Newspaper endorsements in the 2015 Canadian federal election

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This is a tally of newspaper and magazine endorsements in the 2015 Canadian federal election. Endorsements are organized by ownership and/or publisher, as the owner sometimes sets the endorsement policy of the paper, occasionally overriding the editorial board.

Contents

Endorsing the Conservative Party

Postmedia

Management at Postmedia Network, the largest newspaper chain in Canada, ordered its individual assets to endorse the Conservatives, as traditionally is the owner's prerogative. [1] [2] [3] Andrew Coyne resigned as editor of editorials and comment for the National Post after being denied permission by Postmedia executives to publish a column dissenting from the paper's endorsement of the Conservatives. [4] [5]

Woodbridge

Sochaczevski

Endorsing the NDP

Endorsing the Liberal Party

Torstar

While the majority of Torstar papers endorsed the Liberals, as a matter of policy, the company does not impose endorsements on its newspapers. [26]

TC Transcontinental

Northwest

  • Gastown Gazette [34]

Gesca

Laurentian

Endorsing the Bloc Québécois

Endorsing multiple parties

  • Maclean's, indicating readers should vote Liberal or Conservative. [38]
  • Now – Co-owner Michael Hollett endorsed the NDP, [39] while fellow co-owner Alice Klein called for strategic voting for "as many Liberals, NDPers and Greens as possible". [40]
  • The Ubyssey , arguing readers should vote strategically to defeat the Conservatives [41]
  • The Varsity , calling for strategic voting towards the Liberal, NDP, or Green, candidate in each riding with the best chance of defeating the conservative candidate [42]

Explicitly endorsing no party

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  4. ↑ "Andrew Coyne resigns as editor at National Post after paper rejects election column". CBC News. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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