Trump’s dairy offensive triggers barbs in Conservative leadership race
U.S. President Donald Trump’s shot at Canada’s dairy industry provided some fodder for Conservative leadership candidates to fight about last week. After Mr. Trump promised something would be done in reaction to what he called “very unfair” practices in Canada’s supply-managed dairy sector, Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier wrote an open letter to the U.S. […]
Airport privatization still on table despite budget snub, warns industry group
Selling off Canada’s busiest airports remains on the radar for the Trudeau government despite failing to appear in the 2017 budget, warns the group representing mid-sized and small domestic airliners. John McKenna, president and CEO of the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC), said he received a call the day after the budget came down last […]
Visual CV: Charlie Angus
Charlie Angus’ career has been anything but conventional; he got his ‘big break’ as the bassist in a popular Toronto-area punk rock band, and then opened a homeless shelter for men, based in his own home. After moving to Northern Ontario, Angus found his way into the world of journalism when he launched a magazine—HighGrader—which […]
Prime Minister Trudeau preferred leader to guide country ‘through a major crisis’: poll
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals would be supported by 38 per cent of the population if an election were held today, compared to 29 per cent for the Conservatives and 19 per cent for the New Democrats, according to a Campaign Research survey of 1,970 people. The Liberals are also most popular with 18-24 year olds (45 per […]
Rejection of electoral reform may prove catastrophic for Trudeau and Liberals, says Ottawa reader
Re: “Disappointed by Trudeau’s broken promise on electoral reform,” (The Hill Times, letter to the editor) and “Liberals concerned about PMO’s handling of electoral reform and cash for access issues,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 13, by Derek Abma and Abbas Rana.) Of Canada’s three major political parties—Liberal, Conservative, the NDP—and two minor parties—the Bloc, the […]
Our misfiring, cartoonish opposition: don’t Conservative, NDP MPs have anything better to do with their time?
GATINEAU, QUE.—Just when you thought politics couldn’t get any more trivial, or annoying, up pops Conservative MP Tony “Gazebo” Clement in Question Period last week to lambaste the prime minister for claiming—falsely, say fake-furious opposition MPs—that he had to accept a free ride on the Aga Khan’s helicopter last Christmas because that was the only […]
Bernier gets endorsements from Alberta legislators
Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier last week announced some new support from the heart of Conservative country—Alberta. He announced endorsements from seven Wildrose Party Members of the Legislative Assembly, being Scott Cyr, Jason Nixon, Rick Strankman, Wes Taylor, Angela Pitt, Don MacIntyre, and Leela Aheer. He also snagged support from one Progressive Conservative MLA, Mike […]
Byelections have limited potential for fortune-telling
TORONTO—Reading the news about last week’s federal byelections, you might get the impression that the Trudeau government is in trouble and the Conservatives are on the rise, when in fact both interpretations are wrong. Mid-term elections are traditionally problematic for every government. Voters tend to unload some expected frustration because they might feel the government is […]
Central NDP staff changes include new videographer
The NDP has undergone a healthy handful of changes to its central staffing roster on the Hill in the last few months, including the recent hiring of a new videographer, Geoff McCaldin, who’s marking his first day on the job April 3. “The videographer is really just a part of building our direct communications team, […]
Peter Julian: a Westerner with strong ties to Quebec
What you might know about NDP MP Peter Julian is he’s a lifelong New Democrat, who hopes to persuade his party to vote for him to be the next party leader. What you might not know about Mr. Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) is he’s really good at basketball. That’s according to Peter Stoffer, a former […]
