Political leaders should not put interests of parties over interests of the country
The House may be adjourned for the summer, but the sensational claims that some parliamentarians have been ‘semi-witting or witting’ players with foreign states to interfere in our politics will continue to hang over this Parliament.
Hogue says nominations a ‘gateway’ for foreign interference, but Marland says parties ‘wary about the state having rules limiting what they do’
Jacques Shore, a former director of research for Security Intelligence Review Committee, said he ‘applauds’ Parliament for passing C-70, but said ‘we missed an opportunity’ by not also bringing nominations under the Canada Elections Act.
B.C. voter data complainant calls out microtargeting, as parties mum on next steps after court loss
Using voter data for targeted messaging ‘exposes you to a manipulative process rather than a public deliberative process,’ says Andrew Clement, who filed a privacy complaint against federal political parties.
Poilievre’s narrative ‘not resonating’ in Quebec, but observers say that won’t hurt a Conservative path to victory
If Quebecers see a change in government to the Conservatives as ‘inevitable’ in the next federal campaign, they may prefer to send a contingent of Bloc MPs to Ottawa, says pollster David Coletto.
Federal parties face tighter privacy rules after losing ‘unprecedented’ voter data case, but appeal could delay enforcement
Rapid advancement of technology allows for ‘profiling and micro-targeting voters’ and creates ‘risks of misuse’ that ‘could result in the erosion of trust in our political system,’ ruled Justice Gordon Weatherill.
Pro-Palestinian student protests on university campuses further complicate electoral calculus for left-of-centre parties, say Liberal MPs
To protest peacefully is a constitutionally protected right, but hate speech or making someone feel unsafe is unacceptable, says Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi.
Is it time for Singh and Trudeau to make bold moves?
In politics, it’s often worth taking a risk. As the ancients understood, sometimes fortune does favour the bold.
Polls have Singh worried and it shows
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s polls have spooked him, and his change of tone on the carbon tax is him admitting it.
Heather McPherson says her party’s next leader should be a woman
The NDP’s new whip wants to take on misogyny in the House of Commons, and thinks some Conservative MPs are ‘goons.’
Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement
A court case about voter privacy rights in B.C. begins this week against the backdrop of a data ‘arms race’ by the federal political parties, says Matt Hatfield of OpenMedia.
