Newspaper endorsements in the 2008 Canadian federal election

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

Endorsing the Conservatives

• The Brampton Guardian
• Brantford Expositor
• Calgary Herald
• Calgary Sun
• The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton)
• The Economist
• Edmonton Journal
• Edmonton Sun
• The Gazette (Montreal)
• The Globe and Mail
• National Post
• Maclean's
• Ottawa Sun
• The Province (Vancouver)
• The Recorder and Times (Brockville)
• Toronto Sun
• Waterloo Region Record
• The Vancouver Sun
• Windsor Star
• Winnipeg Free Press
• Winnipeg Sun

Endorsing the Liberals

• The Mississauga News
• Toronto Star
• The Ubyssey (U of BC)

Endorsing the Bloc Québécois

• Le Devoir (Montreal)

Endorsing the New Democratic Party

• Now (Toronto)

Endorsing multiple parties

• Le Droit (National Capital Region)—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—recommends strategic voting for specific Liberal and NDP candidates in close races against the Conservatives.
• Guelph Mercury—recommends voting for Mike Nagy (Green, Guelph), Michael Chong (Conservative, Wellington-Halton Hills).
• Ottawa Citizen
• The Tyee (British Columbia)—also recommends strategic voting to defeat Conservatives.

Explicitly endorsing no party

• The Hamilton Spectator
• La Presse (Montreal)
• Times & Transcript Moncton
• Victoria Times-Colonist

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