Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, 25, was the youngest candidate running for federal MP in any of the three territories.

Early Tuesday morning, she became one of the youngest MPs in the country.

With 55 of 59 polls counted, the NDP candidate sat at 3,717 votes — nearly 1,000 more than her closest challenger, Liberal Megan Pizzo Lyall.

The margin was large enough that CBC’s decision desk was able to confidently project Qaqqaq’s victory.

Pizzo Lyall called Qaqqaq to congratulate her on her win just after 2 a.m. ET.

Speaking to CBC from Baker Lake, where she watched the results roll in with family and friends, Qaqqaq said the evening was “just how I hoped. A quiet night.”

“I think it’ll take a few days to sink in,” she said. “I’m glad that Nunavut is up for change, and ready for change, and that’s exactly what we’ve been needing for decades.”

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joked that he hopes Donald Trump “gets impeached” when asked Thursday evening what would he first say to the U.S. president if he was prime minister.

“I hope he gets impeached before I get to speak to him,” said Singh as the crowd cheered. “I say that a little tongue-in-cheek.”

CBC News asked Singh the question during a campaign event in Nanaimo, B.C. ,where Singh was speaking at a town hall.

Singh said it is “disgusting that the president could inflame hatred against people and be so divisive.”

“It’s horrible that someone in a position of power like him would allow for kids to be stripped from the arms of their parents, from their moms,” he said. “That needs to be denounced.”

Singh has already heavily criticized Trump for the U.S. government’s separation of migrant children from their parents in immigration detention centres at the U.S. Mexico border.

“You can’t allow someone like that to do that without any sort of repercussion, without anyone else condemning that,” Singh said last night. “And I condemn it.”

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Update:

Jagmeet is a BOSS:

Singh: I hope 45 gets impeached before I take office.
Media: Haha, what a kidder!
Singh: Did I fucking stutter?

August 19, 2019 | Canada’s election watchdog has warned environmentalists that saying climate change is real could break the law.

The issue arose because one party running in October’s election denies climate change is a threat.

That has led Elections Canada to warn groups that running paid advertisements about climate change could be considered partisan activity.

Advocates called the guidance “ludicrous” and say it will dampen urgent climate discussions.

The UN has called for decisive political action by 2020 to put an end to climate change.

Why is climate change a partisan issue?

Keith Brooks, programme director for advocacy group Environmental Defence, says Elections Canada told him that because one candidate denies that climate change is an issue, any ad urging action on climate change, or calling climate change an emergency, could be considered partisan.

Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, has said numerous times that he does not believe climate change is a crisis.

“There is no climate change urgency in this country,” Mr Bernier said in June.

Mr Bernier split from the Conservative Party of Canada last year to create the People’s Party.

The party’s platform states that “it is an undisputed fact that the world’s climate has always changed and will continue to change”.

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See also: Oil lobby breaks tradition to register as third party in federal election

“The lobby group that represents Canada’s oil sector has registered for the first time as a political third party, stepping up its advocacy efforts ahead of October’s federal election.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) told Postmedia it’s not aligned with any specific party. But changes to the Canada Elections Act mean it must register if it’s to discuss, during the writ period, issues that could be associated with a particular candidate.

“Given that energy remains one of the top issues being discussed by political leaders, we registered as a third party to allow us to represent our members on key issues that impact the oil and natural gas industry,” media relations manager Jay Averill said in an email.

UCP urges oil companies to speak up

It’s something Canadians can expect to see more of in the coming months.

On Page 99 of its election platform, the UCP promised it would ask the energy industry to “significantly increase its advocacy efforts.”

Christine Myatt, Premier Jason Kenney’s press secretary, said Kenney and Energy Minister Sonya Savage have met with oil and gas companies over the past several months and encouraged them to talk more about their industry.”

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