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Byrne, McGrath, Telford three of most powerful women in Canada
When federal votes are counted in 2015, our next prime minister will be a man. But pull back the curtain. For the first time in history, the three major federal campaigns in this country are being run by women and this might be the biggest leap forward in gender politics in recent memory. We have […]
NDP in ‘much stronger position’ now than 10 months before last election, says Mulcair
PARLIAMENT HILL—NDP Leader Tom Mulcair on Friday compared the looming 2015 federal election campaign to the NHL playoffs—“another season”—as he dismissed the NDP's third-place spot in public opinion polls and cited a devastating critique of the Conservative government’s fiscal record from former Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page as a signal of what to expect from […]
NDP MPs say they’re looking to form next government, despite polls showing them in third place
PARLIAMENT HILL—NDP Leader Tom Mulcair set his sights on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau as he launched a winter caucus retreat with a campaign style speech that also focused on party election planks, but NDP MPs from across the country said the party has a single target—"one Stephen Harper"—and New Democrats should ignore polls that have […]
NDP severely wounded entering 2015 election year
Attending the NDP leadership convention in March 2012 as a student journalist, I witnessed a party bursting with energy excited for the battle ahead. When Thomas Mulcair ultimately emerged victorious, it felt anticlimactic: the result was never truly in doubt. Chatting with party faithful that evening, one key theme emerged: while he was probably not […]
Climate change plan should be priority for political parties in 2015 election: Crane
Welcome to 2015 and a federal election year in Canada. While there will be many political issues, perhaps the most demanding test of our political parties is how they will deal with energy and climate change. It’s an issue that won’t go away. Climate change is real, and significantly threatens future life on the planet […]
Conservative Party uses Trudeau’s ‘juvenile’ CF-18 remark to fundraise, ‘whip out our CF-18s and show them how big they are’
PARLIAMENT HILL—The Conservative Party has launched a fundraising blitz attacking Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau for being on the “wrong side of history” over his stand that Canada should be helping refugees in Iraq rather than sending Canadian warplanes to take part in U.S. led bombing of radical Islamic terrorists. A fundraising email blitz from […]
NDP, House prepare for Federal Court fight over secretive Commons Board of Internal Economy, $1-million free mailings
PARLIAMENT HILL—Lawyers for the NDP and the House of Commons are squaring off for a Federal Court battle over whether the court has the power to order a secretive board that governs the Commons to disclose confidential files for a ruling that the NDP violated House bylaws with more than $1-million worth of free mailings. […]
How to embrace a problem: Conservatives can use bad polls to fundraise
OAKVILLE, ONT.—If a problem can’t be avoided, sometimes it should be embraced. To see what I mean just consider the Conservative Party of Canada and its “poll problem,” which can be defined thusly: “Almost every public domain poll that’s come out over the past year or so, has the Conservatives trailing the Justin Trudeau-led […]
Trudeau has ‘good shot’ at being Prime Minister Harper’s main challenger in next election, says Nanos
PARLIAMENT HILL—The surge of Liberal Party support in four federal byelections on Monday includes signs of a dramatic recovery from an unprecedented 2011 plunge in Alberta that—combined with the two byelection sweeps in Toronto—should make Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau “pleased as punch,” leading Conservative pundit Tim Powers says. And, in light of the poor […]
