Newspaper endorsements in the 2008 Canadian federal election explained

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This is a tally of newspaper and magazine endorsements in the 2008 Canadian federal election:

Endorsing the Conservatives

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The Brampton Guardian^[1] Brantford Expositor^[2] Calgary Herald^[3] Calgary Sun The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton)^[4] The Economist^[5] Edmonton Journal^[6] Edmonton Sun^[7] The Gazette (Montreal)^[8] The Globe and Mail^[9] National Post^[10] Maclean's Ottawa Sun^[11] The Province (Vancouver)^[12] The Recorder and Times (Brockville)^[13] Toronto Sun^[14] Waterloo Region Record^[15] The Vancouver Sun^[16] Windsor Star^[17] Winnipeg Free Press^[18] Winnipeg Sun^[19]

Endorsing the Liberals

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The Mississauga News Toronto Star^[20] The Ubyssey (U of BC)^[21]

Endorsing the Bloc Québécois

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Le Devoir (Montreal)^[22]

Endorsing the New Democratic Party

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Now (Toronto)^[23]

Endorsing multiple parties

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Le Droit (National Capital Region)^[24] —recommends the NDP in Gatineau and Ottawa Centre, the BQ in Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel, the Conservatives in Pontiac, and the Liberals in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Ottawa-Vanier, Ottawa South, and Ottawa West-Nepean The Georgia Straight^[25] —recommends strategic voting for specific Liberal and NDP candidates in close races against the Conservatives. Guelph Mercury^[26] —recommends voting for Mike Nagy (Green, Guelph), Michael Chong (Conservative, Wellington-Halton Hills). Ottawa Citizen The Tyee (British Columbia)^[27] —also recommends strategic voting to defeat Conservatives.

Explicitly endorsing no party

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The Hamilton Spectator^[28] La Presse (Montreal)^[29] Times & Transcript Moncton^[30] Victoria Times-Colonist^[31]

Notes and References

1. http://www.northpeel.com/editorial/57696
2. http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1243512
3. Web site: Canada.Com Homepage Canada.Com.
4. Web site: Telegraph-Journal | TJ.news.
5. News: The fear factor The Economist. The Economist. 9 October 2008.
6. Web site: Canada.Com Homepage Canada.Com.
7. Web site: edmontonsun.com - Commentary - Picking the best of a bad bunch. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081014191707/http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/Commentary/2008/10/12/7060476-sun.html. 2008-10-14.
8. Web site: Canada.Com Homepage Canada.Com.
9. Web site: globeandmail.com: Harper is growing into the job. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081010230946/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081009.weelection2008/BNStory/politics. 2008-10-10. The Globe and Mail.
10. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/08/national-post-editorial-board-a-conservative-majority-serves-canada-s-needs.aspx
11. Web site: ottawasun.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050630011829/http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/home.html. 2005-06-30.
12. Web site: Canada.Com Homepage Canada.Com.
13. http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1243064
14. Web site: Rural ridings will continue to prove problematic for Saskatchewan NDP Toronto Sun.
15. Web site: Waterloo Region News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories.
16. Web site: Canada.Com Homepage Canada.Com.
17. Web site: Canada.Com Homepage Canada.Com.
18. Web site: Winnipeg Free Press . www.winnipegfreepress.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081013060923/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4237418p-4880617c.html . 2008-10-13.
19. http://www.winnipegsun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/10/12/7057401-sun.html
20. News: Star's choice: Dion, Liberals The Star. The Toronto Star. 11 October 2008.
21. Web site: The Ubyssey Homepage.
22. Web site: Élections 2008 - Oui au Bloc québécois . www.ledevoir.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081013072840/http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/10/11/210210.html . 2008-10-13.
23. Web site: NOW Magazine // News // New Democrats – not old answers . www.nowtoronto.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011075157/http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=165335 . 2008-10-11.
24. Web site: Pierre Jury : Les choix du Droit, par circonscription Éditoriaux . www.cyberpresse.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014023209/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/opinions/editoriaux/200810/10/01-28503-les-choix-du-droit-par-circonscription.php . 2008-10-14.
25. Web site: The Straight slate to stop Stephen Harper. 8 October 2008.
26. Web site: Guelph News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories.
27. Web site: Tyee's Strategic Voters' Guide. 10 October 2008.
28. News: 2008-10-10. We elect not to select. en. The Hamilton Spectator. 2020-07-29. 1189-9417.
29. Web site: La Presse endorses Justin Trudeau's Liberals. 7 October 2015.
30. Web site: Telegraph-Journal | TJ.news.
31. Web site: Canada.Com Homepage Canada.Com.