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
Dull campaign makes for ‘easy’ election call, says Léger, as most firms capture little shift in voting intentions
A somewhat “boring” 41-day campaign helped make this election easy for the industry to forecast a minority government, says one pollster, as others remained more cautious in saying so, but agree there was little shift in voters’ intentions nationally in the lead-up to the vote. With the majority of polls reflecting a close race between […]
The last of the ‘McGill Four’: outgoing MP Dubé on losing to Bloc leader Blanchet
When he noticed the Bloc Québécois surging in the polls, the NDP’s Matthew Dubé says he knew that he faced an “uphill battle” in holding onto his riding. “I arrived in a wave. I survived one, but two is a bit too much,” said the outgoing Quebec MP in for Beloeil-Chambly who lost to Bloc […]
