Canadian Celebrities

Twitter Madness

Twitter has now become one of the most prominent tools for voicing political activism - including celebrity political opinions & endorsements

3,426,008 - #elxn42 tweets during campaigning (Aug 2nd- Oct 19th)

Although Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany, known for her role in the TV series Orphan Black, didn't endorse any particular party, she still took to Twitter to encourage other Canadian citizens to vote

Tatiana Maslany

Nelly Furtado

Although Canadian-born Singer/Songwriter Nelly Furtado didn't directly endorse a specific candidate, it was fairly obvious that her tweet about "new leadership" certainly wasn't alluding to Steven Harper

Peter Mooney

Canadian Actor

Peter Mooney,

known for his starring role in TV series' such as Camelot

and

Rookie Blue,

tweeted his discontent for

Mr. Harper as a political candidate

Ryan Reynolds

Canadian actor, heartthrob, and pop culture icon, Ryan Reynolds, tweeted this sarcastic comment explaining his stance on Mr. Harper and Conservative Party politics

Rick Mercer

Canada's favorite prolific political satirist and television personality, Rick Mercer, took to using Twitter as a platform to encourage Canadian youth to vote in the 2015 federal election

Mercer's tweet ended up being one of the top shared pictures on October 11th 2015 with 1.3k retweets and 608 favourites

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

Rob Ford, the infamous Canadian political icon, known for his scandal with smoking crack cocaine, openly endorsed Steven Harper as well as the Conservative Party of Canada by organizing a rally in support of the election via social media such as Twitter

Seth Rogen

Canadian-born movie star Seth Rogen openly celebrated Justin Trudeau's position as the Liberal Party leader in an interview, making statements such as:

"I think it's great"