weekend.

Smith, along with other Canadian political leaders, has been lobbying U.S. counterparts against placing the stiff tariffs President Donald Trump wants on Canadian goods. Part of her effort has included speaking with American news media.

During a March 8 interview with Breitbart, a right-wing U.S. media company, Smith said the Conservative Party of Canada was far ahead of the governing Liberal Party in polls before the trade war. But the threat of "unjust and unfair tariffs" had boosted Liberal support.

The leaders of the main federal political parties will be invited to a face off in mid-April — if they meet certain criteria, announced the Leaders' Debates Commission Monday.

The commission, a government agency created in 2018 to organize federal leaders' debates, said the French debate will take place April 16 at 8 p.m. ET and the English debate will be held April 17 at 7 p.m. ET.

Both events will be hosted at the Maison de Radio-Canada in Montreal.

The head of Elections Canada says he has been in touch with social media platforms in an effort to address concerns about misinformation as Canada wades into an election campaign.

Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault told reporters on Monday that he has reached out to social media sites such as X and TikTok to "seek their support to making this election a secure election." He said he has been satisfied with the response so far.

"We'll see what action actually takes place during the election. Hopefully they won't have to intervene, but if there are issues, hopefully they will be true to their word," he said.

"Chaque nouveau membre compte" Campagne de dons

Objectif

Pour les prochaines 72 heures, je (AlolanVulpix) ferai un don de 1$ pour chaque nouvel abonné à notre forum, soutenant la défense de la représentation proportionnelle au Canada.

Détails actuels

1. Statistiques actuelles : 490 abonnés.
2. Cet événement commence dès que cette publication est visible et se termine le ou après le 2025-03-27T20:00:00-04:00.

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3. 1$ sera donné pour chaque nouvel abonné qui se joint pendant la période de 72 heures
4. Plafond maximal de don : 500$ CAD.
5. Bénéficiaire du don : Représentation équitable au Canada.
6. Vérification : J'utiliserai les analyses d'abonnés du forum pour suivre les nouveaux membres.
7. Des mises à jour sur les progrès seront publiées régulièrement, objectif : toutes les 24 heures dans ce fil

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Renforçons notre communauté tout en soutenant la réforme démocratique ! Chaque nouveau membre compte, tout comme chaque vote devrait compter dans notre système électoral.

"Every New Member Counts" Donation Drive

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For the next 72 hours, I (AlolanVulpix) will donate $1 for each new subscriber to our forum, supporting proportional representation advocacy in Canada.

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Let's strengthen our community while supporting democratic reform! Every new member counts—just like every vote should count in our electoral system.

On Friday, we sent out a message asking supporters to sign up to organize proportional representation door hanger campaigns in their ridings.

The response has been overwhelming. 240 organizers have stepped forward in less than 48 hours. With over 1200 volunteers willing to deliver - and the list just keeps growing!

Friends, to send each of these wonderful volunteer organizers just 1000 door hangers each would cost Fair Vote Canada $40,000.

Canada’s main federal party leaders shifted into campaign mode a day ahead of an expected election call, spending Saturday gearing up for the impending race and trying to position themselves as the best option to lead Canada through a trade war with the United States.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to ask Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call for an election, with a vote to take place at the end of April or early May.

Doug Ford’s entire campaign was based on a promise he would save us from Trump.

Who will save us from Ford?

With a federal election call widely expected on Sunday, the three main political parties are ramping up their attacks and trying to pitch their leaders as the best people to guide Canada through difficult days ahead.

They were done. Cooked. Spent. There was nowhere to go but down—into a brutal rebuild and an inevitable existential crisis.

Just days before Christmas and hours before delivering a devastating economic update, then finance minister Chrystia Freeland walked away, telling the embattled prime minister to shove it. In the days that followed, Justin Trudeau had never been more politically isolated. His reign was done. The man who had rescued the Liberals from oblivion in 2015 was now poised to leave them in a shambles.

This is not hyperbole. By late last year, the numbers were catastrophic. Léger had the Liberals at 20 percent nationally, trailing the Conservatives by twenty-three points. Ipsos and Abacus Data measured a twenty-five-point canyon between the two parties. Mainstreet Research placed the Liberals in the high teens. In the 338Canada projections, the party had even fallen behind the Bloc Québécois—not just in Quebec but from coast to coast.

Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party were about to cruise to power with one of the largest parliamentary majorities in Canadian history.

Then Trudeau resigned.

Then Donald Trump was sworn in, launching daily threats against Canada’s economy and sovereignty.