Cities are missing topic in the 2025 federal election campaign (UPDATE)
With the debates this week, the parties still have time to advance urban-oriented platform planks
By John LorincThere’s nothing even the least bit surprising about the fact that cities, or urban affairs more generally, have had so little play in the federal election. Yes, all three major parties talk about housing and housing affordability. Both the Conservative and the Liberals have unveiled crime agendas. In fact, Pierre Poilievre’s stump speeches, which already suffer from a deficiency of anything besides slogans, have evolved in recent days into something of a tough-on-crime... Read more
