Journey to Running in a Federal Election

In collaboration with Elections Canada, the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy’s iVote-jeVote campaign hosted a panel discussion to explore what it’s like to be a candidate in a federal election.

Hosted at the University of Ottawa and moderated by Michele Austin (Head of Government, Public Policy and Philanthropy at Twitter Canada) and Helaina Gaspard (Director of Governance and Institutions at IFSD), panelists include:

• Allan Rock (President Emeritus and Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, former Ambassador to the United Nations, former Cabinet Minister and MP of the Liberal Party)

• Elizabeth May (Leader of the Green Party and MP, Environmentalist, Writer, Lawyer)

• Ian Wayne (Former Director of Policy and Issues Management, NDP)

• Jenni Byrne (Former political advisor to the Conservative Party)

• John Akpata (Candidate, Marijuana Party)