Politics This Morning: More Canadians want guaranteed incomes
More Canadians want guaranteed minimum incomes today than they did in 2012, according to a new poll by Forum Research. Thirty-six per cent of Canadians said they would support the introduction of a guaranteed income to replace other social services such as unemployment insurance, pensions and welfare. That number has increased from 27 per cent […]
Politics This Morning: McKenna to deliver keynote at FCM conference
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna will deliver a keynote luncheon speech at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities Conference. She will share her experience from the COP21 UN Climate Change negotiations in Paris and discuss the challenges and opportunities for Canada’s cities. More than 400 municipal leaders and sustainability professionals will attend […]
Politics This Morning: Opposition leaders go on tour
With the House not sitting this week, opposition leaders are taking the opportunity to tour various parts of the country to speak with Canadians. Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose will be in Moncton, N.B., today where she will be the keynote speaker at the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce breakfast event. “I look forward to […]
Your handy, dandy guide to this session’s best Parliament Hill parties
Hillites: prepare to have fun this session because a taste of social Ottawa is coming at you, fast and furious. Given the uncertainty around when the 42nd Parliament would start, many fall events were delayed until the new year, so now after a quiet fall, the winter and spring events calendar is filling up. So, wipe the […]
Feds should revisit CRTC’s pick-and-pay TV policy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that his first priority is to grow the economy. Meanwhile, the CRTC is about to undermine that goal. Finance Minister Bill Morneau is gathering ideas for his first budget this week. He might see the wisdom of asking the CRTC to reconsider some of its decisions last year. These […]
“Work is underway to draft a new federal budget. What do you think should be included?”
Kate Purchase Liberal strategist “During the election, we made a commitment to strengthen the middle class, create jobs, and grow Canada’s economy by making historic new investments in infrastructure. Now, with slow growth in the global economy, there is even more incentive to invest in job-creating infrastructure projects. “The Government of Canada is confident about […]
Politics This Morning: NDP caucus to meet in Montebello
The NDP is having a caucus meeting today in Montebello, Que., to plan its parliamentary strategy for when the House returns next week. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who is facing a leadership review at the party’s convention this April in Edmonton, will give a speech at 10 a.m. at the Fairmont Chateau Montebello hotel. The […]
Sinking oil prices, low dollar, growing deficit put heat on Finance Minister Morneau
With sinking oil prices, a historically low dollar and federal coffers drying up before Finance Minister Bill Morneau presents his first budget, a majority of Canadians believe the economy is in weak shape and the government should do more to stimulate it. “We knew when we were campaigning we were facing a slow-growth environment,” Mr. […]
Trudeau Cabinet meets ahead of ‘ambitious’ legislative winter agenda, first real test
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his 30 Cabinet ministers are meeting for a three-day retreat in New Brunswick this week to review his government’s activist agenda before Parliament returns on Monday and before the real tough test of governing begins, after winning a majority government on Oct. 19. Prime Minister Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and his […]
Time for Morneau to step up to the plate and handle economic crisis, that means now
TORONTO—The country is facing an economic crisis, but the new Liberal government is not handling it well. Its slow response mirrors that of the Conservatives who, on first being elected in 2006, refused to recognize the world was on the brink of the Great Recession. The circumstances are different this time, but also alarming. We […]
