As CP layoffs hit Parliament Hill, top editor says it’s in no ‘imminent’ danger
Financial woes continue to plague Canada’s national wire service, leading to one layoff on Parliament Hill, but the Canadian Press’ editor-in-chief says the organization as a whole isn’t in any pressing danger. When asked if the company would be around in five years, Stephen Meurice said that “five years is a long time from now, […]
Gerald Butts’ resignation doesn’t do anything to dampen questions in dumpster fire of a scandal
As principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gerald Butts wasn’t known for being a wallflower. If anyone ever wanted to know what he was thinking about a particular issue, or how he responded to personal attacks, they only had to look as far as his personal verified Twitter account. But for some reason, Canadians […]
The great brain robbery: Looking up from the content glut
The New York Times has a weekly feature in its Book Review called By the Book, in which writers answer questions about their relationship with books and reading, one of which is “You’re organizing a literary dinner party. Which three writers, dead or alive, do you invite?” Looking around a Montreal subway car recently, it struck me that the three […]
Bombshell PMO interference allegations ‘extremely damaging’ to judicial system; Wilson-Raybould’s inability to refute allegations creates ‘bizarre’ dynamic in cabinet, say pundits
Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s inability to refute the allegations in last week’s Globe and Mail report of attempted political interference in the justice system by the PMO is creating a “bizarre” dynamic in the cabinet, which is “uncharted territory,” say Conservative and Liberal political insiders, and a former Tory justice minister and attorney general says the alleged […]
The problem with fighting fake news
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Whenever I see references to the federal government’s Ministry of Democratic Institutions, I always get a slight case of the willies. It’s probably just me, but to my mind the department’s name—“Ministry of Democratic Institutions”—has an Orwellian vibe. And so naturally, I got a bit uneasy recently when I read reports about how this […]
MPs honour Paul Dewar’s life of public service; bow heads for moment of silence
MPs from all political stripes paid tribute to former Ottawa-Centre NDP MP Paul Dewar, who died on Feb. 6 of terminal brain cancer. Mr. Dewar, a former Ottawa school teacher and onetime federal NDP leadership candidate, served for three terms in the House of Commons from 2006 to 2015 and is best remembered for his […]
SNC-Lavalin case won’t be waved away, prime minister
Did not “direct” doesn’t cut it for a scandal of this magnitude. Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives hit the nail on the head when they cast the response from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers to the explosive Globe and Mail report last week as legalistic jargon. To put it more bluntly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
Tories need to find a better use for their Twitter fingers
Who would have thought that trying to be a viral edgelord on the internet might have a few drawbacks when you want to be taken seriously? The Conservative Party of Canada is working to position itself as the alternative to a second Justin Trudeau-led Canadian government when voters go the polls in October. Someone should […]
Yellow Vesters: don’t let hate, violence delegitimize valid points of debate
The National Post on Jan. 21 published an article on the Yellow Vest protest movement, “Credibility of Canada’s fledgling yellow vest movement threatened by extremists, fringe groups.” It’s interesting to see this commentary come from The National Post. Most of what has been published by this outlet in recent memory is unabashedly right-leaning and/or conservative […]
Jagmeet Singh’s naivety, lack of political acumen surprising, says Calgary reader
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who is currently running in the upcoming Burnaby South, B.C., byelection spoke with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton on The National recently where he again doubled down on his commitment to abandon the Trans Mountain pipeline if consultations fail to satisfy all Indigenous stakeholders. Mr. Singh’s intransigence on this issue points to […]
