Liberals, Conservatives, and NDP to argue new electoral reform bill should delay voter data court case
On March 20, the Liberal government tabled Bill C-65. Eight days later, the Liberal Party filed an application to adjourn the coming voter privacy trial with C-65 at the centre of its argument. That application will be heard on April 10.
‘Up to Canadians to judge’: Liberal-NDP deal holds two years on, as sweeping elections bill introduced
If Bill C-65 passes, the chief electoral officer must report on ways to implement a three-day voting period, and on the feasibility of allowing electors to cast their vote at any polling station in their riding by 2029.
Polls show ‘across-the-board, generalized retreat’ from Liberals, says Coletto
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will ‘either walk up to the edge of the next election and run, or he’ll walk up to the edge of the next election and decide to retire,’ so until that time Liberals should focus on how to ‘get more competitive with the current prime minister,’ says former Martin-era Liberal PMO staffer Scott Reid.
Pharmacare a ‘housekeeping measure’ for Liberals, while NDP seeks to ‘tell everybody’ about much needed parliamentary win: Nanos
The Liberals’ relative silence on pharmacare in recent days while NDP leader Jagmeet Singh went on the talk show circuit may be an effort to not ‘give too much oxygen’ to a story that could help their partner in the supply-and-confidence deal, said pollster Nik Nanos.
Pollsters skeptical NDP would force an election over pharmacare
Meanwhile, former Liberal staffer Dan Arnold says the government has to decide whether it wants to invest big money into pharmacare versus its other policy priorities in advance of the next election.
Some Senators open to blocking government’s MAID legislation, while others say that’s ‘overstepping’
With a law already on the books that says an expansion of MAID will become legal on March 17, the Senate holds some leverage in the matter. If a bill does not pass both houses by that date, the sunset clause will expire.
Liberal slump could be an opportunity for NDP, but polarized campaigns historically favour the Grits, say observers
In the latest Abacus Data survey, one in five NDP supporters said they voted Liberal in the last election. But one in 10 past NDP voters said they would now cast a ballot for the Conservatives.
Would a united left stop Poilievre?
The Toronto Star’s Martin Regg Cohn recently urged the Liberals and NDP to join forces, but even though the parties get along in the ‘friend zone,’ it doesn’t mean they should get married.
‘A big vision’: Ed Broadbent was driven by his desire to get results for Canadians, say long-time colleagues
Former caucus mates, staffers, and those who sat across the aisle from Ed Broadbent say he was a mentor, a friend, and a savvy political leader who knew how to engage with political players across party lines.
Ed Broadbent: remembering a giant of Canadian politics
The former NDP leader did a great deal for his country, both in and out of Parliament. The tributes being paid to him upon his death illustrate that fact.
