The 14 federal ridings where the Jewish vote may make a difference
Pollsters weigh in on which ridings with large Jewish populations to watch on election night.
Elections Canada adding additional voting options for Jewish voters
Elections Canada announced recently that it will be setting up additional service points to provide more voting options for Jewish people who would have had difficulty finding time to vote in the available times and locations.
Shinewald: Election date clash was a Canadian – not a Jewish – issue
Benjamin Shinewald writes about “why the conflict between Shemini Atzeret and the next federal election is not a Jewish issue, but a Canadian one.”
Perrault says he will not advise moving election date
Canada’s chief electoral officer will not recommend that the date of the next federal election be changed, despite pressure to do so because it clashes with the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret.
Residents divided on implications of court decision
The CJN recently spoke with some voters in the Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue area, part of the Eglinton-Lawrence riding, where Conservative candidate Chani Aryeh-Bain, who took Stéphane Perrault to court over the election date, is seeking to become the local member of parliament.
Shmooze: Shemini Atzeret vs. Elections Canada
The court battle aiming to push Canada’s federal election to accommodate observant Jews is heating up. We took to the streets to hear what the public has to say.
Government taken to court over federal election date
Two observant Jews are taking the government to court, in an effort to move the date of the upcoming federal election, because it conflicts with a Jewish holiday.
MP finds advance polling option wanting for October vote
York Centre MP Michael Levitt is hoping Elections Canada changes the dates for advance poll voting, which are currently set for Shabbat and Sukkot this year.
