Earlier this week, Catch 22 launched the candidate discussion and recommendation process in 25 online riding groups for ridings that are all held by Conservatives. There were varying levels of participation in the discussions.
 
The central team recommendations have been accepted by our local groups and we've added them to the six recommendations finalized last week. You can see the up to date list below.

These ridings are part of the more than 50 ridings where Catch 22 is recommending that people vote strategically and limit the Harper Conservatives to as few seats as possible.

There are still eight ridings in which we have not yet opened up the discussion. We intend to open discussion on three or four of them today, even though we feel -- with the information we have at hand -- that they are too close to call. Therefore, we will not make any candidate recommendation to the online groups in advance of their discussions.
 
If the discussion over the next two days can help point the way to a single candidate with the best chance to unite the anti-Harper votes, we will make a recommendation. If not, we will drop that riding from the list as it wades too closely into partisan territory. Our goal has always been to provide voters with clear recommendations with a reasonable chance for success.

The other four ridings we indentified as winnable by the opposition are in Quebec. We will make recommendations in at least three of them.

Once the last discussions wrap up on Sunday, we will release our list of 19 additional opposition held ridings that are vulnerable to a Conservative take-over. Early next week we will publish our complete Catch 22 voting guide with recommendations for anti-Harper "Super-Voters" in more than 50 ridings.

 

Catch 22 Voting Recommendations to Date (as of April 8, 2011)

Riding	Catch 22 Recommends	MP	Profile
British Columbia
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo	Michael Crawford (NDP)	Cathy McLeod	Profile
North Vancouver	Taleeb Noormohamed (Lib)	Andrew Saxton	Profile
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission	Craig Speirs (NDP)	Randy Kamp	Profile
Saanich—Gulf Islands	Elizabeth May (Green)	Gary Lunn	Profile
Surrey North	Jasbir Sandhu.(NDP)	Dona Cadman	Profile
Vancouver Island North	Ronna-Rae Leonard (NDP)	Hon. John Duncan	Profile
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca	TBA	Vacant	Profile*
Prairies
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar (SK)	Nettie Wiebe (NDP)	Kelly Block	Profile
Palliser (SK)	Noah Evanchuk (NDP)	Roy Boughen	Profile
Saint Boniface (MB)	Raymond Simard (Lib)	Shelley Glover	Profile
Alberta
Edmonton-Strathcona (Alta)	Linda Duncan (NDP)	Linda Duncan (NDP)	Profile
Ontario
Brant	Lloyd St. Amand (Lib)	Phil McColeman	Profile
Essex	TBA	Jeff Watson	Profile
Haldimand—Norfolk	Bob Speller (Lib)	Hon. Diane Finley	Profile
Huron—Bruce	Charlie Bagnato (Lib)	Benjamin Lobb	Profile
Kenora	TBA	Greg Rickford	Profile
Kitchener—Waterloo	Andrew Telegdi (Lib)	Peter Braid	Profile
Kitchener Centre	Karen Redman (Lib)	Stephen Woodworth	Profile
London West	Doug Ferguson (Lib)	Ed Holder	Profile
Mississauga—Erindale	Omar Alghabra (Lib)	Bob Dechert	Profile
Oak Ridges—Markham	Lui Temelkovski (Lib)	Paul Calandra	Profile
Oakville	Max Khan (Lib)	Terence Young	Profile
Oshawa	Chris Buckley (NDP)	Collin Carrie	Profile
Ottawa—Orléans	David Bertschi (Lib)	Royal Galipeau	Profile
Ottawa West—Nepean	Anita Vandenbeld (Lib)	Hon. John Baird	Profile
Simcoe-Grey	Alex Smardenka (Lib)	Helena Guergis	Profile
Thornhill	Karen Mock (Lib)	Hon. Peter Kent	Profile
Vaughan	Mario Ferri (Lib)	Hon. Julian Fantino	Profile
Quebec
Beauport—Limoilou	TBA	Sylvie Boucher	Profile
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska —Rivière-du-Loup	TBA	Bernard Généreux	Profile
Pontiac	TBA	Hon. Lawrence Cannon	Profile
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean	TBA	Denis Lebel	Profile
Atlantic Canada
Fredericton (NB)	Randy McKeen (Lib)	Hon. Keith Ashfield	Profile
Miramichi (NB)	Keith Vickers (Lib)	Tilly O'Neill-Gordon	Profile
Saint John (NB)	Stephen Chase (Lib)	Rodney Weston	Profile
South Shore—St. Margaret's (NS)	Gordon Earle (NDP)	Gerald Keddy	Profile
West Nova (NS)	Robert Thibault (Lib)	Greg Kerr	Profile
Egmont (PE)	Guy Gallant (Lib)	Hon. Gail Shea	Profile
Northern Canada
Nunavut	TBA	Hon. Leona Aglukkaq	Profile