Large gaps, questions remain in federal support for research
For many years, Canadian researchers have seen a gradual, but significant decline, in funding from the federal government. For example, from 2013 to 2015, Canada’s average investment in research was 1.6 per cent of GDP, compared to a G7 average of 2.3 per cent. The 2017 Naylor Report found that Canada is falling behind on […]
CAQ victory not an automatic win for Scheer, say strategists
Being aligned on the political spectrum might make the Coalition Avenir Québec and the federal Conservative Party natural allies, but strategists say the CAQ majority win in this month’s provincial election isn’t automatically good news for Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. The Oct. 1 election results were more about kicking out the Quebec Liberal Party, in […]
Policy director changes for Wilkinson, Wilson-Raybould
Fisheries, Oceans, and Canadian Coast Guard Minister Jonathan Wilkinson recently named Victoria Windsor as his new director of policy. Ms. Windsor joins Mr. Wilkinson’s office straight from Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould’s office where she’s been working since February 2017, starting off as a senior special assistant for parliamentary affairs and ending as a policy adviser. […]
Saskatchewan NDP riding associations frustrated with party’s lack of communication: internal document
Some Saskatchewan NDP organizers say the party hasn’t responded to repeated calls to address provincial concerns, including requests for a visit from leader Jagmeet Singh, and that “better communication” is needed, according to a copy of June minutes from a meeting of riding associations sent to The Hill Times. Months later, that frustration hasn’t subsided, […]
Quebec expected to be two-way race in 2019, all eyes on Québec City region, say strategists
Quebec is on course to be a two-way race between the Liberals and Conservatives in the 2019 federal election, say strategists, and the Québec City region is likely to be a hotly contested battleground amongst the federal parties. Despite the reunion of the Bloc Québécois on Sept. 17—with five MPs who had split from the […]
After rocky summer, NDP should showcase star MPs Cullen, Brosseau, Boulerice, ‘win a narrative battle,’ says former party strategist
After a rocky summer, the New Democrats are returning to Parliament trying to reboot their message by giving Canadians a better sense of what they stand for and how they are different from the left-leaning governing Liberals. They are seeking to earn political points among progressives by positioning themselves as working for “real” and “everyday” […]
The NDP’s remarkable Singh question
OAKVILLE, ONT.—The New Democratic Party of Canada recently sent out a survey to its support base that included a remarkable question regarding its leader. That question was this: “Jagmeet Singh will have been the leader of our party for one year on Oct. 1. How do you think he’s doing?” Now, what makes that particular […]
Jagmeet Singh digs himself a deep hole
TORONTO—New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh has opened a new can of worms. His decision to bar sitting MP Erin Weir from contesting the NDP nomination in his own riding has sparked an open revolt in the Saskatchewan wing of the party. “There’s a lot of outrage,” former Saskatchewan NDP MP Lorne Nystrom, a 32-year […]
Singh’s leadership has set the NDP back
Were the federal New Democrats to conduct a leadership review this fall, Jagmeet Singh would likely be handed his walking papers. Over his first year as leader, he has presided over a steep decline in the party’s byelection fortunes. The New Democrat family is more divided today than it was on the day he won […]
NDP in midst of ‘complete overhaul,’ fixing broken fundraising system Singh inherited: party consultant
The New Democratic Party’s fundraising program is undergoing “a complete overhaul,” according to its new fundraising consultant, as the party tries to rebound from internal neglect that has the party struggling to build a war chest a year out from the next election. “The system [NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh] walked into was broken,” said Josh […]
