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Handicapping election: Conservatives have narrow path to victory, but losing support in battleground seats

By GREG LYLE | Aug. 3, 2015
Handicapping election: Conservatives have narrow path to victory, but losing support in battleground seats
They have a very small pool of potential supporters. That said, they have the potential to gain support among conflicted voters if they can raise unease over the alternatives. Increasingly, that means the NDP rather than the Liberals.

Harper could be trying to deplete NDP, Libs to benefit Conservatives after election, say Hill sources

By LAURA RYCKEWAERT, MARK BURGESS | July 27, 2015
Harper could be trying to deplete NDP, Libs to benefit Conservatives after election, say Hill sources
If the Conservatives can drain the other parties’ coffers during the campaign, it could make a Conservative minority government more stable.

Grit Leader Trudeau, Green Leader May only two federal leaders in for debate on women’s issues, Sept. 21

By RACHEL AIELLO | Aug. 4, 2015
Grit Leader Trudeau, Green Leader May only two federal leaders in for debate on women’s issues, Sept. 21
The coalition of more than 175 women’s organizations behind ‘Up for Debate’ proposal is planning secondary political activities to push equality issues in the federal election campaign.

Politics This Morning: Election 2015 Cabinet ministers, backbenchers continue ‘Christmas-in-July’ funding announcements

By KATE MALLOY | July 31, 2015
Politics This Morning: Election 2015 Cabinet ministers, backbenchers continue ‘Christmas-in-July’ funding announcements

Most believe election has already started, says poll

By KATE MALLOY | July 30, 2015
Most believe election has already started, says poll
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to trigger the federal election on Sunday, Aug. 1, but most believe it’s already started.

Politics This Morning: Early election call speculation stoked

By KATE MALLOY | July 30, 2015
Politics This Morning: Early election call speculation stoked

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FEATURE

Flora MacDonald was ‘a force for women in politics’

By CHRISTOPHER GULY | Aug. 3, 2015
Flora MacDonald was ‘a force for women in politics’
Flora MacDonald was the first woman to run for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives and the first female foreign minister in the developed world.

‘I remember on the way home phoning Raymond again and saying simply, ‘Forty per cent. We’re going to get 40 per cent in Jonquière-Alma’: Mulcair

By TOM MULCAIR | Aug. 3, 2015
‘I remember on the way home phoning Raymond again and saying simply, ‘Forty per cent. We’re going to get 40 per cent in Jonquière-Alma’: Mulcair
We knew that the election could come as early as the spring, and we needed to be ready.

It’s Harper way, or the highway

By LES WHITTINGTON | Aug. 3, 2015
It’s Harper way, or the highway
Stephen Harper has broken new ground in the re-orientation to accelerate the shift of power away from elected Members of Parliament to the PMO.

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Policy Briefings
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THIS WEEK'S HILL TIMES
Liberals expect to spend maximum limit, ‘fully-funded campaign’: Goodale
By TIM NAUMETZ | Aug. 5, 2015
Most disapprove of long federal election campaign, but most Conservative voters like it
By TIM NAUMETZ | Aug. 4, 2015
Ka-ching! Cabinet ministers, backbenchers promise billions in new funding in one month
By LAURA RYCKEWAERT | Aug. 3, 2015
‘Nervous’ Liberals say Trudeau should counter Conservative attack ads hard, now
By ABBAS RANA | Aug. 3, 2015
Longer campaign means bigger rebates, Conservatives can spend more on ad blitz in final week
By ABBAS RANA, KATE MALLOY | Aug. 3, 2015
Longer campaign means bigger rebates, Conservatives can spend more on ad blitz in final week
POLITICS
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OPINION
Five factors to watch for in this election
Five factors to watch for in this election
By EVAN SOTIROPOULOS | Aug. 5, 2015

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cabinet ministers, backbenchers on spending spree doesn’t impress
Aug. 3, 2015

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EDITORIAL
It’s time to elect more women in House of Commons
Aug. 3, 2015

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Hill Life & People
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Video
Sights and sounds from inside the 2015 media budget lock-up in Ottawa
April 22,2015
Armed RCMP clear Sparks Street and seach building tops for shooters
October 22,2014
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Parliamentary Calendar
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Leaders arrive at Maclean's televised debate in Toronto, Aug. 6 Aug. 7, 2015

The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Partisans of all stripes gathered outside the CityTV studios in Dundas Square well in advance of the leaders arrival Thursday evening. Omar Alghabra, Liberal candidate in Mississauga Centre
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Conservative supporters go for the trivial with their giant Trudeau head and line from their anti-Trudeau attack ads.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
A Liberal supporter of Mississauga Centre candidate Omar Alghabra, amid Conservative and Green fans.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party Stephen Harper, joined by his wife Laureen and his daughter Rachel. His son Ben was with them, too.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair arriving at his first ever national leaders' debate.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau waves after getting off his campaign tour bus.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May walks in to her first leaders' debate since 2008, and it could possibly be the only one she's participating in this campaign with the other three leaders.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
A handful of Liberal supporters on the street corner.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, looking calm, cool and ready to rumble.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair waving to supporters, with his wife Catherine Pinhas just one step ahead of him.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and her daughter Victoria Cate May Burton.

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