Pandemic could help level playing field for parties if more resources shift to digital, say politicos

Chartering a plane for the full campaign may be tricky, but strategists say the party's leader still needs to make trips across different pockets of the country to maintain their parties' national profile.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and new Green Party Leader Annamie Paul will all face the test of running a campaign amid a global pandemic. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

November 5, 2020

Waging an election campaign amid the pandemic could help level the playing field for more cash-strapped parties if the resources for fighting over seats were to shift online, say some strategists. The pandemic is expected to tes...

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