Conservatives willing to fight for NAFTA abroad, but Trudeau needs to prove he has a plan at home
The following is an edited excerpt from remarks Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer delivered to the Mississauga Board of Trade on Jan. 12. Negotiations over the future of NAFTA are still underway. And they’re not going well. The government is signaling they expect the U.S. to try to pull out of the deal. We have […]
Justin Trudeau’s abs will make a cameo on Stephen Colbert’s new show
Yes, you read that right. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s sculpted stomach will make an appearance on The Late Show host Stephen Colbert’s new show called Our Cartoon President. A Jan. 11 Toronto Star article said the prime minister will be transformed into an animated character and make a guest appearance on the show, which will […]
Conservatives surge to within three points of Liberals in newest Nanos poll, though may be too early to decipher trend
The governing Liberals are ceding ground to their rivals in the House in the wake of a series of ethics controversies involving the prime minister and finance minister, with the opposition Conservatives now sitting only three points off first place, according to the latest weekly poll from Nanos Research. In the tracking survey for the […]
Iconic Canadian Tim Hortons takes a hit
OTTAWA—What could have been more Canadian than Timmies. That is until last week. The ugly showdown between Unifor and Tim Hortons shows just how far this iconic doughnut shop has drifted from its humble beginnings on Ottawa Street in east Hamilton. So revered was the initial location that locals used to joke that the tiny […]
Scheer better define himself, say observers, before he’s pinned as a ‘fuddy-duddy stuck in the ’50s’
The Conservative Party’s policy convention is still eight month away, but leader Andrew Scheer is under pressure to define himself and his revamped party for the Canadian public. Mr. Scheer’s (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) leadership has come under attack in opinion columns in The Globe and Mail, National Post, and iPolitics recently, with headlines declaring that he is […]
ISG Senators won’t call for Sen. Beyak’s ouster, after pushing for ethics, spending probes
Independent Senators appointed by the Trudeau government say they aren’t trying to get Senator Lynn Beyak kicked out of the Senate—yet—after calling for investigations into her conduct by the Senate ethics officer and Internal Economy Committee last week. “I’m not at that point yet,” said Ind. Sen. Frances Lankin (Ontario). Sen. Lankin and four other […]
Trudeau holds cabinet retreat in London, Ont., as Liberals seek further gains in 2019
The federal cabinet is in London, Ont., on Thursday for the start of its traditional winter retreat, hinting that the Liberals are eyeing further gains in southwestern Ontario’s largest city come 2019. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and the Liberal front bench will spend today and tomorrow in the Forest City, where the party […]
What Scheer can learn from the Tory team’s rise from Reform to the Harper government
ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—The public conversation about Canadian politics has changed a lot since the Trudeau Liberals replaced the Harper Conservatives. Reasons extend beyond the realities of a new government and the fresh faces who have an ambitious centre-left agenda. Social media continues to turn traditional politics upside down. There is an unsettling fascination with the […]
PMO scoops up ex-national manager for ministers’ regional offices
Katherine O’Halloran has exited her role as the national manager of ministers’ regional offices in Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough’s office to instead serve as the Atlantic regional desk adviser in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office. Ms. O’Halloran was tapped early last year to serve as the national manager overseeing ministers’ regional offices […]
2017: The Hill Times’ year in pictures
