Heard On The Hill

‘Subtle snark’: Elections Canada highlights its ‘coast to coast to coast’ work amid days-long tallying process in U.S. election

Plus, a former staffer to late Conservative finance minister Jim Flaherty is hoping to represent the party in the Simcoe North riding, whenever voters next hit the polls.

Stéphane Perrault, Elections Canada's chief electoral officer, is pictured in September 2019 as he watches students at an Ottawa school take part in a mock vote. On the day of the U.S. election, the agency reminded its followers last week of its 'independent, non-partisan' work, shortly before American officials embarked on their days-long process of counting ballots.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

November 9, 2020

The whole world has been watching the results of last week's U.S. election, including the thousands of people who make up the federal political world here in the capital city. Social media folks over at Elections Canada had some fun as U.S. state officials continued their days-long process of counti...

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