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Canadian parties go all out to raise funds for impending elections
While Justin Trudeau, like the NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, in signed messages has asked their supporters and workers to contribute Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre announced launching new ad campaigns, both in French and English for cross-country television and digital media channels.
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Canada's New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 22, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Lucerne, Switzerland, June 16, 2024 and Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 19, 2023 in a combination of file photographs. / REUTERS/Patrick Doyle, Pool, Blair Gable
All major political parties, including the ruling Liberals and the main Opposition Conservatives, have gone all out in launching their ad and fundraising campaigns in anticipation of the early federal election.
Interestingly, the vote on the second no-confidence is scheduled for Oct. 1 when the House of Commons re-assembles after a weekend break. Senior leaders, including the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the Leader of Opposition, Pierre Poilievre, have taken to social media tools in reaching out their party loyalists and active workers cautioning them about the battle of ballot that may be announced any time.
While Justin Trudeau, like the NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, in signed messages has asked their supporters and workers to contribute Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre announced launching new ad campaigns, both in French and English for cross-country television and digital media channels.
In her message, Anita Anand, who became the first woman of Indian descent to hold the important portfolio of Defence Minister of Canada and was recently sworn in as Transport Minister, gave a personal touch to her message to the Liberal supporters. She said her mom always encouraged her to run for office.
“And after working as a professor, lawyer, and researcher, I have been honoured to serve my community and all Canadians as a Liberal MP. Growing up in a town of 5,000 people in rural Nova Scotia helped shape my understanding of our country and where I fit in it...There is still a lot more work to do, but we can’t do it alone,” she said.
Conservative Party, the main Opposition party, that has already brought up “no-confidence motions” twice in the past one week against the minority Liberal government has launched an ads blitzkrieg in both the national languages – English and French – across the country on television and digital media.
In a statement, the party leader, Pierre Poilievre, gave details about a new 60-second Television ad titled “Mountain” in which he illustrates the impossible climb that “many Canadians are facing right now.
“After 9 years of the NDP-Liberals, taxes are up, costs are up, crime’s up and time’s up. The “What & Why” ads highlight Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s common sense plan that will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime to ensure that hard work will earn powerful paycheques that buy affordable food and houses in safe neighbourhoods in the Canada we know and love,” Pierre Poilievre said maintaining that “Common sense Conservatives will unite our people with: common values, common sense, common hope for our common home, Canada.”
The NDP leadership, too, has upped its fund raising campaign, holding that the impending federal election would be a race between the Conservatives and the NDP.
The party chief, Jagmeet Singh, has maintained in messages sent to the party loyalists saying that there is a growing movement rallying to stand up to the Conservatives. “All eyes will be on us leading up to the campaign. Canadians know that New Democrats are the progressive and hopeful alternative to Pierre Poilievre’s hate and division. It is up to us to stop Conservative cuts before they start.
Another NDP message said, “You may be asking: what does this deadline (September 29 for fund raising) mean for our movement?
“Showing the media, pundits, and Canadians that New Democrats have the numbers to back up our momentum will spark hope across the country. And every dollar raised will have the power to make a difference in Blue-Orange battleground ridings."
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