Conservative climate plan no match for Liberal effort, says reader
Sadly, the Conservatives’ ‘Real Plan to Protect Our Environment’ is based on two colossal misrepresentations of reality, both featured in Andrew Scheer’s opening message. The first is that the previous Conservative government achieved emission reductions through targeted programs, thereby implying they will have a better chance to meet Paris obligations than the carbon tax. The […]
When it comes to climate change, Scheer can’t win
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s recently released climate change plan will help his political opponents a lot more than it’ll help the environment. Now don’t get me wrong; I’m not suggesting his plan is bad or anything. I’m no climate scientist, so I don’t know. But do I know a thing or two about […]
Details aside, Scheer’s climate change nod an important step forward
OTTAWA—Last week, Andrew Scheer gave the last of his series of major policy speeches designed to give voters a sense of some of his thinking and his would-be government’s approach to the key issues of our times. Previously, he had addressed predictable safe-ground matters for the Conservatives, like economic and foreign policy. In his last […]
MPs should use the summer to prove everyone wrong
Federal politicians are the least liked out of all of their political brethren, or so says an Angus Reid Institute study published June 25. The public-opinion survey found that 28 per cent say they have a negative opinion of people who choose to run for federal office compared to 19 per cent and 14 per […]
Pharmacare debate a symptom of chronic electoral grandstanding
OTTAWA—On June 12, an advisory council appointed by the Trudeau government recommended the establishment of a universal, single-payer public pharmacare system. When fully actualized in 2027, it is estimated it would cost $15-billion dollars per year. The council was led by Dr. Eric Hoskins, a former Ontario health minister. Hoskins is a well-respected physician and […]
Conservatives haven’t quite learned their lines in the theatre of inclusivity
OTTAWA—If you are a member of a marginalized community in Canada, the Conservatives have trolled you over the last couple of weeks with the Justice Committee’s devolution into Trumpian Theatre under the guise of tackling online hate speech. On Tuesday, May 28, the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights held one hearing of many […]
Nationalism, Canadian-style
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Imagine if you were charged with fighting a war knowing that one of the most effective weapons in your arsenal was supposed to be left untouched. If victory was hanging in the balance, surely you’d be tempted to use that weapon, right? Well, that’s the way political party strategists must feel when it comes […]
Conservative party leads nominees, NDP lags with quarter of ridings confirmed
Five months out from the federal election, the Conservative Party has the most candidates named, its 277 nominees far ahead of the governing Liberals’ 197 candidates, according to the latest numbers from their parties. That means the Tories have filled 82 per cent of the 338 ridings needed to offer a full slate. Maxime Bernier’s […]
A genocide by any other name would still smell as foul
Apparently, the worst thing you can do these days is make someone uncomfortable. There’s really no other explanation for why there was such a hue and cry over the conclusions from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In the commission’s final report, “Reclaiming Power and Place,” there were 231 individual […]
It’s like ‘Michael Ignatieff all over again’: Liberals say reported talks on Trudeau succession plan ‘ridiculous,’ and must be stopped
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals may be trailing the Conservatives in opinion polls four months ahead of an election, but talk of a replacing Mr. Trudeau should the Grits lose in the fall is politically “unhelpful,” “ridiculous,” and “self-serving” on the part of the people engaged in the backroom strategizing, say Liberals. “I thought it […]
