It is a bit of an anomaly to have so much federal concentration in Calgary, a traditionally Conservative stronghold, and Tori leader Stephen Harper’s own riding.
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“Under Stephen Harper, our immigration and refugee system has been completely destroyed”, she said after a vigorous debate exchange on Canada’s response to the world migrant crisis. Political reporter Jane Taber will lead a panel before and after the debate with analysis from our team of political and business journalists, who will also offer regional perspectives, such as exploring the implications of slumping oil prices in Alberta and the plight of manufacturing in central Canada, the newspaper said.
The main federal leaders are in Calgary for another election debate tonight – this one to focus on the economy.
She took a prominent role in the first debate of the campaign for the October 19 election.
“The Green Party’s use of Twitter and other forms of social media are examples of the increasing use of social media to further grassroots democracy”, May said.
May – piqued at the Globe’s snub and calling the debate a private, corporate event – assembled hundreds of supporters at a Victoria church, where she videotaped short bursts for distribution via social media.
But people were also eager to understand more about what the three leaders were talking about, with the most popular searches being for past prime minister R.B. Bennett after he was mentioned and the word loophole after NDP Leader Tom Mulcair brought that up as part of the discussion on taxes. Twitter said she gained almost four thousand new followers Thursday alone.
A reference by Mulcair to the cost of a bungalow in Vancouver or Toronto saw searches of that trend, too.
Twitter is working with all five leading parties on different facets of their campaigns, Ladurantaye said.
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“There is this shared experience and commentary that happens on the platform”.
