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Mainstreet Research president and CEO Quito Maggi and iPolitics reporter Charlie Pinkerton are joined by iPolitics writer Kady O’Malley, Gandalf Group senior consultant Kyla Ronellenfitsch and Apathy is Boring executive director Caro Loutfi to discuss the final days of the 2019 federal election.

Loutfi, whose organization is a non-partisan charity that seeks to educate and encourage youth to become involved in Canada’s democracy, talks about young peoples’ engagement in this election [02:00].

Maggi and Ronellenfitsch then expand on how the horserace has played out so far [04:00]. O’Malley explains how, ultimately, it was the debates that help move the needle for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP [10:30].

The group also talks about the unpredictability of this election [10:30], before discussing which issues were overlooked or cast aside during the campaign [15:50].

The conversation then shifts to the prospect of a coalition government [20:40], leading O’Malley to explain the most likely scenario if no party wins the majority of seats after the election [23:20].

Finally, everyone shares their plans for election day [27:15].

Mainstreet Research president and CEO Quito Maggi and iPolitics reporter Charlie Pinkerton are joined by strategists Devin McCarthy, of Sussex Strategy Group, and Elliot Hughes, of Summa Strategies to talk about the 2019 federal election.

First, the group talks about who Canadians thought won the English-language debate [02:00], how the leaders used the English-language debate to excite their own bases and Green party leader Elizabeth May's debate-night pivot. Then, they talk about what Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh need to do in the French-language debate [05:40]. As well, can People's Party leader Maxime Bernier make use of the opportunity of a debate in his mother tongue?

As well, the path to a majority government goes through Quebec. Maggi explains why Quebec is so important in a federal election and how the province can be divided into sub-regions and how it's expected they'll vote [18:20]. Finally, McCarthy talks about the political play that Bloc Québécois leader Yves-Fraçois Blanchet might have in his back pocket [23:00], before Maggi and Hughes weigh in.

Mainstreet Research president and CEO Quito Maggi and iPolitics reporter Charlie Pinkerton are joined by former parliamentary assistant and University of Ottawa student Obada Hafez and iPolitics reporter Kady O’Malley just past the halfway mark in the 2019 federal election campaign for a chat that starts on the topic of the Conservatives taking the lead in the polls [01:28].

 

Hafez then shares his thoughts about what young people care about in this election [03:45] before O’Malley talks about what it takes to get youth out to vote [05:10]. The group also discusses whether the federal party leaders’ were impacted by their involvements (or lack thereof) in the global climate strike [07:10].

 

Afterwards, Maggi talks about what matters to Ontario voters [11:45], which O’Malley follows by speaking about Doug Ford’s Boogeyman-like presence in the election [14:00]. Maggi also breaks down the ridings to watch in Ontario [16:10], before the group touches on if the NDP have jumped ship from the province [18:30].

Lastly, the group looks back at key moments in past debates and ahead to this election’s leaders’ debates [21:00].

Editor’s note: This podcast was recorded on Wednesday morning, before Time published a report about Liberal leader Justin Trudeau wearing brownface makeup at a party in 2001.

Just days short of the one-month mark until the 2019 federal election, Quito Maggi, Mainstreet Research president and CEO, and Charlie Pinkerton, iPolitics reporter, are joined by Rachel Curran, former director of policy to former prime minister Stephen Harper, and Sheamus Murphy, the vice president of federal advocacy of Counsel Public Affairs, to talk about the campaign so far and how the election is shaking down in Alberta.

They first discuss whether or not the race is as close as most polls (https://ipolitics.ca/2019/09/17/liberals-tories-deadlocked-as-first-week-of-campaign-comes-to-a-close-mainstreet-poll/) seem to indicate and what it might take for a party to break away from the pack [01:24].

The group give their takes on what sort of impact the inclusion of People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier in the official election debates will have [06:30].

Next, Murphy talks about the election issues in Alberta and why Liberals fail to connect with voters in the province [12:23], before Curran shares her opinion on why Alberta is a done deal in this election [16:45].

Maggi then expands on which ridings are worth watching in the province [19:53].

And finally, what exactly would be a win for the Liberals in Alberta, when voters head to the polls [26:40]?

Two weeks into the 2019 federal election campaign, Mainstreet Research resident and CEO Quito Maggi and iPolitics reporter Charlie Pinkerton are joined by former Conservative MP for Westlock–St. Paul Brian Storseth and former NDP strategist Karl Bélanger for a discussion that starts with the obvious: the fallout of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's blackface controversy [01:25].

They also talk about the parties' prospects in the Prairies [06:32] and the factors playing a part in those provinces.

Storseth, Bélanger and Maggi then give their takes on what opportunities are being missed with the cancellation of the Munk Leaders Debate on Foreign Policy [19:30].

And finally, will the ballot box question be which leader is the most racist? Each of the guests field a guess at what they think it could be come Oct. 21[24:55].

Recorded Tuesday February 27, 2018.

Recorded Tuesday February 27, 2018.

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