This just in: 25 ridings to watch in this election
British Columbia 1. Vancouver Granville, B.C.: Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould and Liberal candidate Taleeb Noormohamed Canada’s former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, the central figure in the SNC-Lavalin scandal and the one who blew the whistle on her own government, is seeking to represent the riding after leaving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet […]
Greens running biggest federal campaign yet, led by Jonathan Dickie
Much is new when it comes to the federal Green Party’s campaign, including a first-ever rapid response team, a bulked up team of provincial organizers, and national campaign manager Jonathan Dickie says the party is currently “fairly confident” it can win between six and 12 seats on Oct. 21. “That number’s constantly shifting as we […]
Trudeau book authors Wherry, Ivison talk challenge of penning political tomes as story unfolds
It’s “hard to write simple conclusions when the story itself is changing,” says Aaron Wherry, author of Promise and Peril: Justin Trudeau in Power, one of two new books on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But John Ivison, author of Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister, says the emergence of the SNC-Lavalin affair “more or less […]
From where she stands: Jody Wilson-Raybould to launch new book at the Ottawa Writers Festival
Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould will be chatting about her new book at the Ottawa Writers Festival on Sept. 20. The former justice minister and attorney general’s new book, From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada, details how Canada can overcome its colonial system by moving past denial of its treatment of […]
Harper, Scheer, Baird, and MacKay to top speakers list at Deepak Obhrai memorial
Former prime minister Stephen Harper and senior members of his cabinet will be in Calgary on Aug. 26 to honour the life of former caucus colleague Deepak Obhrai. Mr. Obhrai died on Aug. 2, shortly after being diagnosed with late stage liver cancer. He is noted for being the longest-serving parliamentary secretary to the foreign […]
No national leaders at Capital Pride Parade, but 10 Liberal MPs will attend
There won’t be any federal party leaders at the Capital Pride Parade on Aug. 25, but local Liberal MPs and other party candidates will be there. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t be at the parade, a spokesperson for Mr. Trudeau told The Hill Times. Mr. Trudeau will be travelling on the day of the parade, […]
Ivison launches his Trudeau chronicle at the Métropolitain
National Post columnist John Ivison‘s soaring stature always begets tall jokes, but in her opening remarks at the launch of Mr. Ivison’s book, Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister, last Wednesday evening at one of political Ottawa’s favourite watering holes, the Métropolitain, Toronto Star Ottawa bureau chief Susan Delacourt, who introduced Mr. Ivison, opted to […]
Conservative dean Deepak Obhrai dies at 69, MPs honour his service to Canada
The Conservative Party’s longest-serving MP, Deepak Obhrai, died on Aug. 2. He was 69. Then a Reform MP, Mr. Obhrai first won a seat in the House of Commons in 1997. He went on to be re-elected subsequently as an Alliance and Conservative MP over the next six elections. “Mr. Obhrai was a champion of […]
Thunberg presents climate emergency with freshness and force, as if we hear of it for the first time
TORONTO—“I’m too young to do this,” says Greta Thunberg, the activist whose 2018 “school strike” in front of the Swedish Parliament launched an international youth movement to keep fossil fuels buried. One thinks of Isaiah: “And a little child will lead them.” She gave the speeches collected in this book, her first in English, at […]
World Trade Organization should abolish fisheries subsidies, stop crisis
The world’s fisheries are in a crisis, but there is a way forward, says one of Canada’s leading experts, Daniel Pauly, author of the recently released book, Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries. Prof. Pauly, who teaches at the University of British Columbia and directs the Sea Around Us, an initiative focused […]
