Episode #7 - Let's do it (let's drop the writ)

This week on The Writ podcast:

In the news

* Liberal incumbents retire and are quickly replaced by some local stars.

* A jurisdictional and political floor-crossing in Saskatchewan.

* Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says adiós.

Polls of the week

* Abacus Data and the Angus Reid Institute release their last pre-election polls.

* Research Co. gives us a deep dive in British Columbia.

* Narrative Research on the state of the provincial campaign in Nova Scotia.

Questions and answers

* When will the new federal boundaries be redrawn, and what changes should we expect?

* Why is Jason Kenney struggling?

* Whither the undecideds?

#EveryElectionProject

* The 1944 Quebec provincial election.

* Sources: Godbout by Jean-Guy Genest, Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Duplessis, Maurice Le Noblet, by Michel Sarra-Bournet, election-atlas.ca by J.P. Kirby.

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