Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
Trudeau has lost the room
Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
‘She knows how to make a splash, and knows how to get things done,’ says author of new Freeland book
Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland’s life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime minister’s life: principle and loyalty.
Freeland’s cabinet exit sets ‘off a bomb,’ revealing Trudeau’s ‘inept’ leadership: observers
The government appears to be ‘improvising’ as it manages the on-the-fly appointment of a new finance minister, and an economic statement that shows the deficit has grown by more than 50 per cent, says pollster Darrell Bricker.
Dramatic day on the Hill after Freeland’s resignation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for the morning Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Dec. 16, 2024. Trudeau was not in Question Period and issued no comment through the day following Chrystia Freeland’s surprise resignation from cabinet the morning she was set to present her fall economic statement as finance minister. In the wake […]
Freeland rocks political Ottawa, quits cabinet same day she was set to deliver economic update, sends Trudeau government into crisis
With leaks to The Globe and Mail last week reporting of friction between Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland, she appeared to address the rumours by describing the pair as ‘at odds about the best path forward for Canada.’
‘The whole Trump thing has caused a rethink on everything’: long-awaited cabinet shuffle could happen as early as this week, say Liberal sources
The upcoming shuffle is unlikely to improve the Liberals’ electoral fortunes, says Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.
Trump’s threats have Canadians worried, but do little to change domestic political views: polls
Voters still overwhelmingly prefer Conservatives, but Trudeau has become more competitive against Poilievre when dealing with the U.S. president-elect.
‘Enough is enough’: Black federal civil servants, unions accuse Liberals of ‘wasting’ time on tackling anti-Black racism
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said the call to designate Black people as a distinctive class under the Employment Equity Act is ‘under active consideration.’
Consistent polling figures show Liberals face situation where the ‘public just stops listening’
In the aftermath of the U.S. election last month, the prime minister and his ministers have sought to contrast Trudeau’s previous experience dealing with Trump’s first four years in office with the Conservatives.
