- Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2011
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This is a tally of newspaper and magazine endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election.
Endorsing the Conservatives
- The Brampton Guardian [1]
- The Recorder and Times (Brockville) [2]
- Burlington Post [3]
- Calgary Herald [4]
- Calgary Sun [5]
- The Economist [6]
- Edmonton Journal [7]
- Edmonton Sun [8]
- Etobicoke Guardian [9]
- The Globe and Mail [10]
- The Mississauga News [11]
- The Gazette (Montreal) [12]
- The Hamilton Spectator [13]
- Inside Toronto [14]
- Maclean's [15]
- National Post [16]
- Oakville Beaver [17]
- Ottawa Citizen [18][19] - Endorsed a Conservative majority government, but also endorsed individual candidates at a riding level: Bernadette Clément in Stormont-Dundas-South, Steve MacKinnon in Gatineau, David Bertschi in Ottawa-Orléans, David McGuinty in Ottawa South, Gordon O’Connor in Carleton-Mississippi Mills, John Baird in Ottawa West-Nepean, Pierre Lemieux in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Scott Reid in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, Lawrence Cannon in Pontiac, Rem Westland in Ottawa-Vanier, Pierre Poilievre in Nepean-Carleton, Gordon Brown in Leeds-Grenville, Nycole Turmel in Hull-Aylmer, Paul Dewar in Ottawa-Centre, and Hector Clouthier in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke
- Ottawa Sun [20]
- The Province (Vancouver) [21]
- The Suburban (Quebec) [22]
- Sudbury Star [23]
- Toronto Sun [24]
- The Vancouver Sun [25]
- Waterloo Region Record [26]
- Windsor Star [27]
- Winnipeg Free Press [28]
- Winnipeg Sun [29]
Endorsing the New Democratic Party
- Now (Toronto) [30]
- Toronto Star [31] - Endorsed the Liberals in close Liberal/Conservative ridings.[32] Also were clear that Harper shouldn't get another mandate.[33]
Endorsing the Liberal Party of Canada
- The Toronto Observer [34] - Endorsement was more of a local one for the ridings of: Scarborough-Rouge River, Scarborough-Agincourt, Pickering-Scarborough East, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough-Guildwood, and Scarborough Southwest, than a national one.
- The Vancouver Observer [35]
Endorsing the Bloc Québécois
Endorsing multiple parties
- The Georgia Straight [37] - Recommended strategic voting for specific candidates to prevent the election of Conservatives, except for in Port Moody–Westwood–Port Coquitlam
- La Presse (Montreal) [38] - Recommended the Liberals in Outremont, Westmount-Ville-Marie and Papineau, NDP in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou and Hull-Aylmer, and Conservatives in Mégantic-L'Érable, Pontiac and Lac-Saint-Louis.
Explicitly endorsing no party
- Le Soleil (Quebec City) [39] - Recommended voting for the best local candidate.
See also
- Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2008
- Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2006
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