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2006 federal election • Newspaper endorsements
2008 federal election • Newspaper endorsements
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This is a tally of newspaper and magazine endorsements in the 2008 Canadian federal election:

Endorsing the Conservatives

The Brampton Guardian^[1]
Brantford Expositor^[2]
Calgary Herald^[3]
Calgary Sun^{[citation needed]}
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^{[citation needed]}
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


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

Endorsing the Bloc Québécois


	Le Devoir (Montreal)^[22]

Endorsing the New Democratic Party


	Now (Toronto)^[23]

Endorsing multiple parties

Le Droit (National Capital Region)h^[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^{[citation needed]}
The Tyee (British Columbia)^[27]—also recommends strategic voting to defeat Conservatives.

Explicitly endorsing no party


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

Notes and references

^ http://www.northpeel.com/editorial/57696^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1243512^{[dead link]}
^ "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
^ "Telegraph-Journal | TJ.news".
^ "The fear factor | The Economist". The Economist. 9 October 2008.
^ "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
^ "edmontonsun.com - Commentary - Picking the best of a bad bunch". Archived from the original on 2008-10-14.
^ "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
^ "globeandmail.com: Harper is growing into the job". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2008-10-10.
^ http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/08/national-post-editorial-board-a-conservative-majority-serves-canada-s-needs.aspx
^ "ottawasun.com". Archived from the original on 2005-06-30.
^ "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
^ http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1243064^{[dead link]}
^ "Rural ridings will continue to prove problematic for Saskatchewan NDP | Toronto Sun".
^ "Waterloo Region News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories".
^ "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
^ "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
^ "Winnipeg Free Press". www.winnipegfreepress.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.
^ http://www.winnipegsun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/10/12/7057401-sun.html^{[dead link]}
^ "Star's choice: Dion, Liberals | The Star". The Toronto Star. 11 October 2008.
^ "The Ubyssey Homepage".
^ "Élections 2008 - Oui au Bloc québécois". www.ledevoir.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.
^ "NOW Magazine // News // New Democrats – not old answers". www.nowtoronto.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11.
^ "Pierre Jury : Les choix du Droit , par circonscription | Éditoriaux". www.cyberpresse.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14.
^ "The Straight slate to stop Stephen Harper". 8 October 2008.
^ "Guelph News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories".
^ "Tyee's Strategic Voters' Guide". 10 October 2008.
^ "We elect not to select". The Hamilton Spectator. 2008-10-10. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
^ "La Presse endorses Justin Trudeau's Liberals". 7 October 2015.
^ "Telegraph-Journal | TJ.news".
^ "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".

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