Pellerin: What do the federal leaders think about Ottawa priorities?

Conventional wisdom says it never pays for a political party to release its platform early. Let’s just say that in this election, the parties avoided tragedy. The Liberals released theirs on April 19, nine days before the vote; the Conservatives waited until April 22, six days before the vote — and after more than seven million Canadians had already cast their ballot — to release the blue plan. What does this frenzy of last-minute reading mean for us who live in the nation’s capital? Read More