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This is a tally of newspaper and magazine endorsements in the 2015 Canadian federal election. Endorsements are organized by ownership and/or publisher, as the owner sometimes sets the endorsement policy of the paper, occasionally overriding the editorial board.
Postmedia Network, which owns the majority of the newspaper industry in Canada, ordered their individual assets to endorse the Conservatives, as traditionally is the owner's prerogative.[1][2][3]Andrew Coyne resigned as editor of editorials and comment for the National Post after being denied permission by Postmedia executives to publish a column dissenting from the paper's endorsement of the Conservatives.[4][5]
Maclean's, indicating readers should vote Liberal or Conservative.[38]
Now – Co-owner Michael Hollett endorsed the NDP,[39] while fellow co-owner Alice Klein called for strategic voting for "as many Liberals, NDPers and Greens as possible".[40]
The Ubyssey, arguing readers should vote strategically to defeat the Conservatives[41]
The Varsity, calling for strategic voting towards the Liberal, NDP, or Green, candidate in each riding with the best chance of defeating the conservative candidate[42]
Explicitly endorsing no party
Gauntlet, endorses and satirizes all the three major parties.[43]
Planet S, though it satirizes the faults of the Conservatives.[44]
The Runner, arguing that young people need to vote to be better represented.[45]
