It’s time for summertime political predictions
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Now that summer is officially upon us, and the political world is a little more relaxed, it’s a good time to have some fun. And what’s more fun than playing a game of speculation, where we make wild guesses about future political tactics and strategy? Okay, admittedly lots of things are more fun, but […]
Slate of Conservative staffers exit new leader Scheer’s office
Eleven more staffers have taken their leave of the Conservative Leader’s Office and Hill research bureau, which, along with the two previously reported, brings the total to 13 departed staffers since Andrew Scheer took over as Conservative Party leader on May 27. Director of strategic communications Dennis Matthews is among those who have departed, with […]
July 4 party still on at ambassador’s residence, without an ambassador
We don’t have a U.S. ambassador in this country right now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t we use their property for a party. The U.S. Embassy has let it be known that the annual Fourth of July party will go on as usual on the grounds of Lornado, the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Rockcliffe […]
Liberal MPs want Trudeau to protect them from nomination challenges in 2019 election
Incumbent Liberal MPs want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to protect them from nomination challenges for the 2019 federal election, arguing that while they perform their parliamentary duties in Ottawa for about half the year, their potential challengers have an advantage over them because they can use the time to “undermine” them in their ridings. “When […]
‘There will never be a day when I do zero political cartoons,’ de Adder on cartooning and his surprising bestseller You Might Be From Canada If
For the past three decades, Michael de Adder has been making a name for himself as one of the most critical and hard-hitting editorial cartoonists in Canada. Week after week, he has artfully distilled enigmatic Canadian politics into a single tile. Mr. de Adder, 50, is a Moncton, N.B., native and part of a dying […]
Gap between Liberals, Conservatives narrowing, poll suggests, though Scheer still seen as an unknown
The Liberals maintain their lead in voter support after climbing back from earlier controversies, but are seeing a narrowing popularity gap as Conservatives ride a bump in support from their leadership race, according to a new poll. About 39 per cent of the 2,767 Canadian voters who participated in the online survey conducted by Campaign Research […]
Canadian company the Conservatives used to count leadership vote leads election tech industry on both sides of the border
In the seconds before the Conservative Party declared Andrew Scheer its new leader with a slim majority after a marathon 13 rounds and what would later emerge as a vote-counting controversy, election organizers offered gratitude for the company that tabulated the score. “Before the moment you’ve all been waiting for, there’s one other thank you […]
Scheer’s free-speech promise: smart politics, not smart policy
OTTAWA—On the question of free speech new Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer wasted no time in signalling what Canadians can expect if they choose him to occupy 24 Sussex. Speaking to Conservatives the night he won the leadership last month, he repeated his campaign promise to stop giving federal funds to universities that fail to protect […]
Failed transitions from provincial to federal politics are common
Pressed this weekend to say whether he would run federally if he failed to become national NDP leader next fall, Ontario MPP Jagmeet Singh was studiously noncommittal. “I will continue to fight in the provincial level. I’ll continue to fight in other provinces. I’ll continue to fight on the federal level, as I have done […]
Liberals won’t retract their claws
OAKVILLE, ONT.—With his genial smile, cherubic face, and pleasant personality, it’s easy to think that newly elected Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is genuinely likeable. Of course, anyone who does think that way about Scheer hasn’t been paying much attention to the Liberal Party’s propaganda machine. After all, that machine has been in overdrive lately, […]
