Canada Votes

• Elections Canada plans app so blind, visually impaired voters can OK ballot

  Elections Canada is looking for a firm to develop and maintain an app that will help blind and visually impaired voters verify their ballots independently.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2023
  
• Canada election saw 62% voter turnout amid COVID-19 challenges

  Elections Canada says almost 17 million Canadians voted, out of 27.4 million eligible electors.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2021
  
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• Trudeau captures Liberal minority, needs to reshuffle cabinet, set throne speech

  Liberals appear to be more than 10 seats shy of a majority, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will keep his job.

  Politics

  Sep 21, 2021
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• No voting options for people still isolating due to COVID-19 on Monday

  Canadians isolating due to COVID-19, and who have not already applied to vote by mail, will not be able to vote Monday.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2021
• Tight race between Liberals, NDP set for Winnipeg North riding

  With just two days until Canadians head to the polls, some ridings in Manitoba are looking to be a tight race, including in Winnipeg North.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2021
• Nunavut residents face voting hurdles without advance polls in nine communities

  Elections Canada says 16 of Nunavut's 25 communities had advance polling last weekend - one more than in the 2019 federal election.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2021
• Canada election: Muslim candidates on tackling Islamophobia and facing discrimination

  Global News spoke to six Muslim candidates for 2021 federal election about their personal challenges, key voter issues and what they planned to do if elected.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2021
• Voter fatigue not expected to impact Lethbridge municipal election: political scientist

  Only 27 per cent of eligible Lethbridge voters cast a ballot in the 2017 municipal election and the city has averaged 31 per cent turnout in the previous five municipal votes.

  Politics

  Aug 23, 2021
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• Nova Scotia election a warning sign for Liberals, opposition leaders say

  Of the four snap elections called in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, two have ended with incumbent parties getting re-elected with a majority.

  Politics

  Aug 18, 2021
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• Canada’s tourism, arts sectors will get more aid under Liberals, Trudeau pledges

  Trudeau also noted there are some industries still carrying a heavy burden from the pandemic, notably tourism and the arts. Both were singled out in Liberal campaign promises.

  Politics

  Aug 17, 2021