Political parties set to testify about data use, collection efforts at House Affairs Committee
Representatives from Canada’s top federal political parties are set to testify before the House Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics Committee about how they use and collect data, as part of an ongoing study into the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook data breach and the privacy concerns it’s raised. At the same time, some MPs on the committee […]
Alberta federal Conservative nomination voting in Yellowhead during work hours could ‘marginalize’ riding association members, say Conservative candidates
A candidate who’s seeking the fiercely-contested Conservative nomination in the coveted riding of Yellowhead, Alta., is questioning why the party is holding voting at two of the six locations during working hours on week days, and is worried it’s going to “marginalize” a number of members of the riding association and put him at a […]
Maybe the 2019 ballot question should be about politics itself
If you weren’t aware before last week that Canada’s federal politicians are now in election-countdown mode, the event that greeted MPs returning to the House of Commons after the summer of killer heat waves (or the “summer of failure,” depending on what you spent your vacation tweeting about) will have instantly acclimatized you to our […]
Quebec expected to be two-way race in 2019, all eyes on Québec City region, say strategists
Quebec is on course to be a two-way race between the Liberals and Conservatives in the 2019 federal election, say strategists, and the Québec City region is likely to be a hotly contested battleground amongst the federal parties. Despite the reunion of the Bloc Québécois on Sept. 17—with five MPs who had split from the […]
Toronto-area Liberal MP leaves party to join Scheer’s Conservatives
Toronto-area Liberal MP Leona Alleslev shocked political players on the Hill Monday when she announced she was defecting from the party she rallied behind in the last federal election to join the Conservatives. In a stunning announcement on the first day of the House’s fall sitting, the MP for Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, Ont., announced that […]
From CPTPP to NAFTA, trade to top agenda in the House this fall
The House of Commons is back this week for the last fall sitting before the 2019 election, and trade is set to top the agenda, with NAFTA renegotiations ongoing and a bill to enact the new Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement fresh on the Order Paper. Government House Leader Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.), in a phone interview […]
The Ontario campaign that went from time for a change to throw the bums out
Any party seeking re-election after 15 years in office will face challenges, but it’s not impossible in Canadian politics. Provincial party dynasties with successive leaders are rare, but they do exist: the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, 1943-85, and the PCs in Alberta from 1971-2015. In each of those cases, the party shuffled out the old leaders […]
Conservatives ‘keen’ to make 2019 election about the economy, say observers
As parties square their sights on the 2019 election, expect Conservatives to spotlight the economy and related issues, like NAFTA renegotiations and the federal carbon-pricing plan, and to do so with “sharper” rhetoric and “a little bit more feistiness,” say observers. “The last year of Andrew Scheer’s leadership the focus has really been on trying […]
Former Chrétien-era minister to host ‘last supper’ at Parliamentary Restaurant
Former Liberal MP-turned-lobbyist Don Boudria wants to “pack” the historic Parliamentary Restaurant “to the rafters” just before it closes in December for at least the next decade. Mr. Boudria has been sending out invites to former and current MPs in the hopes that they’ll break bread with him for a “last supper”—possibly the last night […]
Trudeau Liberals to target NDP-held riding in northern Saskatchewan in 2019, hoping to win ‘several’ more in province: Goodale
SASKATOON—The federal Liberals have been winning only one seat in Saskatchewan in every federal election since 2004, but now are bullish about their prospects of winning “several” in 2019. In an interview with The Hill Times at the Liberal caucus retreat in Saskatoon, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) said that his party has a […]
