Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Toronto, Scheer to tour Atlantic, May joining climate strikers in Calgary
Happy Friday! It’s Day 10 of the 43rd federal election. After a day dominated by backlash—and apologies—over unearthed photographs and a video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface and brownface, from the 1990s and 2001, respectively, the Liberal leader will be in Toronto this morning. He’s set to hold another media availability and make a […]
Week one of #Elxn43: Ups, downs, and a whole lot of surprises
The wheels are up and Canada’s federal political parties are busy campaigning across the country. Campaign slogans and songs have been released, promises have been made, and each of the parties have made missteps. Photos showing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface and brownface surfaced Sept. 18 and 19 and have changed the dynamic of […]
Liberals gambling on help from provinces to fulfill new daycare promise
The federal Liberals are planning to press the provinces and territories to help them make good on their election promise to slash daycare fees and create 250,000 new spaces. The Liberals promised last week to create 250,000 new before- and after-school daycare spaces for school-aged children if they are returned to power. They also promised […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau hit with scathing ‘brownface’ report, Scheer in Quebec, while Singh heads to Hamilton
Good Thursday morning, Nine days into the 40-day federal election campaign, Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was hit with a bombshell report from Time Magazine last night detailing his appearance in brownface makeup, robes and a turban at a private school in British Columbia where he was teaching in 2001. The magazine ran a […]
‘I didn’t think it was racist at the time,’ says apologetic PM, confirming he will not step down amid scathing ‘brownface’ Time report
OTTAWA—Following a bombshell Time Magazine report on Wednesday night detailing a 2001 incident in which he appeared in “brownface” at an event, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “he didn’t think it was racist at the time,” expressed regret, and confirmed he would not be stepping down. “I’m pissed off at myself for having done it, […]
Manitoba Liberal MPs not deterred by recent provincial Tory majority win
Despite a provincial election that coloured Manitoba a Conservative blue last week, some Liberal MPs say they’re hopeful when it comes to their party’s position in the province federally. The federal Conservatives currently hold five of the 14 Manitoba seats in the House of Commons, but are edged out by the Liberals, with seven seats, […]
Want to run for political office? Effectively, become a cyborg
OTTAWA—Watching the first week of this campaign has been like taking in a massive game of gotcha. To get got, the contestant is exposed for some past social media stupidity: a photo, video, or friendship with a contemporary political villain, or something-else now considered offside. Some candidates were punted by their parties, others given lifelines. […]
So far, so relatively sane
At the one-week mark of Canada’s 43rd federal election campaign, we seem to have mercifully dodged the sort of outrageousness that has stalked elections in other democracies. Nobody has proposed a minimum height requirement for immigrants, vowed to annex St-Pierre et Miquelon or threatened to pull Canada out of NATO. The preliminary take-aways seem to […]
First debate doesn’t inspire great hopes for the rest of the 2019 campaign
OTTAWA—It’s debatable, as it were, whether the Liberals’ Justin Trudeau made a serious mistake in not showing up for the first leaders’ verbal sparring match. There’s probably general agreement that the prime minister should go out of his way to take part in these standoffs as part of his democratic responsibilities. And maybe it would […]
Arctic policy framework released ‘last minute’ ahead of October election, say experts
After nearly three years of waiting, the release of the Trudeau government’s much-anticipated Arctic policy framework was rushed ahead of the looming election, possibly with the aim of avoiding a campaign “vulnerability” for the Liberals, say experts. The Arctic and Northern Policy Framework was released with little fanfare on Sept. 10, just a day before […]
