The Conservative dilemma
OTTAWA—When a party loses an election it had expected to win, those agitating for a change in leadership are sure to find a receptive audience, not only in the party but also in the country at large. However, the current rumblings about dumping Andrew Scheer as leader mask a deeper and more painful choice for […]
Scheer has time on his side, a short time
OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer has time on his side. Short time that is. The Conservative Party is scheduled to review his leadership in less than six months. When Joe Clark was under attack for his leadership, he personally set the bar very high. The youngest prime minister ever elected promised to step down if at least two-thirds […]
Jason Kenney is shooting off his foot, not just his mouth
CHELSEA, QUE.—The major obstacle to Alberta’s future well-being at the moment is not Justin Trudeau. It is Jason Kenney. The Alberta premier’s belligerent and distorted attacks on “Ottawa,” and his deafness to the climate change concerns that influenced the outcome of the recent election, is winning him no friends in the rest of the country. […]
Knives out to dump Conservative leader, but Scheer’s team should reach out to supporters urgently to survive April leadership review, say Conservatives
With the knives out for Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer for failing to win the federal election, it’s unclear whether he will survive another election amid the onslaught of calls last week for his resignation. To head off a potential ouster, some say Mr. Scheer needs to urgently reach out to his supporters to ensure they […]
‘Albertans would consider it as betrayal’: Alberta Independent Senators shoot down suggestions of cabinet gig
Two Senators from Alberta poured cold water on the idea that a member of the Red Chamber should be chosen to represent their province at the cabinet table, in interviews with The Hill Times last week. “I don’t know that that’s the best idea for Alberta. I think we need all of our Senators from […]
As crazy as it seems, this weird government will likely prove durable
HALIFAX—It was the upside-down election. The ones who gained seats lost, and the ones who lost seats won. And as crazy as it seems, this weird government will likely prove durable. Maybe that’s why Justin Trudeau isn’t looking like a PM who has just lost his majority and now has 20 fewer […]
Trudeau has many options to include Alberta and Saskatchewan in his government
OTTAWA—There are just so many options for the Trudeau government to reach out and involve the citizens of Alberta and Saskatchewan, but there is no single silver bullet. The conundrum is this: on the one hand, the two provinces just declined to elect a single Liberal MP from either province, in part, because they felt […]
Our dishonest election could have been prevented
OTTAWA—Upset at the rampant dishonesty during the recent election by politicians, and interest groups in their Facebook and Twitter posts? You should be—but you shouldn’t be surprised because changes the Liberals made to the election law encouraged that flood of false claims and made our election much more like the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In […]
The problem with Scheer’s passive conservatism
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Ever since he came up short in the 2019 federal election, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has been taking an awful lot of heat, which is too bad because, after all, he’s really such a nice guy. But then again, it’s his amiability which likely cost the Conservatives a victory. Indeed, I’d argue his […]
ISSUE: 11-04-2019
