Why every Canadian should be interested in the Mueller report
What is the Mueller report? It is not the book entitled The final report of the Special Counsel into Donald Trump, Russia, and Collusion published on March 11 and available on Amazon. The Mueller report that Canadians should all read is the Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election that […]
‘Veterans probably won’t vote Liberal for a very long time’: Norman case reflects Grits’ failed promises to vets, say advocates
The Mark Norman affair serves as the culmination of the government’s poor performance on the veterans affairs file, veterans advocates say. During the 2015 election, the Liberals actively sought the vote of veterans, who typically have supported the Conservatives, vets’ advocates say, but they say election promises have gone unkept. The treatment of Vice-Admiral Mark […]
Liberals likely to ‘hemorrhage’ significant chunk of their 32 Atlantic seats in next election, say political insiders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to lose a significant chunk of the 32 seats the Grits won in Atlantic Canada in 2015 mostly because there’s a growing feeling in the region that the governing party has taken it for granted, say political insiders, but senior Liberals also say it’s too early to make any […]
An ‘ugly’ federal election not inevitable
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Conventional wisdom holds that the upcoming Canadian federal election will be one nasty affair. Indeed, a recent news story in this very newspaper sported the dramatic headline: “Expect ‘ugly’ and ‘intense’ election in the fall, fuelled by anger, say Liberal and NDP MPs.” So yes, everyone it seems is expecting the worst, including, I […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland promotes Vincent Garneau as her new chief of staff, Broadhurst exits for top job at Liberal HQ
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is starting off this week with a new chief of staff at the helm in her office, replacing Jeremy Broadhurst who has now officially exited to join Liberal headquarters as the party’s 2019 campaign director. In turn, Vincent Garneau has been promoted from his previous role as director of policy […]
Scheer takes a page from Trudeau’s playbook with policy rollout, say pollsters and politicos
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is using the same strategy employed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prior to the last election, say pollsters and politicos, by rolling out policy speeches on key topics well in advance of the election campaign. Mr. Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) kicked off a series of planned speeches on policy with an […]
Liberal staffers worried national campaign team taking too long to finalize roles for the upcoming campaign
With the next election campaign unofficially underway at full throttle, cabinet ministerial staffers are worried the party is taking too long to formalize their roles in the contest and to decide who will be doing what when the writ drops. “A lot of us are wondering what’s going on, why things are so slow,” said […]
Liberals, Conservative must stay away from nasty campaign tactics, or be ready to face wrath of Canadians at polls
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer have publicly said that the October federal election campaign will be one of the nastiest in Canadian history. It appears both parties are getting ready to fight fire with fire. If true, it would be a disastrous strategy; not only for both political parties, but […]
Bernier denies Oxford candidate disqualified for being gay, calls allegation ‘unfounded’
People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier on Thursday denied a would-be candidate’s claim that he was disqualified from seeking the party’s nomination because he’s gay. In a series of tweets on Thursday, Mr. Bernier (Beauce, Que.) dismissed the accusation, saying, it was “unfounded.” “Let me be very clear on this. PPC has several candidates, EDA execs […]
Feds’ process for screening out partisan ads ‘not sufficiently robust,’ auditor general says
Federal oversight of government ads for partisan messages was “not sufficiently robust” to ensure that Canadians’ tax dollars are not being spent to advance the governing party’s political agenda, according to the auditor general. In one of five spring reports released May 7, the auditor general’s office found that the process the Liberals established to […]
