Freeland joins long list of sidelined leading Liberal women
I knew Chrystia Freeland before the headlines and the heavy portfolios. I was looking for someone I could relate to—someone who didn’t just look the part, but felt the weight of the contradictions Canadian women face in politics. Chrystia had brilliance, yes, but also an inner tension I recognized: the pressure to prove herself repeatedly […]
At least three safe Liberal seats poised to open as high-profile contenders line up
Marco Mendicino, John Tory Jr., Mark Wiseman, and Liam Olsen are seen as some potential names to claim nominations in ridings soon to be vacated by Liberal MPs, say party sources.
Prime Minister Carney should run contested nominations in soon-to-be vacant ridings, or risk losing grassroots support
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s landslide leadership win in the leadership election could unravel quickly if he disappoints grassroots members by sidelining them in the candidate nomination process. He should also remember that once a leader loses the enthusiasm of the party base, winning it back is a major challenge.
Revenge of the Blue Liberals
If Carney moves too far to the right, especially on environmental issues, he risks alienating his own political base and possibly creating a rift within the Liberal Party. The prime minister likely knows this.
Mark Carney and the politics of subtlety
Mark Carney appears open to changing details, if not his overall direction, in the face of pushback, and that direction is not dictated by ideology, but by pragmatism. But he is hard to read.
Build Canada Homes is ‘duplicating the bureaucracy’: NDP critic Kwan slams feds’ new affordable housing entity
Independent Senator Toni Varone says the new entity is a ‘brilliant’ first step and can be a ‘traffic cop’ between the key bodies focused on home-building and infrastructure.
Carney still has to tell us what kind of economy he’s trying to create
What we need from the Carney government is a clear strategy to build up investments by the public and private sectors in the economy of the future, one based on increased investment in intangible assets and one where a large share of these assets is owned and controlled by Canadian corporations.
Freeland resigns from cabinet after a decade as key Liberal minister for role as envoy for Ukraine
Six months after Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped his Liberal leadership rival to lead internal trade, Chrystia Freeland says she’s ‘turning the page on this chapter’ in cabinet, and while she will remain on as an MP, she will not be running in the next election.
Government House Leader MacKinnon calls for co-operation, but criticizes Poilievre’s ‘angry rhetoric’ as House resumes
‘We are a minority government, yes, but we believe that we have a mandate to proceed with major policies,’ says Steven MacKinnon.
NDP keep fighting as new Liberal government’s honeymoon period comes to a close
To meet the eye-popping military spending commitment of five per cent of Canada’s GDP, there will be deep cuts to programs and services to Canadians.
