Quebec election commentary - August 30, 2012

Harold Simpkins, a senior lecturer in the Department of Marketing in the John Molson School of Business, comments on the role of star candidates in helping their respective political parties during the election campaign: The Montreal Gazette.

The Ottawa Citizen reprises a Montreal Gazette piece featuring a panel of political observers, including Alan Conter, a lecturer in the Department of Journalism. The panel members were asked to describe the biggest gain, the biggest loss and the biggest surprise of the campaign so far.

The Brantford Expositor is the latest media outlet to report that 20 people recently charged with corruption have given significant amounts to provincial political parties in the last decade. Guy Lachapelle, a professor in the Department of Political Science, believes that these donations make politicians appear complicit and corrupt.