As eco-fascism takes hold, Canada’s leaders have yet to prove they’re up to the fight
OTTAWA—Many have been ringing the alarm about the terrifying connections between climate change, economic anxiety, and white nationalism movements and ideology. Eco-fascism, as it is otherwise known, is no longer a theory that resides in the depths of seedy internet forums. It is a fatal threat that must be challenged in the open. The El […]
Downloading ideology works efficiently in banana republics, juntas, and dictatorships, but not so well in democracies, as the Conservatives should have learned in 2015
HALIFAX—Like death and taxes, I suppose it was inevitable. In not so subtle fashion, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is trying its best to suggest that the media is the enemy of the people. Certainly of conservatism. An important message in an election cycle—and a derivative one. Like Donald Trump, whose constant whine is […]
Indigenous leaders flag climate change, language, justice issues as priorities heading into election
Some Indigenous leaders say climate change is one of the most important issues, if not the top issue, in the upcoming 2019 federal election. Status concerns, language rights, restorative justice, changing the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous peoples, and other top public policy issues were also flagged as key election issues for the Indigenous […]
‘He was like a brother to me’: colleagues reflect on death of long-serving Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai
Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai, who died last week after a brief battle with cancer, is remembered by his colleagues as a man “who took his job very seriously, but never took himself too seriously” and who “recognized humanity beyond the politics.” Mr. Obhrai died on Aug. 2, surrounded by his family, after being diagnosed with […]
Parties competing over values, not substance, in foreign policy platforms
In the 2015 federal election, Justin Trudeau campaigned on a foreign policy vision that differed radically from that of Stephen Harper, arguing that a decade of Conservative rule meant that Canada had drifted away from upholding the values that underpinned its actions as a global actor. However, in power, the differences between the two are […]
‘We need to be at the table’: nominated Indigenous candidates near 2015’s record high
With at least 40 Indigenous candidates running for federal office in 2019, the number is nearing the record-breaking 54 contenders in 2015, and almost doubling those nominated in 2011. Most are running under a red banner, with 13 Indigenous people confirmed as Liberal candidates, followed by 11 for the NDP, seven for the Conservatives, seven […]
‘What has been the crowning achievement of your caucus in the last four years?’
Cameron Ahmad Liberal strategist “Throughout this government’s mandate, we proved that economic growth and job creation do not come at the expense of fairness and equality, or a strong plan to protect the environment. Instead, as we’ve shown time and time again, these priorities go hand in hand. “Thanks to new agreements reached by our […]
Former MP Seeback wins controversial Conservative nomination contest in Dufferin-Caledon
Former MP Kyle Seeback, who was defeated in the last election, won the nomination to run for the Conservative Party in Dufferin-Caledon last week, the second candidate to win a nomination race for the party in the riding held by retiring Tory MP David Tilson. Mr. Seeback won the most votes during each round of […]
Targeting the undecideds
OAKVILLE, ONT.—We’re now entering August, the last month of relative tranquility before the craziness of federal election politics descends upon the country with hurricane force. After Labour Day, our political parties will begin bombarding Canadians with partisan campaign ads, inundating them with political literature and subjecting them to many other forms of heavy-handed persuasion. Yet, […]
The last prime minister of the United Kingdom
LONDON, U.K.—It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who became the prime minister of the United Kingdom last week) is what you would get if Donald Trump had been educated at Eton and Oxford. Maybe, although there is a great gulf between Trump’s bombastic self-promotion and Johnson’s self-deprecating, rather shambolic persona. There is such a […]
