Cabinet ministers describe ‘electric,’ ‘ebullient’ atmosphere as Liberals hold first in-person policy convention in half a decade
‘This is about the Liberal movement. This is about us, this is about building for the future,’ says Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, with Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault saying ‘people are happy to see each other, they’re happy to be in person.’
Rally the troops and land political blows: Liberal huddle to feature Clinton and campaign readiness
Delegates will elect a new party president, as well as debate mandatory voting, electoral reform, and balanced budgets at the Liberal policy convention running May 4-6.
Why the NDP is sticking with the deal
The NDP sits in the best position it can realistically hope for: holding the balance of power in a Parliament with a minority Liberal government that prefers being tugged to the left rather than the right.
Trump’s brand of politics by personal attack is creeping into our national conversation
The public dialogue is not so much a contest of ideas between political parties, as it has traditionally been, but a kind of cage fight of the Texas death-match variety. Apart from being distressingly Trumpian, the approach taken by the Conservative Party is totally unnecessary.
Ottawa Liberal MP Arya sponsors e-petition calling on government to reconsider proposed foreign influence transparency registry
The federal government’s proposed foreign influence registry has the potential to be abused against ethnic minorities in Canada, says Liberal MP Chandra Arya. And British Columbia ISG Senator Yuen Pau Woo says it will ‘do more harm than good.’ If the e-petition garners 500 signatures, the government will have to respond.
The Liberal succession problem
Regardless of talent, it will be difficult for anybody to fill Justin Trudeau’s shoes because the Liberal Party has been transformed over the years into what might be called the ‘Justin Trudeau Party.’
‘Liberals in trouble’ over China’s attempted meddling in Canadian elections, say pollsters
The China interference story has ‘long legs,’ and some twists and turns. The Liberals should be ‘quite concerned because if the current Conservative advantage consolidates and the longer the numbers stay here, it becomes the new normal, and it will require more effort to dislodge the trend line,’ says pollster Nik Nanos.
Minority Parliaments can work
There was one positive: two parties worked together on the federal budget, which is refreshing in these toxic political times.
Note to Poilievre: politics of personal destruction can only go so far
The big question is whether relentless personal attacks on Justin Trudeau, aided and abetted by sympathetic media and endorsed by former prime minister Stephen Harper, will work for the Conservatives.
Government must start ‘walking their talk’ on affordability to maximize political impact of budget roll-out, says pollster
Some ‘very real wins’ for the NDP set-up an ‘important class-based message’ it can deliver to working class voters, says strategist.
