Welcome to Summa's
Federal Election Hub
This is your go-to resource for Summa’s public campaign coverage and insight, all in one spot. The election hub will help you stay up to date on the key issues in this campaign, provide insight on the undercurrents shaping the election, and help you plan for success in the 45th Parliament.
Take a minute to explore the hub and check back for weekly updates and analysis by our team in the Federal Election Look Ahead, as well as weekly Abacus Data poll results, a bird’s eye view of leaders’ tour for each party, and – after the election – our take on the results.
Abacus Data
Check out the latest election-related polls from our friends at Abacus Data. New polls are released every week.
Leaders' Tour
Zoom In.
Summa’s leaders’ tour map tracks each party leader’s campaign stops – where they are and where they’ve been. We’re sharing some of the data points our consultants use to analyze the shifting campaign dynamics for all major parties. As election day approaches, this can be a strong indicator of whether a campaign sees growth opportunities or is retreating into a defensive posture in the home stretch.
This map may not represent the exact location/address of leaders’ tour events in all cases.
Policy Announcements
Check out the most recent policy announcements from Canada’s major national parties. Get in touch if you’d like to connect with a Summa consultant for an in-depth look at campaign policy and what it means for your issues going into the 45th Parliament.
April 21, 2025 – Liberal Party of Canada
April 21, 2025 – Conservative Party of Canada
April 21, 2025 – Liberal Party of Canada
April 20, 2025 – Conservative Party of Canada
April 20, 2025 – New Democratic Party
April 19, 2025 – Conservative Party of Canada
April 18, 2025 – Conservative Party of Canada
April 18, 2025 – Conservative Party of Canada
Your Election Look Ahead
Past Election Look Aheads
Understanding the Election
The Caretaker Doctrine guides the conduct of ministers, civil servants and the government during an election.
Caretaker guidance is issued separately for each election (the guidance for 2025 can be found here). It considers what limits should be placed on the government given the circumstances surrounding the election. During this election, the rules are different.
Contact your Summa consultant to learn how this election’s prescribed limits on governance and ministerial power should guide your advocacy efforts during and after the campaign.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s swearing in and his announcement of a new cabinet meant lots of movement at the staff level. For stakeholders engaging government in the final days before the writ, those changes likely felt hard to track and are even harder now that a lot of key staff are on leave for the campaign trail.
Contact us to help track the key players at the staff level post-election as the new parliament and government gets up and running.
What are organizations doing to advance their interests when there are no MPs, the government is in caretaker mode, and there are campaign-specific limitations on third party activities?
Contact us for guidance on how to approach your government relations during a campaign and during post-election transition.
While all parties hit the campaign trail and top staff exit ministerial offices to assist in the election, the Government of Canada must continue to manage the tariff response. There are few examples of campaigns occurring over a period with such high stakes from a governance perspective.
Summa clients have full access to our candidate and platform databases, including background on all publicly announced candidates.
Government Announcements
Our government announcements map shows the details and regional spread of government announcements made during Mark Carney’s tenure as prime minister. We see the breakdown of pre-writ announcements as instructive for regional policy priorities and the Carney government’s policy communications strategy in advance of the election call.
This map may not represent the exact location/address of announcements in all cases.
Past Insights
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*We do our best to update this page every weekday of the federal election campaign.
