Party structure stuck in the Dark Ages
OAKVILLE, ONT.—In my view, modern-day Canadian political parties have something in common with Germanic war tribes of the Dark Ages. Ordinarily, I’d follow such a provocative opening paragraph with some sort of witty satiric barb along the lines of, “Just as Germanic tribes marauded around Europe plundering and looting Roman cites, today’s political parties maraud […]
Mulcair begins campaign for support as leadership review nears
Tom Mulcair has launched a drive to defend his record at the helm of the NDP in advance of a leadership review at a national convention in April, following the party’s devastating losses in the October general election. Five NDP MPs confirmed Thursday Mr. Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) has begun a campaign to convince party members […]
Conservative leadership candidates could have tougher time raising big bucks in 2017 run, say political insiders
Federal Conservative leadership candidates, who are already testing the waters, could have a tougher time raising the hundreds of thousands of dollars for their campaigns, three months after the federal election and under strict political financing laws not yet tested by their own party, say political insiders and observers. “It’s going to make a big difference. […]
Politics This Morning: MacKay CPC leadership front-runner
He hasn’t announced yet whether he would run for the leader of the Conservative Party, but according to a new poll, former Conservative Cabinet minister Peter MacKay is the front runner so far. Mr. MacKay, the former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and an architect of the merger of the PCs and Canadian Alliance […]
Throwback Thursday to the Conservative Party’s 2004 leadership race
Instead of seeking to form a government, Mulcair will be campaigning to keep his job as NDP leader
OTTAWA—When Thomas Mulcair was last squarely in the public eye, he was retreating into the background after a painful campaign. Now, he starts another tough campaign. This time, instead of seeking to form a government, he will be campaigning to keep his job as NDP leader. That is, if he wants it, and all indications […]
All is outwardly calm in good ship New Democrat
OTTAWA—All is outwardly calm in the good ship New Democrat. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair has three months to ponder his future before he goes before a scheduled confirmation vote in April. Chances are Mulcair will receive enough support from his party to fight another election. If there were to be a movement against him, it […]
Liberals launch ‘hope and hard work’ campaign, but have lots of work ahead in Quebec, British Columbia
PARLIAMENT HILL—The Liberal Party has launched a so-called “Hope and Hard Work” campaign on the heels of its record-setting leadership election of Justin Trudeau—but leadership vote numbers in Quebec show it may take more hard work than just hoping to win back the province that has overwhelmingly rejected the Liberals for two decades outside […]
Trudeau wins Grit leadership with 80% of vote, Libs say ‘ground game’ on to win next election, campaign already has 11,000 volunteers
OTTAWA—Basking in the glow of an enormously successful leadership election with 104,552 Canadians casting ballots, the federal Liberal Party, its six leader candidates, and MPs and organizers, made it clear Sunday they want to build on the vast network, built up primarily by landslide winner Justin Trudeau, and vault past the NDP to win […]
Liberals say more than 60 per cent have cast votes for next leader, so far
PARLIAMENT HILL—The Liberals will release a complete rundown of votes cast for each Liberal leadership election candidate, in each of the 308 federal electoral districts, once the winner of the party’s ground-breaking online vote is announced on Sunday. With voter participation rising steadily through the week, 77,251 per cent of 127,145 registered voters had […]
