Liberal Senators concerned AG’s probe might question their sharing research, resources with House
PARLIAMENT HILL—Before Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s bombshell decision to detach Liberal Senators from the Parliamentary caucus, Liberal Senators were concerned Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s probe of Senate spending might question an arrangement that involved sharing research and resources between the Senate Liberal caucus and the party’s depleted House of Commons contingent, a Liberal source says. The […]
Liberals to hold nominations for incumbent MPs in March, but Trudeau still has power to withhold endorsements
PARLIAMENT HILL—The federal Liberals are set to hold candidate nominations for incumbent MPs in March, the first of three phases of candidate selection across the country as the party begins laying ground for the next general election, The Hill Times has learned. Liberal MPs who confirmed the schedule to The Hill Times on Monday […]
Potential Liberal candidate in Brandon-Souris ‘rattled,’ but still interested in Grit nomination
PARLIAMENT HILL—A tumultuous lead-up in one of four federal byelections to be held this fall took another dramatic turn Monday as the only possible contender so for the Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Brandon-Souris retracted suggestions he might back out over personal threats he has received and declared the personal attacks have […]
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 […]
Liberals say 42 per cent have voted for next leader, five days to go, e-voting got off to a shaky start
PARLIAMENT HILL—An increase in Quebec voting in the week-long federal Liberal Party online leadership election has boosted the overall turnout significantly over the day to 42 per cent of more than 127,000 registered voters, with five days of voting to remain. The development allowed some federal Liberals to breathe a bit easier, following a […]
Liberals receive more than 1,000 calls from members, supporters who couldn’t vote online
PARLIAMENT HILL—Liberal Party members and supporters had such difficulty with a complicated online voting system as the Liberal leadership election began over the past two days that the party had to beef up its telephone help lines to cope with a flood of calls, party members and a campaign officials say. Campaign phone banks with […]
Liberal leadership ‘minivention’ draws wanted media attention, buzz, but awakens Grits for challenges ahead
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE—A Liberal “minivention” of over 1,000 party members did what was intended on Saturday as Justin Trudeau drew the kind of media crushes and crowd adulation that has spooked the Conservative Party, but it also highlighted an unexpected force that Mr. Trudeau will likely be compelled to tackle once, as widely […]
Meet the top campaign players behind the federal Grit leadership candidates
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE—Liberals and “supporters” have begun voting for the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, but behind the scenes, the leadership campaigns are being driven by committed partisan campaign strategists. Here’s a look at the insiders who have been managing the campaigns. Katie Telford, campaign manager to Justin Trudeau The […]
