If businesses want to stop being seen as the enemy, they need to up their advocacy game
OTTAWA—Last week, The Globe and Mail brought to life the story of a number of oil industry leaders who had met in Alberta with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and senior Conservative activists. According to the reportage, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss how the Conservatives and some in the oil sector might go […]
Stursberg issues rallying cry to protect Canadian media amid encroaching U.S. tech giants
Canadians are increasingly at risk of checking out of the national conversation with the decline of the news industry and the arrival of American streaming services, argues Richard Stursberg, a former CBC executive, in his new book. In The Tangled Garden: A Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age, Richard Stursberg, the former head of […]
For sure, not everyone is happy with the slow pace of reconciliation
OTTAWA—There has always been a love-hate relationship between politicians and the media. As a young reporter for The Hamilton Spectator, I was accused of going over to the dark side when I resigned to run for office. Reporters and politicians need each other, but there is a chasm of skepticism that separates the two. I […]
Inuit carver’s new West Block sculpture ‘part of the healing,’ reconciliation
Sedna, the Arctic sea goddess is the focal point of a new sculpture in West Block, now part of a decades-long line of Indigenous carvings designed specially for Parliament. Inuit master carver Bart Hanna, who is from Igloolik, Nunavut, often depicts Sedna in his work. Though she has a “harsh story,” Mr. Hanna said he […]
Foreign interference in Canada’s upcoming vote ‘very likely,’ spy agency says
PARLIAMENT HILL—Canada will “very likely” be a target of foreign interference, though it’s “improbable” that it will be on the same scale orchestrated by Russia in its 2016 presidential election, warns Canada’s electronic spy agency. In an updated assessment on the likelihood that Canada will encounter covert attempts to interfere in the 2019 election, the […]
‘It shouldn’t be blotting out the sun’: have the media spilled too much ink over SNC-Lavalin?
Weeks of wall-to-wall coverage have been devoted to offering a tick-tock of every twist of the SNC-Lavalin affair, raising questions about whether the media have expended far too much of their resources following this beat at the exclusion of other pressing issues. Since The Globe and Mail first broke its bombshell report eight weeks ago alleging that […]
The Kenney campaign con and the new meaning of narrative
The word “narrative” as a political term of art is by no means new. The concept has been around since long before the days when Hollywood production values migrated to the White House with Ronald Reagan. From “the boy from Baie-Comeau” defining Brian Mulroney’s rise from son of an electrician in a Quebec mill town, […]
How Robert ‘Fife the knife’ broke the SNC-Lavalin story and 40 years of other scoops
Robert Fife, the Globe and Mail Ottawa bureau chief and one of the reporters behind the explosive SNC-Lavalin story that’s rocked politics in Ottawa for a month, has been breaking stories for decades due to his vast network of sources, keen eye for detail, and knack for telling when people aren’t telling the truth, say […]
Bernier passes on taking part in Justice Committee SNC-Lavalin hearings
People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier has been absent from the House of Commons Justice Committee as it delves into the SNC-Lavalin affair, despite all other parties—even those without official party status—showing up to participate. A People’s Party spokesperson told The Hill Times that Mr. Bernier has been given an invitation to attend, but since he […]
SNC-Lavalin scandal expected to ‘overshadow everything else’ for Grits in coming months; it’s time for a Trudeau ‘mea culpa,’ say Liberal insiders and pollsters
It will be a tough slog for the Liberals in the coming months, as the SNC-Lavalin scandal has devastated their post-partisan feminist brand and demotivated their base, say pollsters and Grit insiders. It’s not yet clear how far the scandal will resonate with the general public, but any new revelations—for example, if the government does […]
