A movement in search of a leader: where does the NDP go from here?
OTTAWA—I never understood why Thomas Mulcair kept saying, “When I’m prime minister” during last fall’s election campaign. Whatever he was thinking, the smarmy, overconfident phraseology struck me as totally wrong—symbolic of a tone-deaf campaign that finally caught up with him in the rejection of his leadership on Sunday. Mulcair is a decent fellow who did […]
‘What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic,’ Watt-Cloutier warns of climate change’s dire consequences, especially for Inuit
OTTAWA—Sheila Watt-Cloutier has a simple message about the Arctic, Inuit, and climate change. “What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic and the evidence of that is showing up with more droughts, floods, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other disasters around the world related to climatic change. More and more Canadians and beyond now […]
NDP grassroots still frustrated, angry by last election, want more say in next campaign, there’s ‘invigorated interest in how the party engages the membership’
EDMONTON—NDP delegates at the party’s policy convention in Edmonton this weekend say they want more say over party and policy decisions in the next election and many are still frustrated by the party’s disastrous loss of 51 House seats in last fall’s 78-day election campaign. At a debate, called “party affairs,” some eager delegates ran to be first […]
Trudeau and Israel/Palestine: Paragon of progressives or much ado about nothing?
Following his recent visit with US President Barack Obama in Washington, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hailed as a paragon of progressive leaders now making their mark on the world stage. After the global shift to the right following 9/11, the youthful, feminist and environmentally conscious Trudeau rightfully came across as a breath of fresh […]
Former Liberal Cabinet minister Lapierre’s death ‘a great loss to political world’
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair praised former Liberal and Bloc Québécois MP Jean Lapierre as a “formidable Parliamentarian” after he learned Mr. Lapierre, 59, was killed in an air crash in eastern Quebec on Tuesday. Mr. Mulcair said he and his wife, Catherine, were “shocked” at the news Mr. Lapierre, his wife and other members of […]
If Ottawa bails out Bombardier, feds should help 400 laid-off Aveos workers, say Manitoba Liberal MPs
If the federal government bails out Quebec-based aerospace giant Bombardier with a financial aid package, Manitobans will expect financial help for more than 400 workers who were laid off by aircraft maintenance company Aveos in Winnipeg in 2012, say Manitoba Liberal MPs. “There’s a strong group of Liberal MPs who will fight for our aerospace industry, and that […]
Alberta oilpatch braces for higher carbon costs
Alberta’s oil-and-gas sector is measuring potential costs that are soon to be added to the price of taking fossil fuels out of the ground. Some of those costs may be guesstimates right now, but additional costs are a fact, as governments pile-on to the idea of pricing carbon as a way to curb greenhouse gas […]
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami serves up its sixth annual A Taste of the Arctic
The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national voice of Inuit in Canada, hosted its sixth annual A Taste of the Arctic event at the National Arts Centre last Monday night. It was a packed house with around 500 attendees for the marquee event, but, despite the new president of ITK Natan Obed’s charm offensive, the event slightly underwhelmed, […]
Trudeau-Obama meeting should focus on Arctic
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama will hold their first formal summit tomorrow, and are expected to sign a continental environmental and climate change strategy. But at the top of their agenda must be the need to address a global crisis—the unraveling of the Arctic due to climate change. For millennia, […]
Gender equality strong in Canada, not so much elsewhere
OTTAWA—This International Women’s Day; Canada can afford to take a short bow. With equality in the Cabinet and historic numbers in the House of Commons, the country certainly seems to be heading in the right direction. And with a Senate nomination advisory board dominated by women, chances are the Red Chamber will follow suit. So […]
