Big list of names: who’s who on Team Trudeau
OTTAWA—A number of Ontario Liberals are working in the federal party’s war room on Albert Street in downtown Ottawa. The Liberal Party moved its national headquarters from Metcalfe Street over to office suites in Constitution Square at 350 Albert St. in downtown Ottawa over the summer, and its 2015 national campaign war room is […]
A quick peek at the NDP national campaign
Veteran New Democrats Anne McGrath and Brad Lavigne are at the helm of the NDP’s national campaign, along with a whole new generation of Dippers hired after the 2011 federal election. The NDP’s campaign headquarters and research war room are located at the corner of Bank Street and Laurier Ave. West, in the same office […]
Liberals first to flesh out defence plans, but uncertainty in sector remains
The Liberals are the only party to release plans for the future of the defence sector, giving the best sense so far of where things would be heading if they’re elected. But stoking the debate over one of the country’s largest procurement programs has left the industry with more questions about what a change in […]
Internet access missing from 2015 election campaign
The long election campaign of 2015 has featured a myriad of daily policy announcements as the three largest political parties vie for attention and votes. From targeted tax cuts to new spending promises, political leaders have focused on education, childcare, defence, the environment and more. Yet, thus far, largely missing from the campaign has been […]
16 progressive ideas in campaign 2015
OTTAWA—Lots of Canadians care about public policy and lots of them want to put forward progressive ideas about a progressive society, even during an election campaign. After 10 years of perhaps the most conservative government in Canadian history, a progressive future naturally means a combination of new ideas and a return to old policies, which […]
Next Throne Speech must address seniors’ care, healthy aging
OTTAWA —While the federal parties make their promises on the campaign trail, the Canadian Nurses Association is urging them to not lose sight of health care. Our next government needs to take the important step of standardizing home health care across Canada, one of the most effective ways to keep our seniors healthy. Currently, home […]
Response to refugee crisis must include expanding refugee health care
OTTAWA—The haunting image of Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body lying face down on a Turkish beach, and the subsequent revelation of the Kurdi family’s intention to seek asylum in Canada, have prompted many Canadians to ask what we can do as a country to help Syrian refugees. So far, our search for an answer has rarely […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Foreign policy up for debate
Good Monday morning! It’s day 58 of the election campaign and foreign policy will be on the agenda today as Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau meet in Toronto for the Munk Debates. After controversy over how bilingual the debate would be, the show will go on. Foreign […]
Pathway to rebuild the Canadian economy
The three parties seeking to become the Government of Canada have differing views about rebuilding the faltering Canadian economy. One proposes to stay the course and allow the economy to develop in concert with the hoped-for global renewal; another proposes to expand our economy through new infrastructure; and the third seeks to re-energize specific components […]
Conservative candidate sees Muslim ‘agenda’
On the same weekend Conservatives expedited a refugee processing system in a nod to what they called “Canadian generosity,” one of their candidates seeking re-election was telling voters about an “agenda” to move Muslims into European countries. And that is something Joe Daniel doesn’t want to see in Canada. In a video obtained by The […]
