It looks like the fix is in for the Conservative Party
OTTAWA—Patrick Brown has just suffered his second political assassination. The first was at the hands of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party in Ontario, when he was dumped from his leader’s job based on allegations of sexual impropriety, which he denies. In that first instance, Brown claimed he was the victim of a “fabricated political assassination.” […]
With Poilievre expected to win the leadership, Liberals and Conservatives speculating about a snap general election this fall
With Pierre Poilievre expected to win the Conservative Party leadership, speculation has already started amongst Liberals and Conservatives about the possibility of a snap election after the conclusion of the Conservative leadership contest on Sept. 10, or at the earliest possible opportunity. It’s a long shot given the Liberals and the NDP share a confidence-and-supply […]
Reform Act threats against Rempel Garner a sign of party’s extremism, says NDP Julian, urging moderates to speak out
Most school children in Canada learn to speak up rather than be a bystander when they see instances of bullying and harassment, but ever since Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner spoke out about the harassment she saw in her own party, her Tory colleagues have mostly left her to speak alone. The Hill Times has […]
Disqualification of Patrick Brown from leadership race comes with more questions than answers
HALIFAX—Long-time Conservative, Brian Mulroney loyalist, and former Senator Marjorie LeBreton is beginning to look like someone with extra-sensory perception. In recent weeks, LeBreton has fretted about the state of the Conservative Party she has served for so long. Cutting through to her bottom line, she said that the CPC is looking unelectable. Then came the […]
In politics, ideological opposites feed off each other
OAKVILLE, ONT.—One of the truisms of politics is that ideological opposites feed off each other. For this reason, I’m pretty sure NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Canada’s No. 1 socialist, is actually rooting for Pierre Poilievre, Canada’s No. 1 right-wing populist, to win the Conservative Party leadership race. Sounds odd, but it makes sense. As former […]
I feel sorry for Conservative voters in this leadership race
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—There was a short-lived television show called A.P. Bio, which ran for a few seasons starting in 2018. I liked it, despite the fact the premise was a bit weak: Jack Griffin, a fired Harvard PhD, returns to his old hometown of Toledo, Ohio, to teach high school. One of the students, Marcus, is […]
‘The way we’re heading, we’re unelectable,’ says former Conservative Senator LeBreton
After losing three back-to-back winnable elections, the Conservatives are now undergoing their third leadership election in seven years and if they don’t get it right this time, the party could fracture, says Marjory LeBreton, former Conservative government leader in the Senate who retired in 2015. “I’m very fearful, we’ve got to get this right,” said […]
Politics This Morning: Canada Day celebrations to begin at sunrise at Newfoundland’s Signal Hill
Good Friday morning, The National Capital Region will see its first in-person Canada Day celebrations of the COVID era today, to mark Canada’s 155th birthday. There will be events at LeBreton Flats Park, Place des Festivals Zibi, and around Parliament Hill, with the main stage show happening outside the Canadian War Museum. Governor General MARY […]
Stockwell Day says Leslyn Lewis will expand party, can go ‘toe to toe’ with Trudeau unlike any other candidate
Of all of the candidates vying for the position of leader of the Conservative Party, Stockwell Day says only Leslyn Lewis can expand the party and go “toe to toe” with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unlike any other in the race. “When you think about all of the men standing side by side and then […]
Do the Conservatives want to keep pretending this is America, or be relevant again in this country?
HALIFAX—The Conservative Party of Canada has never really been a new party that came together in a merger. It has always been a dysfunctional hybrid in which the hard right of its Western roots conducted a hostile takeover of the Progressive Conservatives. Peter MacKay’s lingering legacy. Stephen Harper’s success was more the product of dreadful […]
