Podcast appearances and mentions of jane hilderman

Guest: Jane Hilderman. With Ontarians heading to the polls, The Agenda on Politics focuses on one group of voters who could make a big difference in this election: millennials. This cohort is notorious for not voting, but they could be the key to victory for one lucky party this time around. Jane Hilderman, executive director of The Samara Centre for Democracy looks at millennial attitudes to voting and how that could play out in this election. Host: John Michael McGrath, Producers: Colin Ellis and Tim Alamenciak, Technical Producer: Matthew O'Mara, Podcast Intern: Michal Stein, Production Coordinator: Caitlin Plummer, Podcast Manager: Hannah Sung.

This week, the Boys discuss their recent conference adventures and Etienne gets Mad Online about political scientists and C-51. We host an out-of-town guest for an interview to talk about how Canadian democracy is doing. Lot of thanks to go around this week: thanks to Upstream (@UpstreamAction) for the press pass (!) to the Closing the Gap conference, thanks to Jane Hilderman and Samara (@SamaraCda) for their time, and thanks to Loonie Politics (@LooniePolitics) for featuring us on their website.

There was a time when political affiliation was passed down through generations, when families stood by political parties through thick and thin. Today, young people are turning their backs on partisanship labels that would have them waving Liberal, Conservative or NDP flags. Youth regularly refuse to devote themselves to a single camp (only 1% of Canadians are members of political parties) and make their decision on election day, perhaps casting a strategic or single-issue vote, if they vote at all. How are political parties responding to this new reality and working to garner the long-term support of Canadians? Is keeping options open good for democracy? Does partisanship increase with age? Can parties still win the allegiance of this youthful cohort, which will eventually make up the majority of voters? Spur brings together award winning journalists Susan Delacourt and Martin Patriquin, along with pollster Eric Grenier and moderator Jane Hilderman to hash out the details.

This week Vass and Allison talk about Emma Cline's debut novel, The Girls, a coming-of-age-story about a girl who gets lured in the Manson family during the summer of the murders. We talk about the book with with Globe and Mail book reviewer Durga Chew-Bose. We are joined by Jane Hilderman of Samara to discuss new Elections Canada data revealing a massive spike in the youth vote in the October 2015 election. Also, why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau digitally iced-out his predecessor via google search results. Last, we chat about GQ's new Kim Kardashian profile with humour writer Vicky Mochoma. How did Kim make the act of "being" so profitable and why is she still so underestimated?

Jane Hilderman, research manager at Samara says political parties must act to earn the trust and respect of Canadians.