By Pepper Parr
April 24th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
The library has taken up a lot of the news space.
Their participation in the CBC Ideas program this evening is worth listening to – your library is part of a national discussion on what democracy means and how libraries are part of communicating that story. CBC IDEAS at 8:00 pm this evening.
Now on to the federal election, the national leaders and the candidates at the local level.
The Click on feature has been disabled. You can access that level of detail at 338Canada.com
Our decision to focus on just the Conservative party and the Liberal party will offend many. It is a matter of resources – we just don’t have the time to cover candidates from other political parties other than giving them a polite mention.
More than 7.3 million people voted during the four day weekend with two million voting on Good Friday; highest vote ever recorded in one day.
Citizens are clearly engaged and the race gets tighter each day.
We will publish a piece on both Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney and then publish a piece on Karina Gould and then Emily Brown.
The statement by President Trump early this morning on his view that Canada should become the 51st American state sharpens just what the election issue is about.
And then leave it to the people who make a point of voting to cast their ballots and wait for the results on the 28th
