Newspaper endorsements in the 2008 Canadian federal election

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

2006 federal election • Newspaper endorsements

2008 federal election • Newspaper endorsements

2011 federal election • Newspaper endorsements

2015 federal election • Newspaper endorsements

2019 federal election • Newspaper endorsements

Endorsing the Conservatives

	The Brampton Guardian[1] Brantford Expositor[2] Calgary Herald[3] Calgary Sun[citation needed] The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton)[4] The Economist[5] Edmonton Journal[6] Edmonton Sun[7] The Gazette (Montreal)[8] The Globe and Mail[9] National Post[10] Maclean's [citation needed] Ottawa Sun[11] The Province (Vancouver)[12] The Recorder and Times (Brockville)[13] Toronto Sun[14] Waterloo Region Record[15] The Vancouver Sun[16] Windsor Star[17] Winnipeg Free Press[18] Winnipeg Sun[19]

Endorsing the Liberals

	The Mississauga News[citation needed] Toronto Star[20] The Ubyssey (U of BC)[21]

Endorsing the Bloc Québécois

	Le Devoir (Montreal)[22]

Endorsing the New Democratic Party

	Now (Toronto)[23]

Endorsing multiple parties

	Le Droit (National Capital Region)[24]—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[25]—recommends strategic voting for specific Liberal and NDP candidates in close races against the Conservatives. Guelph Mercury[26]—recommends voting for Mike Nagy (Green, Guelph), Michael Chong (Conservative, Wellington-Halton Hills). Ottawa Citizen[citation needed] The Tyee (British Columbia)[27]—also recommends strategic voting to defeat Conservatives.

Explicitly endorsing no party

	The Hamilton Spectator[28] La Presse (Montreal)[29] Times & Transcript Moncton[30] Victoria Times-Colonist[31]

Notes and references

1. http://www.northpeel.com/editorial/57696 ^{[dead link]}
2. http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1243512 ^{[dead link]}
3. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
4. "Telegraph-Journal | TJ.news".
5. "The fear factor | The Economist". The Economist. 9 October 2008.
6. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
7. "edmontonsun.com - Commentary - Picking the best of a bad bunch". Archived from the original on 2008-10-14.
8. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
9. "globeandmail.com: Harper is growing into the job". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2008-10-10.
10. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/08/national-post-editorial-board-a-conservative-majority-serves-canada-s-needs.aspx
11. "ottawasun.com". Archived from the original on 2005-06-30.
12. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
13. http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1243064 ^{[dead link]}
14. "Rural ridings will continue to prove problematic for Saskatchewan NDP | Toronto Sun".
15. "Waterloo Region News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories".
16. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
17. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".
18. "Winnipeg Free Press". www.winnipegfreepress.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.
19. http://www.winnipegsun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/10/12/7057401-sun.html ^{[dead link]}
20. "Star's choice: Dion, Liberals | The Star". The Toronto Star. 11 October 2008.
21. "The Ubyssey Homepage".
22. "Élections 2008 - Oui au Bloc québécois". www.ledevoir.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.
23. "NOW Magazine // News // New Democrats – not old answers". www.nowtoronto.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11.
24. "Pierre Jury : Les choix du Droit , par circonscription | Éditoriaux". www.cyberpresse.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14.
25. "The Straight slate to stop Stephen Harper". 8 October 2008.
26. "Guelph News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories".
27. "Tyee's Strategic Voters' Guide". 10 October 2008.
28. "We elect not to select". The Hamilton Spectator. 2008-10-10. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
29. "La Presse endorses Justin Trudeau's Liberals". 7 October 2015.
30. "Telegraph-Journal | TJ.news".
31. "Canada.Com | Homepage | Canada.Com".