#elections canada

[angelicbrats]

when rob ford said “ive got more than enough to eat at home” i really felt that.

canadians this is your reminder to go fucking vote.

[rosecrawley]

BTW for all my fellow CANADIANS! there is a FEDERAL ELECTION on APRIL 28

this means that we will be voting for a new PRIME MINISTER and FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! ontarians, let’s not fuck this up like we did at the provincial election, yeah?

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Elections Canada is looking for a firm with the technical know-how to design a phone app that will allow blind and visually impaired voters to “independently verify the mark on their ballot.” Elections Canada’s tender for this job says they are looking for someone who can design, build, deliver and maintain a mobile application that will allow visually impaired and blind electors the ability to verify the mark on their own ballot. “At this time, the independent verification of a marked ballot remains a barrier for people who are blind and partially sighted.,” said Nathalie de Montigny, a spokesperson for Elections Canada.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[tomorrowusa]

It's now Monday in parts of Canada. Canada's most important election in forever takes place a week from today (April 28th). The vid above is from Friday, the first day of early voting.

Canadians get four days of early voting – or advance voting as it's called. Monday the 21st is the last day to vote early.

This election is already setting records and Canadians are going out of their way to vote.

Canadian students who were at sea are heading to Switzerland to cast votes in person at the Canadian embassy.

Canadian students sailing on tall ship set to vote in Switzerland

A Canadian who was born in Panama is voting for the first time in 21 years. When he was six the US invaded Panama. With Trump threatening Canada, it's time to finally start voting.

I didn't vote for 21 years. Trump's attacks on my homeland and Canada changed everything

About 2 million voters cast votes on Friday, the first day of advance voting. On Tuesday, there will be stats for the number of voters for the entire four-day advance voting period. In the 2021 election, about 5.8 million Canadians cast advance ballots. This year's total for early voting will be measured against that number to gauge enthusiasm.

[originalleftist]

Canadian Election Information:

[finlaure13]

[lestudio1-bernardbujold]

LE JOUR DU VOTE CANADA 2025 APPROCHE

Par Bernard Bujold -

Il reste moins d’une semaine avant le jour de l’élection canadienne pour un nouveau Premier Ministre le lundi 28 avril prochain.

Personnellement, même si je réside dans un régime parlementaire, je vote toujours comme si j’étais dans un régime présidentiel.

Autrement dit, je ne vote jamais pour le député, mais pour le chef…

À suivre!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10171214342830541&type=3

CANADA 2025 VOTING DAY APPROACHES

By Bernard Bujold -

There's less than a week to go before the day of the Canadian election for a new Prime Minister on Monday, April 28.

Personally, even though I live in a parliamentary system, I always vote as if I were in a presidential system.

In other words, I never vote for the MP, but for the leader...

To be continued!

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[stogandco]

went to vote and the people at advance polls were puzzled because I have a voter card but was NOT on their list...anyways I got to vote after going between 2 tables at least 5 times

[propicsmedia]

Chandra Arya BANNED From Running Under Liberal Banner In breaking news, Chandra Arya has been banned from running under the Liberal Party of Canada banner due to concerns of foreign interference. Stay tuned for updates on this developing story. #news #csis #breakingnews #foreigninterference #LiberalPartyofCanada #Election2025 The Canadian Liberal Party has barred Nepean MP Chandra Arya from running in the upcoming election under the Liberal banner. He had already been suspended, and this move marks a major step in light of foreign interference concerns in Canada. Chandra Arya appears to have a close relationship with India's PM Narendra Modi and the BJP ruling Party. Arya denies the close connection but the recent move by the Liberals and additional concerns by CSIS seemingly tell another tale. #Arya #Modi #CanadaPoli #BreakingNews #News #ForeignInterference #LiberalParty #Elections #CSIS #Electionintegrity #MarkCarney #NarendraModi #Politics #Indiainterference #CanadaNews #Election2025 #CanadaElectionNews #Nepean #NepeanOntario #FederalElection #Corruption #Internationalrelations #Foreignrelations #CanPoli #ChandraArya #IndiaNews #HinduNews #SikhNews #MuslimNews #PoliticalNews

[ctcnewsca]

Elections Canada is hiring 200K+ for the 2025 election! Earn up to $33.08/hr. Apply now to join democracy in action on April 28.

[thashining]

Unify

[allthecanadianpolitics]

As federal parties battle in court to avoid privacy rules for voter data, an overwhelming majority of Canadians want more oversight according to recent polling for Elections Canada.

There are virtually no rules and zero oversight into how Canada’s federal political parties collect, store and exploit Canadian voters’ personal information – an increasingly important tool in modern electioneering.

While parties are now required to post privacy policies on their websites, there is no oversight into how they actually use the data they collect, meaning Canadians essentially have to take the parties at their word

The current wild west approach to political privacy is at odds with overwhelming public sentiment, according to recent polling data commissioned by Elections Canada.

“More than nine in 10 (96 per cent of) respondents agreed that laws should regulate how political parties collect and use Canadians’ personal information, including 78 per cent who strongly agreed,” reads an Election Canada survey of voters after the 2021 general election. [...]

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[qilingxiong]

Instagram post by reliable.raven, Apr. 15 2025

You can check votewell.ca here to look at information for your electoral district, and decide how to vote strategically!

PLEASE vote when your time comes, and if you can't, then signal boost all you can, whether Canadian or not. 🍁

Apr. 13-16 - Vote on Campus program (at participating schools)

Apr. 18-21 - Advance voting period

Apr. 22 - Voting by special ballot at Elections Canada offices ceases (6pm)

Apr. 22 - Deadline for registration to vote by mail

Apr. 28 - Election Day

[originalleftist]

Attention Canadian Voters - ADVANCE POLLS are open Today (Friday April 18th) through Monday!

High turnout reported! For more information visit Elections Canada:

[godbirdart]

so Canada's federal election just got bumped up to April 28th, 2025, and you all know what that means. it means yall have to see me make another long-winded post about it.

let's recap: WHY THE ELECTION DATE: APRIL 28, 2025?

Typically, Canada's federal election is hosted on the third Monday of October once every four years. The reason Canada is hosting it in April is because Carney, the new Prime Minister, requested a Dissolution of Parliament. This action can be requested at any point by request of the sitting Prime Minister or by the King of Canada, but cannot go forward without the approval of the sitting Governor General. The Governor General serves as the King's representative within Canada, among a variety of other constitutional duties, and thus oversees the procedure.

WHO ARE THE POLITICAL PARTIES?

Canada's parliament is currently [as of March 2025] occupied by five political parties. There are more than just these five, but these ones are considered the main players in Canadian Politics. ◦ New Democratic Party / Policies & Publications ◦ Bloc Québécois / Policies & Publications [French] ◦ Green Party / Policies & Publications ◦ Liberal Party of Canada / Policies & Publications ◦ Conservative Party of Canada / Policies & Publications

HOW DOES ALL THIS WORK?

I've seen a few comments floating around treating former Prime Minister Trudeau's tag-out with replacement Prime Minister Carney like it was a federal election [it was not] and that it was somehow illegal [it was perfectly legal]. Being America's neighbor has even Canadians confused as to how our own election system operates, so here are the cliff notes: ◦ You are eligible to vote in Canada if you are a Canadian citizen, are 18 years or older, and can prove your identity and address. ◦ Eligible voters can still register to vote at the polling station if they forgot to register in advance. ◦ Eligible voters can vote early on specific days, register for mail-in voting, vote at an Elections Canada office, or vote on election day itself before polling stations close in their respective time zone. ◦ Eligible voters can still vote while incarcerated, homeless, live abroad, or are outside of Canada during the election. ◦ Employers are obligated to give employees three hours off from work to vote. ◦ Federal elections do not utilize automatic ballot-counting machines. If someone's going off about ballot-hacking or interference, they likely haven't voted in a Canadian federal election. From casting ballots to counting, Canadian voting is largely analog. All golf pencils and paper. ◦ Canada does not vote to elect the Prime Minister specifically. There are 343 Ridings [Electoral Districts] across Canada. These correspond with the 343 seats in the House of Commons:

Each riding elects a member of Parliament to represent them in the House of Commons. Each member of Parliament is typically affiliated with a political party, but they can be independent. The party that wins the most seats in the House becomes the prevailing government and that party's leader becomes Prime Minister. ◦ This is not a celebrity contest. Election ballots vary from riding to riding and list the names of the candidates running for Parliament within each individual district. Party leader names only appear if they happen to be the representative for your particular riding. Voters can find out their riding's candidates using the Elections Canada website.

While Canadian elections don't have nearly the same sensationalism as the States, these basics should still give you the knowledge to recognize when someone [or a bot] is trying to manufacture social media outrage or otherwise spew some bullshit. So I'm going to close this all off with this:

Elections are not Team Sports

In the social media era, it can be alarmingly easy to get swept up in hype and spectacle. Canada operates on a multi-party system, sure, but you still need to pay attention and read into to the policies and guarantees each party is dangling in front of you. Don't just leave it to election day vibes. You need to think critically about who you want writing the legislation, and that also means equipping yourself with the awareness to vote strategically. If you live in a riding that's detrimentally attached to a party whose policies conflict with human rights and values, you may need to place your vote in the candidate whose party has the best chance to oust them - even if that party isn't the one you'd personally prefer to vote for.

Be critical, don't get swept away, and please spare a thought for Canada's House Hippo. They've been trending increasingly endangered since the 90's, but thanks to conservation efforts in the late 2010's they've a fighting chance to make a comeback.

[jasondamien93]

Who agrees?