[NEWS] Thirteen #cdnpoli links for #elxn43

[rfmcdonald]

• CTV News notes that election day is here in Canada.


• CTV News shares a list of answers to frequently asked questions about #elxn43 requirements.


• Philippe Fournier at MacLean's notes that #elxn43 is shaping to be perhaps the most uncertain federal election in Canada since 1979, at least.


• Kai Cheng Thom at Daily Xtra addresses the despair of a voter wondering if they should vote at all. Even in dark times, there must be some room for hope, for creative responses.


• Andrew Coyne at the National Post points out the obvious, that Canadians should not feel smug about dysfunction in the US and Britain.


• Chris Selley at the National Post argues against electoral reform.


• CBC shares stories of Syrian refugees, now citizens, voting for the first time in #elxn43.


• The diffusion of extremist sentiments in Canada in the past few years is a real concern. NOW Toronto has it.


• This CBC opinion suggests that expatriates from Canada, non-resident in the country, should not have a right to vote.


• Andrew Scheer, once notable for his vocal support for Brexit, is now much quieter about the issue. CBC reports.


• Peter Henderson at NOW Toronto argues that Ed the Sock has become the voice of a responsible conservatism.


• The claims of Andrew Scheer that the political party that wins the most seats gets to form the government in the Canadian system are obviously wrong. Global News has it.


• Who, exactly, forms the middle class in Canada, that demographic that Trudeau and Scheer have been claiming to address? CBC reports.