A new role for media, academics, and experts: call it Corrections Canada
CHELSEA, QUE.—There has always been distortion and exaggeration in political campaigning—along with personal slurs, simplistic slogans, and misleading advertising. What is different now is the level of shamelessness that attends this dispiriting ritual. Even when blatant errors are pointed out, political leaders are loathe to retreat, or withdraw. Often, they merely double down. So, when […]
‘What we have is a policy opening,’ Greens working to break through to Quebec, British Columbia voters who want a ‘climate leader’
The Liberal government has “utterly failed” to respond to the threat of climate change, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and the lone Green MP is hopeful that voters in Quebec and British Columbia will respond by giving her some company in the House of Commons in the fall. “In Quebec, with all the pipeline […]
Six-term Liberal MP Cuzner ‘disappointed’ he was left out of cabinet, not 100 per cent sure if he will seek re-election
PARLIAMENT HILL—After 19 years in federal politics, a veteran Liberal MP from Nova Scotia—who won his riding with the highest percentage of votes in his province, in 2015—is not 100 per cent sure if he will seek re-election in October. “Well, you know, I’m 99 per cent sure,” said Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner in an […]
Adam Vaughan apologizes for ‘whack’ tweet
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan apologized for a tweet he wrote on Saturday saying to “just whack” Ontario Premier Doug Ford. In the tweet, the Toronto-area MP also misspelled his former Toronto city council colleague calling him Doug “Frod.” “So Frod’s gang could get folks upset over hurting Kindergarten students instead of being angry over the […]
Duclos’s rise to Treasury Board vice-chair shows his ‘quiet competence’: observers
Observers say that among the few changes made to cabinet committee membership last week, the prominence given to Quebec ministers is most interesting, with one former cabinet minister highlighting Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’s new post as vice-chair of the Treasury Board as a “significant” development. Of the seven cabinet committees, the powerful Treasury Board was one of that […]
Brison’s Nova Scotia riding ‘difficult’ for Liberals to hold: ex-Grit minister Thibault
With seven-time MP Scott Brison out of the picture in Kings-Hants, N.S., this fall, the riding is “one to watch” in Atlantic Canada and a “difficult” win for the Liberals, says a former Chrétien-era cabinet minister. A well-liked representative for the riding north of Halifax, Mr. Brison’s longevity was a credit to his personal popularity, […]
In this parochial country, do we have what it takes to unite in a crisis?
OTTAWA—There are moments embedded in our minds as Canadians that we remember so vividly that we can say where we were, what we were doing, and who we were with when they occurred. One of those moments was the winning goal scored by Paul Henderson in the Canada-Soviet Union hockey series, in the eighth game […]
‘This is something I’ve been fighting for now for two years almost,’ Indigenous language interpretation in the House important symbol for youth, says Liberal MP Ouellette
The federal Translation Bureau has been working to adjust to the new option for MPs to speak in Indigenous languages during House of Commons proceedings, a monumental change passed two months ago and one that Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, who pushed for the change, calls “significant and very symbolic.” “This is something I’ve been fighting […]
When it comes to Arctic resource development, Russia is on fire while Canada is cold as ice
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Canada and the Russian Federation have pursued different strategies for security and economic development in their respective circumpolar regions. These policies have resulted in very different northern strategic outcomes, with Canada at the short end of the stick. While Canada and its circumpolar neighbours have advanced their polar […]
Here’s a thought: how MPPs could oust Ford before next election
What do you do when you want to change a government in this country? If you’re like most of us, you follow the rules, wait for the next election call, cast your vote for another party and pray. But what if those rules included a provision to oust a first minister without having to go […]
