Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. April 22nd, 2025
April 22, 2025
We have received preliminary data from last weekend’s Advanced Polls. Spoiler alert: A lot of people voted. To be precise, 7.3 million Canadians did. And back in 2021, we saw 5.8 million cast their ballots in the Advanced Polls, marking a 25 percent increase from 4 years ago. Were you one of them? What’s driving you to the ballot box ahead of a pivotal election? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, the Ottawa Senators are just hours away from squaring off against the Toronto Maple Leafs, with the bigger brother holding the early edge. A whopping 12 players on the Sens roster made their NHL playoff debuts in Sunday’s loss. Can they turn the tables and tie the series tonight? TSN 1200’s Dean Brown pays us a visit in Hour 3.
Unpublished Newswire
Today is
election day in Canada
. A new federal government will be chosen, but none of the party leaders fought the election he expected.
Jagmeet Singh
of the
NDP...
April 28, 2025 - 07:07 | Joseph Brean | National Post
Good morning. The country mourns after a vehicle attack left 11 dead at a street festival in Vancouver this weekend. More on that below, plus today Canada votes for a new government to lead us through tough and uncertain times.TOP STORY
April 28, 2025 - 07:05 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
This wasn’t supposed to be an election about sovereignty or tariffs.
For the past year, Canadians have consistently told pollsters that their main concerns were housing, health care, and the Canadian economy. Young Canadians in particular, who have felt locked out of the future, warmed to Pierre Poilievre’s populist message that “Canada is Broken.” The Conservative leader’s message wasn’t just anti-establishment; it was a direct attack on institutional drift and a tired Liberal government that had failed to deliver on the promise that propelled Justin Trudeau to power in 2015.
Then,...
April 28, 2025 - 06:30 | Gregory Jack | Walrus
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