Elections Canada needs to reflect neutrality
Their website should reflect it. The by-elections are announced on their website in orange and red. These colours are, of course, the colours of the NDP and Liberal Party respectively.
Some bureaucrats, journalists and Liberals were concerned when the Prime Minister rebranded the government naming it Canada’s New Government and incorporated blue into the websites at gc.ca.
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The new name follows criticism over what some considered a partisan remake of the official Government of Canada website, which now has bold splashes of Tory blue and prominently features photographs of Prime Minister Harper.
Of course, Elections Canada is completely separate from any federal ministry and any partisan interference.
Elections Canada used to use yellow to reflect a neutral colour. Why not stick with that model?
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