Trudeau holds cabinet retreat in London, Ont., as Liberals seek further gains in 2019
The federal cabinet is in London, Ont., on Thursday for the start of its traditional winter retreat, hinting that the Liberals are eyeing further gains in southwestern Ontario’s largest city come 2019. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and the Liberal front bench will spend today and tomorrow in the Forest City, where the party […]
Trudeau should let cabinet ministers in on the limelight
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has begun his second annual townhall tour across Canada, speaking to Canadians off the cuff in campaign-style events that are sure to generate headlines and photos of him with shirt sleeves rolled up, surrounded by regular Canadians, before Parliament returns at the end of this month. Canadians have seen a lot […]
Time waits for no political party
OAKVILLE, ONT.—According to my calculations, Canada’s next federal election will take place in approximately 650 days. Wow, 650 days—that’s a long time, right? Well, not really. The fact is, time is an often misunderstood resource in politics, especially when it comes to its relationship to another political resource—money. And that relationship can be summed up […]
South Africa: it could be worse
“We have three gangsters, one suspect, and a president who is prisoner of a Top Six that is clearly compromised,” said Zackie Achmat, AIDS activist and Nobel Prize nominee, on hearing that Cyril Ramaphosa, a former trade union leader and businessman, had been elected president of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC). It’s hard […]
Last week’s byelections burst the Ottawa bubble
OTTAWA—Byelections burst the Ottawa bubble last week. Mid-term report cards on the governing Liberals have been flagging. They were unanimous in predicting the honeymoon was over. But four byelections in other parts of the country told a different story. The Liberals made surprising gains in British Columbia, while the Conservatives lost a seat but gained […]
NDP byelection loss, current polls show Liberal path to victory in 2019, say pollsters
The Liberal victory in the South Surrey-White Rock byelection and recent polls show the Liberals can still win big by wooing away NDP voters, pollsters say. However, new NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh might not be the problem for the party, polls show, despite it being trounced in four byelections across Canada last week. Mr. Singh […]
Legislation on firearms, disabilities expected after winter break for Parliament
The Liberals have now run past the halfway mark of their first mandate, and the time to make good on the remainder of their campaign promises is slowly ticking away. The Liberals made 353 promises in their campaign platform, and more since taking power, and the majority have yet to be delivered on in full, […]
On the road to 2019: Singh, Scheer needs to steal Trudeau’s sunshine
OTTAWA—It’s hard to believe, but Canada’s 150th anniversary is almost done; it seems like it has gone by in a flash. It has been a year of significant change on the federal political front: for the first time since he has been prime minister, Justin Trudeau now knows who will compete against him in the […]
Lights, camera, action: More House video angles could curb bad behaviour
Technology lets us watch our dogs at doggie daycare, but CPAC is only able to broadcast the recognized speaker or House Speaker in Question Period. That’s got to change. Jane Hilderman and Mike Morden from Samara Canada in an op-ed today argue that more camera angles in the House of Commons could help curb bad […]
Liberal Gordie Hogg defeats former Tory cabinet minister in South Surrey-White Rock
The governing Liberals wrestled away a hotly contested Metro Vancouver riding from the federal Conservatives on Monday night, reinforcing the party’s newfound strength in the vote-rich region and handing new Tory Leader Andrew Scheer his second consecutive defeat in a competitive byelection. Former provincial politician Gordie Hogg managed to beat back a spirited push from […]
