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The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) presents a session with political scientist Dr. Melanee Thomas as she discusses the recently held federal election.
The 2021 Canadian Federal Election: Did the Results Justify Calling It?
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 from 12 to 1 p.m. MDT
YouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/7QPZNKctHLI
The Liberal Party retained power in a closely-contested 2019 federal election. In the end, the Liberals won 157 seats and 33 per cent of the popular vote, enough to form a minority government. The opposition Conservative Party won more votes, but far fewer seats. This was the first time since 1979 that the winner of the most seats wasn’t also the winner of the most votes. The NDP and separatist Bloc Quebecois parties both ended up holding the balance of power.
The speaker will unpack the results of the September 20, 2021 federal election and outline some of the main issues, including why the Liberals called the election in the middle of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaker: Dr. Melanee Thomas
Melanee Thomas is an associate professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of gender-based political inequality in Canada and other post-industrial democracies. She has published research in journals such as Politics & Gender, Electoral Studies, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Thomas earned her first degree at the University of Lethbridge and served as U of L Students’ Union president.
In order to ask questions of our speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in. Please do so well ahead of the scheduled start time, so you’ll be ready. Go the YouTube Live link provided in this session flyer and on the top right of your browser click the “sign in” button. If you have Google or Gmail accounts, they can be used to sign in. If you don’t, click “Create Account” and follow along. Once you are signed in, you can return to the live stream and use the chat feature to ask your questions of the speaker. You can only participate in the chat feature while we are livestreaming.
Link to SACPA’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernAlbertaCouncilonPublicAffairs/videos
For further information on the Southern Alberta Council on Public affairs, visit the SACPA website.
Contact:
Trevor Kenney | trevor.kenney@uleth.ca | sacpa.ca