Conservatives’ own riding campaign cuts also to blame for election losses

What we do know is that if Conservatives want to win Chinese Canadian dominated ridings, they would be wise to invest in their local riding campaigns and connecting with Chinese Canadian voters. More staff, volunteers, and outreach, not less, is key to success.

In the 2021 federal election campaign, Conservative candidates Kenny Chiu spent 81 per cent of the limit; Alice Wong cut spending on staff salaries by 35 per cent; Leona Alleslev spent only 85 per cent of the limit; and Costa Menegakis cut $13,989.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, House of Commons and Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

April 17, 2023

TORONTO—For the past few months, we’ve heard about China's attempted electoral interference in ridings with high populations of Chinese Canadians. Seats like Steveston-Richmond East, B.C., and Richmond Centre, B.C., and Markham-Unionville, Ont., and Markham-Thornhill, On...

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