Harper’s attack on Liberal plan to scrap F-35 purchase shows Tories always intended to go ahead despite ‘options analysis’: critics
PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s heated criticism of Justin Trudeau’s election promise that a Liberal government will not acquire a fleet of F-35 stealth attack planes to replace Canada’s aging CF-18 fighter jets reveals the Conservative government has all along intended to go ahead with the $45.8-billion F-35 project, say prominent critics of the plan. […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Nominations to close in three days
Good Friday morning! It’s the end of week eight of the election campaign and three days before nominations close on Sept. 28. According to Equal Voice, there are 98 ridings without any female candidates among the Conservatives, NDP or Liberals; and 59 without Green or Bloc Quebecois candidates. In a newsletter yesterday, the organization committed […]
The lone man syndrome: Who endorses Stephen Harper?
Even for the youngest parties on the federal block, leadership legacies tend to carry weight on the partisan playing field. As an organizer back in 2012 during the NDP leadership race, the Paul Dewar camp for which I subscribed was a small group; we didn’t make it very far in the 3-tier voting process. As […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Mulcair in lead in Quebec, but don’t discount Trudeau
Good Thursday morning! It’s debate day on the campaign trail. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe (who didn’t hold a seat in the House in the last Parliament and whose party only had two seats) will face off […]
‘A more active role for government in the competitive market’ is needed
For the election, the timing couldn’t be better. A report by three economists, led by former senior Finance Canada official Don Drummond, highlights why economic growth has to be the big priority and why active government is needed to make this happen. Conventional reliance on the free market economy won’t cut it, the report says, […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Debate prep under way
Party leaders are taking it easy today on the campaign trail to prep for the Broadcast Consortium’s French-language debate in Montreal tomorrow. The consortium, made up of Canada’s largest television broadcasters, including CBC/Radio-Canada, CTV and Global, is hosting the debate in Radio-Canada studios and is the only debate that will feature five party leaders. The […]
Controversial campaign lit from Conservative Surrey candidate came from national party, says resident
PARLIAMENT HILL—A Surrey, B.C., elector who sparked a flurry of controversy over a Conservative brochure that appears aimed at stirring up fear of ISIS terrorism in Canada says the local Conservative campaign office told her the stark pamphlet came from the Conservative Party, not the campaign headquarters of star candidate Dianne Watts. Images of the […]
Money talks, but national transportation strategy creates movement
Political parties are promising big bucks to transportation and infrastructure improvements in the lead-up to the election, as well as in advance of the Dec. 24 release of David Emerson’s report reviewing the Canada Transportation Act. But experts caution that simply throwing money at developments will not be enough, and that parties should prioritize strategy […]
Politics This Morning Election 2015: Transportation on the agenda
Transportation has not been a key issue during this campaign so far, with the economy remaining at the top of people’s minds, however, four experts will gather today to discuss why it should be at a Hill Times Events Platform 2015 briefing. The breakfast panel discussion, which takes place at the Delta City Centre Hotel […]
DND to spend up to $500-million upgrading CF-18 fighter fleet to extend life by five years
PARLIAMENT HILL—Delays in large-scale production of U.S. Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth war planes combined with the Harper government’s failure to commit to competitive bidding for a new fighter jet have led to a Department of National Defence plan for a $500-million upgrade to extend the life of Canada’s vintage CF-18 fighter fleet by five years, […]
