Roundup of election items on voting weekend
The CBC has a summary of the municipal candidates and their promises, a brief guide on how to vote and some thoughts on why you should vote.
Radio-Canada on why this could be a key election for visible minorities.
CTV has a news category containing stories from the campaign and a recent sweep of campaigning activity.
Ensemble revealed its projected budget Friday night, on the brink of election weekend – as Radio-Canada puts it, à minuit moins une.
Global says the campaign has taken a nasty turn.
I’d love to know who told CBC about Craig Sauvé’s problem, and how hard Coderre’s people were working to dig up dirt, any dirt, on any Projet people, only to find a single complaint about an incumbent councillor that dates back to 2012.
ant6n 12:24 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
Craig Sauve’s comment on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craigrobertsauve/posts/10158620673477725
Kate 12:28 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
Thanks, ant6n.
walkerp 14:03 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
Feels like a complete smear job that will end up only hurting Coderre. It may not change anybody’s vote, but leaves a dirty taste right at the end of the campaign that people will associate with Coderre’s camp.
dhomas 14:57 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
Speaking of “nasty turns”, this “The Suburban” article is quite egregious: https://www.thesuburban.com/opinion/editorials/vote-for-change/article_52f2a86f-fd33-5e64-bfa9-a6dac849fdfe.html
A) Montreal already voted for change already when we gave Coderre the boot 4 years ago.
B) Having the name “The Suburban” should disqualify you from being taken seriously in the largest URBAN centre in the province and second largest in the country.
C) The pandemic is a thing that happened. You can’t just dump the blame for everything it caused on the mayor, without even mentioning it.
DisgruntledGoat 15:31 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
Man The Suburban is such an angryphone rag. Their readers drive into dense neighbourhoods once a week to do some shopping they can’t get done at Costco, and complain about parking with their sticky-handed children in tow.
dhomas 17:08 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
I liked bringing my kids to the voting stations. I like to show them that it’s important to vote. Last election, they even got to “vote” for stuff like parks, libraries, pools, etc. There was no children’s vote this election, though, I assume because of the pandemic.
Their hands aren’t too sticky, thankfully.
Kate 19:49 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
There are good reasons I never link to Suburban stories!
dhomas, I never heard about the kid vote – we talked about this before in comments. Maybe it was a borough-level idea, so I didn’t see it in VSMPE. But I would’ve been all over that as a kid. It’s important to show the process to kids so they feel part of it as they grow up. Your kids will vote.
John B 20:20 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
There’s online voting for kids this election. Not as cool, but understandable.
dhomas 21:52 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
@Kate The kid vote was only in 19 polling stations last time around, with plans to expand:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/children-vote-municipal-democracy-1.4381452
My daughter was very proud to participate (she got a “j’ai voté” sticker ans everything!).
Maybe for next election, when kids will be vaccinated, they’ll resume.
@John B Thanks for the link! I didn’t realize they were doing this until right now. I’ll get the kids to vote tomorrow morning.
MarcG 22:03 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
I think voting/hierarchy is stupid and my parents never brought me with them to vote but I can’t resist going to the polls. Maybe it’s because my father ranted about party politics every night during supper. Either way, good luck influencing your children, they’ll probably just do the opposite of what you want.
Kate 22:36 on 2021-11-06 Permalink
MarcG, it varies. I didn’t do everything my parents wanted, but my mother was very definite about always voting in elections, so I always have. Her father had acted as a scrutineer (as have I), and had impressed on her the importance of using your vote because “if you don’t, someone else might” – less likely now because we have to show ID, but I’ve remembered it.
jeather 09:44 on 2021-11-07 Permalink
I voted, which was easy and fast (I wasn’t asked to take off my mask), but wow would I not have wanted to work at that election. People sat right next to each other, had masks dangling down, etc, and of course there’s no air circulation and the workers didn’t need to be vaccinated.
It’s really a shame, I liked working at elections before.
Kate 10:27 on 2021-11-07 Permalink
jeather, I feel sad too that I couldn’t work in the elections this year, for the same reason.
When I voted last weekend at the advance poll in Villeray, it was a little tighter. The poll workers had plexiglas between them, and there was plexiglas in front of the tables. And I did have to remove my mask for a second so they could compare my ID.
GC 11:13 on 2021-11-07 Permalink
I went today, as I was out of town all the other days. As I approached, it looked like there was a line. But it was only a bottleneck since the place had just opened and I only needed to walk three blocks to get there. So painless and quick.
jeather 12:54 on 2021-11-07 Permalink
Voting felt as safe as anything else does, honestly. They did have plexiglas between me and the poll workers, which felt exceptionally pointless.