ANALYSIS | 7 million Canadians voted before all party platforms were out. Do platforms still matter?

If party platforms come after advance voting and leaders' debates, are they still relevant?

The policy documents don’t ‘move the needle’ for voters and offer ‘a really big target for opponents,’ so they may be on their way out, say strategists.

ANALYSIS | 7 million Canadians voted before all party platforms were out. Do platforms still matter?

Before the Conservatives became the last federal party to unveil their election platform, more than seven million Canadians had already voted in advanced polling, calling into question the relevance of such documents.

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At Issue this week: All the major federal parties have finally released their costed platforms, but will they sway voters? What does the path to victory look like for each party on election night? And could some leaders lose their own seats? Before the Conservatives unveiled their election platform on Tuesday — the last platform to be released by the main federal parties — more than seven million Canadians had already voted. That suggests a sig…