Liberals face loss of progressive votes in bid for Vancouver-Granville riding, Prof. Gerald Baier says.
“It’s not just the legacy of Wilson-Raybould with the Liberals, but (Noormohamed) has to run against the likelihood there are progressive voters in the riding now who have a more obvious progressive choice in the form of an NDP candidate,” Prof. Gerald Baier said in an interview.
Vancouver has the biggest pool of unsafe seats in 2021 election says Prof. Gerald Baier
“By the time the numbers are tallied it will come down to what happens in a province that’s really competitive between all three parties,” Baier said, adding B.C. sent an “eclectic mix” of MPs from all parties to Parliament in 2019.
Dr. Richard Price’s class Professional Skills in Political Science connects our students and alumni
Dr. Price’s returning course provides students with answers to how they can apply the skills they learned in Political Science and International Relations.
Professor Kai Ostwald appointed Director of the Institute of Asian Research at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Professor Kai Ostwald’s work is broadly focused on development, public policy, and ethnic politics, with a strong focus on Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
Prof. Gerald Baier comments on the use of federal powers after the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the federal carbon tax
Prof. Gerald Baier believes that the SCC’s recent decision strengthens the federal government’s hand in some jurisdictional disputes with the provinces.
Prof. Emeritus Richard Johnston spoke to CBC about the possibility of the US creating an agency like Elections Canada
Richard Johnston, professor emeritus at UBC Political Science, said creating a national agency like Elections Canada to oversee the administration of U.S. presidential elections would ensure uniform voting rules across the country.
Prof. Gerald Baier finds it odd that many NDP incumbents have chosen not to run for re-election
Prof. Gerald Baier, a Canadian politics expert at the University of B.C., said he considered it strange the number of incumbent New Democrats who decided not to run this fall, especially with the party ahead in the polls.
Canada’s Electoral Future in Comparative Perspective – a Conference in Honour of Richard Johnston
This workshop has been organized in celebration of Richard Johnston’s scholarly and professional contributions to political science. The focus of the workshop is “Canada’s Electoral Future in Comparative Perspective”, a theme that is inspired by Dick’s recent book, The Canadian Party System: An Analytic History.