For campaigns looking to turn support into seats in Parliament, not all ‘ethnic communities’ are created equal

'These are groups that are very politically savvy, and they understand their power and they understand the influence that they can have,' says Erin Tolley, Canada Research Chair in gender, race, and inclusive politics.
When Harjit Sajjan, now minister of international development, was first elected in 2015, he was one of four Sikh cabinet ministers and 17 Sikh MPs, highlighting the Sikh community's success in Canada's political landscape.
The conventional wisdom around the potential for so-called "ethnic voting blocs" to swing elections is often overstated, but "parties make a big mistake when they perceive of immigrant and racialized voters as a passive voting bloc," says political science professor Er...

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