Unpacking party platform strategies, timing important in a tight two-way race

The NDP and Conservatives were smart to release their platforms early, taking away the opportunity for opposing parties to exaggerate their approaches and forcing the Liberals to pivot in campaign’s first week.

From left: Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NDP Jagmeet Singh. The approaches and themes to these three party platforms are important to understand, particularly in the tight two-way race between the Liberals and Tories that we are seeing today, writes Pierre Cyr. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY PIERRE CYR

September 6, 2021

I spent most of my political career as a ground war operative specializing in byelections, get out the vote efforts, election readiness committees, nomination races, and leadership campaigns. I’ve knocked on doors in too many ridings to count and I’ll admit to som...

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