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At glance
In this weekly report from September 21 to 27, 2019, we continue to analyze the place of indigenous issues in the debates conducted by candidates of the different political parties through Twitter. This report, which is part of an ongoing analysis process related to the election campaign, will lead us to make comparisons with last week’s report. Indeed, if for the week of September 11 to 20 the most popular words were santé in French and rights in English, this week the most popular words are communities in English and crise in French.
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Number of Tweets
In the number of tweets published this week by candidates from the different parties, we can see a simlar trend in comparison with last week. Indeed, the New Democratic Party (NDP) remains in first place with a significant gap with other parties. Nevertheless, there is a decrease of about 10% in the number of NDP tweets compared to the previous week. This decrease should also be highlighted in the case of the Green Party, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party. So, overall, the number of tweets related to Indigenous issues has decreased compared to the previous week. However, it should be noted that we covered a longer period in our first report (September 11 to 20) compared to this one (September 21 to 27). We also note that this week the Green Party published slightly more tweets than the Liberal Party, whereas they were almost equal in the first week. Indigenous issues are still not really taken into consideration by the Conservative Party, although it has the largest number of candidates with Twitter accounts. For the Bloc Québécois, it is clear that the trend is continuing with little involvement of its candidates on these issues.
The New Democratic Party has maintained its gap with the other parties for every day as shown in the graph below. In addition, on September 24, there was a significant increase in the number of tweets for the New Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and the Green Party. It should be noted that the Liberals and Conservatives released their climate proposal on September 24, which would eventually explain the peak on the graph. The number of tweets subsequently decreased for the Liberal Party and the Green Party on September 25, while for the New Democratic Party the number of tweets continued to increase before decreasing on September 26. This is because it was in the day that the NDP criticized the Liberal and Conservative proposals. The Conservative Party, which does not produce a large number of tweets, maintains a relatively similar daily trend.
Apart from September, 24th, for which the peak in the number of tweets had already been highlighted, the daily trend is fairly stable. The still significant level of tweets that continue to be observed after September, 24th is certainly due to the dramatic rise in the number of New Democratic Party tweets between September 22 and 25.
Number of Tweets by Province
As in the previous week, the trend continues for the provinces in which candidates publish the most tweets on Indigenous issues. Indeed, candidates from Ontario and British Columbia continue to pay considerable attention to Indigenous issues. It must be kept in mind that Ontario is the province where the New Democratic Party is most represented in terms of candidates. There has also been an evolution in Quebec’s interest in these issues since the first week.
Number of Tweets by Riding
In terms of ridgins, changes are to be noted for this week compared to the previous week. While candidates in Timmins-James Bay continue to be very active, there is a greater interest from candidates in other ridings such as Churchil-Keewatinook Aski. We can also note Desnethé-Missinippi Churchill River as one of the ridings where candidates are very involved also this week, unlike the first week. Apart from these aspects, the largest number of tweets published on this subject still concerns ridings mainly located in the northern part of the provinces or in which there is a greater concentration of Indigenous communities.