With former Conservative MP Toet entering the nomination contest, field of high-profile candidates in Portage-Lisgar, Man., is growing
Because of the hotly contested nomination, Portage-Lisgar could have one of the highest memberships in the country by the end of contest, says Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett.
Opposition parties need to up their foreign policy game
Opposition parties get stuck in the frame of personal attacks and reactionary scapegoating, rather than providing alternatives for hard policy questions.
Poilievre’s First Nations consultations demonstrate ‘maturity,’ reconciliation no longer partisan issue, say strategists
If genuine, the Conservative leader’s ‘change of tune’ on reconciliation could be a game-changer for the party’s troubled relationship with Indigenous Peoples, say strategists.
Former Hill staffer Leslie launches his Conservative nomination campaign for coveted Portage-Lisgar riding, former MP Toet and Winnipeg police officer Caron consider running
Former interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen has not yet resigned from her seat, but already the nomination campaign to succeed in the safe Manitoba Conservative riding of Portage-Lisgar is kicking into high gear where the winner of the contest will almost be guaranteed a seat in the House. Former Hill staffer Branden Leslie officially launched […]
Trudeau’s Hamilton cabinet meeting sounds like a campaign rollout
The Liberal cabinet’s decision to meet in Hamilton is not about tourism. It is about politics. If the party is to retain its position in government, or secure a majority, it needs grow its base in areas like Hamilton and Windsor.
Lantsman says Hill media will see more of Poilievre when House returns on Jan. 30
Deputy Conservative Leader Melissa Lantsman says once the party begins rolling out policies that will form part of its campaign platform for the next federal election, Pierre Poilievre will be making himself more available to the press gallery. But the official opposition leader has not completely shut out some journalists.
Relaunched parliamentary group seeks to work for ‘undivided Jerusalem’ as Israel’s capital
The Israel Allies Caucus, an umbrella group connected to the Canadian Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus, has a mission to ‘mobilize a grassroots movement of faith-based political advocacy for an undivided Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the State of Israel.’
Conservatives dismiss criticism of Poilievre’s $1,700 fundraising dinners as ‘gimmicky politics’ from ‘financially strained’ NDP
The more expensive ‘outlier’ fundraisers are part of Pierre Poilievre’s responsibility to raise funds for his party ahead of the next election from a ‘broad range’ of Conservative contributors, says strategist Yaroslav Baran.
Tory MP Patzer’s Hill staffer, Van Dorland, announces his candidacy for coveted Conservative nomination in Oxford, Ont.
Gerrit Van Dorland, executive assistant to Conservative MP Jeremy Patzer, officially launched his campaign last week. So far, four Conservatives are interested in the nomination for this safe Tory seat.
If snap election happened now, Conservatives would win 141 seats and Liberals 139, say Fournier and Nanos
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals should be worried that the progressive vote is not united behind them at this time, and this will be the key deciding factor in the next election.
