Advance poll turnout up more than a third from 2008: Elections Canada – Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (April 27, 2011) Clearlease Reports Voters flocked to last weekend’s advance polls in higher numbers than Elections Canada expected, with Friday and Monday the busiest advance polling days ever.
The elections agency said its preliminary figures show just over two million people cast ballots on Friday, Saturday and Monday, which was a 34.5 per cent increase from the 1.5 million who voted in advance in 2008.
The agency said 676,000 people voted on Friday and another 832,000 cast ballots on Monday.
The highest turnout in any riding came in Nepean-Carleton in Ottawa, where 16,988 people voted. Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, won the seat in 2004 and is seeking a fourth term.
The Elections Act requires that advance polls be held on the tenth, ninth and seventh days before election day. This year’s increased participation may be due to the fact that all three days were holidays for many people.
The Harper government has twice introduced a bill that would expand the number of advance polls, adding the two Sundays before election day. Under the bill, all polling stations across the country — not just the limited number normally involved in advance voting — would be open on the Sunday immediately before an election.
The bill died on the order paper for a second time when the election was called.
But Steven Fletcher, minister of state responsible for democratic reform, said the Conservatives intend to reintroduce it if they are re-elected.
“Lives of Canadians in the 21st century are quite different than perhaps they were in the past,” he said in an interview. “People have to get their kids to school, they have to get to work, you know, there’s traffic. Often people find that the day is done before they even get a chance to vote.”
Hence, he said it’s important to provide more options for people to vote in advance, particularly on weekends, when people are less busy.
“I think it makes our democracy stronger when people have more opportunity to vote,” Fletcher said.
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfX_T9BpIug
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Headquartered in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We’re expanding in Q2, 2011 to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta! In Q3, 2011 we are expanding in Toronto, Ontario! Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease services clients from Coast to Coast. Our Residential Group has a team of Licensed Mortgage Brokers offering our clients the best terms and rates available in the current market. Our Commercial Funding/Mortgage Group is active across Canada Funding Mortgages in cities such as Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. A. Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 177
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
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Twitter: @clearlease
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfX_T9BpIug
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (April 27, 2011) Clearlease Reports Voters flocked to last weekend’s advance polls in higher numbers than Elections Canada expected, with Friday and Monday the busiest advance polling days ever.
The elections agency said its preliminary figures show just over two million people cast ballots on Friday, Saturday and Monday, which was a 34.5 per cent increase from the 1.5 million who voted in advance in 2008.
The agency said 676,000 people voted on Friday and another 832,000 cast ballots on Monday.
The highest turnout in any riding came in Nepean-Carleton in Ottawa, where 16,988 people voted. Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, won the seat in 2004 and is seeking a fourth term.
The Elections Act requires that advance polls be held on the tenth, ninth and seventh days before election day. This year’s increased participation may be due to the fact that all three days were holidays for many people.
The Harper government has twice introduced a bill that would expand the number of advance polls, adding the two Sundays before election day. Under the bill, all polling stations across the country — not just the limited number normally involved in advance voting — would be open on the Sunday immediately before an election.
The bill died on the order paper for a second time when the election was called.
But Steven Fletcher, minister of state responsible for democratic reform, said the Conservatives intend to reintroduce it if they are re-elected.
“Lives of Canadians in the 21st century are quite different than perhaps they were in the past,” he said in an interview. “People have to get their kids to school, they have to get to work, you know, there’s traffic. Often people find that the day is done before they even get a chance to vote.”
Hence, he said it’s important to provide more options for people to vote in advance, particularly on weekends, when people are less busy.
“I think it makes our democracy stronger when people have more opportunity to vote,” Fletcher said.
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfX_T9BpIug
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Headquartered in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We’re expanding in Q2, 2011 to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta! In Q3, 2011 we are expanding in Toronto, Ontario! Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease services clients from Coast to Coast. Our Residential Group has a team of Licensed Mortgage Brokers offering our clients the best terms and rates available in the current market. Our Commercial Funding/Mortgage Group is active across Canada Funding Mortgages in cities such as Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. A. Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 177
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
News: http://clearlease.com/category/equipment-lease-blog/feed/rss
Twitter: @clearlease
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfX_T9BpIug
Advance poll turnout up more than a third from 2008: Elections Canada – Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (April 27, 2011) Clearlease Reports Voters flocked to last weekend’s advance polls in higher numbers than Elections Canada expected, with Friday and Monday the busiest advance polling days ever.
The elections agency said its preliminary figures show just over two million people cast ballots on Friday, Saturday and Monday, which was a 34.5 per cent increase from the 1.5 million who voted in advance in 2008.
The agency said 676,000 people voted on Friday and another 832,000 cast ballots on Monday.
The highest turnout in any riding came in Nepean-Carleton in Ottawa, where 16,988 people voted. Pierre Poilievre, parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, won the seat in 2004 and is seeking a fourth term.
The Elections Act requires that advance polls be held on the tenth, ninth and seventh days before election day. This year’s increased participation may be due to the fact that all three days were holidays for many people.
The Harper government has twice introduced a bill that would expand the number of advance polls, adding the two Sundays before election day. Under the bill, all polling stations across the country — not just the limited number normally involved in advance voting — would be open on the Sunday immediately before an election.
The bill died on the order paper for a second time when the election was called.
But Steven Fletcher, minister of state responsible for democratic reform, said the Conservatives intend to reintroduce it if they are re-elected.
“Lives of Canadians in the 21st century are quite different than perhaps they were in the past,” he said in an interview. “People have to get their kids to school, they have to get to work, you know, there’s traffic. Often people find that the day is done before they even get a chance to vote.”
Hence, he said it’s important to provide more options for people to vote in advance, particularly on weekends, when people are less busy.
“I think it makes our democracy stronger when people have more opportunity to vote,” Fletcher said.
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfX_T9BpIug
For more information please visit us at: http://www.clearlease.com/Career-Opportunities.html
About Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease Commercial (DLC Clearlease/Clearlease.com) is a fully diversified Lease Finance Mortgage Banking Brokerage Company specializing in Equipment Leasing, Automobile Leasing, Residential, Commercial Lending/Mortgage Financing. DLC Clearlease possesses the capability to accommodate financing needs ranging from a small second Home Mortgage to a Multi-Million Dollar Commercial Projects. No mortgage is too small or too large for this integrated Company.
Headquartered in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. We’re expanding in Q2, 2011 to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta! In Q3, 2011 we are expanding in Toronto, Ontario! Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease services clients from Coast to Coast. Our Residential Group has a team of Licensed Mortgage Brokers offering our clients the best terms and rates available in the current market. Our Commercial Funding/Mortgage Group is active across Canada Funding Mortgages in cities such as Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.
You may have recently seen a Dominion Lending advertisement on such media outlets as: Global News, CTV News, CBC Television, Rogers Sportsnet or possibly heard the great Don Cherry, a Canadian Sports legend, discuss Dominion Lending Centres.
Contact DLC Clearlease.com:
Dominion Lending Centres Clearlease
HEAD OFFICE, Bentall Two, Suite 900, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V7X 1M8, CANADA.
Mr. A. Pidgeon, Editor in Chief
Tel: (604) 696-1221 ext. 177
eMail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.clearlease.com
News: http://clearlease.com/category/equipment-lease-blog/feed/rss
Twitter: @clearlease
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfX_T9BpIug