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This is an attempt to collect all the information you need to make an informed vote in one post. If I have missed anything, please feel free to leave a link in the comment.
Getting Started
First, go to the Elections Canada website and type in your postal code to find out your riding, your candidates, and where to vote.
If you have not received your voter information card, you can still vote on election day, you just need to take ID with your address and signature.
Your employer has to give you enough time off to ensure that you have three consecutive hours off during polling hours.
Issues
The platforms:
English summary of the Bloc Quebecois platform
Issue-by-issue summary of the Conservative platform
Green platform
Issue-by-issue summary of the Liberal platform
Issue-by-issue summary of the NDP platform
Tools to help you decide which party is best for you:
CBC Vote By Issue
Politics Watch Vote Selector
Globe and Mail Voter Analyzer
Strategy and Predictions
My "How to Vote"
My "Where to Vote"
Election Prediction Project
Hill and Knowlton Election Predictor To use this tool you need poll results, which can be found at the Globe and Mail, as well as most other media outlets.
DemocraticSPACE Strategic Voting Guide and seat predictions
Jord's Election Prediction (national and regional seat projectsion, but no seat-by-seat)
If I've missed anything, feel free to leave a link in the comments.
1 comment:
Just being curious, I tried the "which party is best for you" tools posted here. Apparently, if I was Canadian (which I'm not), I would be most-closely aligned with the NDP.
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