Trudeau’s comments on child separation built on deck of political realities stacked higher by Trump factor, say observers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday called the separation of migrant children from their parents as a result of the Trump administration’s new zero-tolerance policy as “wrong” and “unacceptable.” For some Canadians outraged after seeing children warehoused in cages with little more than thin space blankets, they got what they were hoping for, if only […]
Liberal seats flipped in Ontario election
In the 2018 Ontario elections, the Liberals saw their numbers of seats shrink from 58 to to seven, falling one seat shy of securing official party status, while the Conservatives captured 76 seats and the New Democrats locked in 40. The Hill Times took a closer look at which seats the Liberals lost in 2018 […]
Trudeau in the ‘penalty box,’ Conservatives top Liberals, poll suggests
The Liberals have fallen slightly behind the Conservatives, with 34 per cent of Canadians saying they would vote for the party, compared to 36 per cent who say they would vote for the Conservatives, though many still largely prefer Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the opposition leaders, according to a new Campaign Research poll. “They’re placing him […]
Canada’s approach to Trump administration in 2018 was ‘the right one,’ says Trudeau as summer break begins
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaffirmed his belief in the way his government has handled relations with an increasingly hostile U.S. President Donald Trump, telling reporters this afternoon that, despite new tariffs on Canadian metals and the president’s Twitter attacks against him, Ottawa’s approach to engagement with Washington is the “right one.” “We’ve established the ability […]
Transport minister names Marc Roy as chief of staff
Transport Minister Marc Garneau has tapped his director of communications by the same first name, Marc Roy, to take over as his new chief of staff as of June 22. Mr. Roy announced the decision in a Facebook post on June 13, calling it a “true honour and privilege to serve in this capacity.” Jean-Philippe […]
Luck is on the Hill as MPs celebrate Irish Day
Liberal MP James Maloney hosted the first Irish Day on the Hill on June 12 and it was a pretty huge hit. Mr. Maloney, who is the chair of the Canada-Ireland Friendship Group, said he came up with the idea of hosting an event on the Hill a couple of years ago, but time seemed […]
Ford Nation and the demise of the campaign playbook
OTTAWA—Last week, Scott Reid, formerly Paul Martin’s communications director and currently a political analyst and speechwriter who “was pitching in” for Kathleen Wynne’s team, wrote one of the more sobering post-mortems on the Ontario campaign. The piece, published in the Globe and Mail, posed the question as to whether campaigns even matter anymore: “In an […]
Quebec Liberals won’t suffer Wynne’s fate
As the last national assembly sitting before the Oct. 1 provincial vote was winding down last week, a brief encounter with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard yielded an unsolicited prediction. “I have a secret for you,” he told me on his way out of a Radio-Canada studio. “I will win the election.” Perhaps that was his way of […]
Tories snatch Liberal seat in Quebec byelection
Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives brought an end to the Liberals’ short-lived hold on one corner of Quebec, handily winning the riding of Choutimi-Le Fjord in a closely watched race that pitted a well-known candidate against a local businesswoman. Former coach of a major junior hockey team, Richard Martel, won the riding with 12,580 votes, beating Liberal […]
Old Liberal ties ‘do not disqualify’ Canadians from Independent Senate spots: PCO
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is willing to appoint Canadians who worked for the Liberal Party to the Senate if they can convince his appointment board they are nonpartisan, according to the Privy Council Office, and one of his newest appointees has done just that. Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) named Pierre Dalphond to the Senate on […]
