Party leaders should shift gears as Liberal popularity surges
Even with his ’Canada First’ rebrand, Pierre Poilievre’s clock is ticking. If he doesn’t shift gears soon, he might find himself watching the Liberals waltz away to another election win.
Sister cities under strain: U.S. steel tariffs threaten to divide Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from its American twin city
Local Liberal MP Terry Sheehan says there were lessons from the 2018 tariffs and Canada’s response. ‘They were lobbing grenades at us—like they’re doing now—and we came back with lasers and hit them.’
Singh should make up his mind, and be a leader
If the NDP leader just zipped it for a few weeks, made a new deal and committed to supporting the new prime minister until October to provide stability to deal with Trump for another nine months, then he’d look like a mature, self-sacrificing leader, his inconsistencies forgotten by election time, writes Jamie Carroll.
Feds can do plenty during prorogation to take on Trump trade threats, say experts
Former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick says opposition leaders calling for Parliament to resume need to ‘retract the threat to immediately stab the government in the chest and force a six-week election.’
New Democrats need a new federal leader
The electoral window of opportunity is now, and under Jagmeet Singh, the party is failing to capitalize.
NDP look to ‘meet the moment’ with Trump response, but fail to shift story from Tories: Holmstrom
Although both the NDP and Conservatives are pitching an all-hands-on-deck approach to the U.S. tariff threat, the reception has differed wildly, according to NDP MP Matthew Green.
Ontario embarks on snap election as pundits say provincial leaders will distance themselves from federal counterparts
Ontarians will head to the polls in a snap provincial election on Feb. 27, just over a week before federal Liberal Party members choose their next leader—and the next prime minister.
Third-party Protecting Canada goes on $4M TV ad attack targeting Conservative leader’s record on pensions, dental care
Spokesperson Megana Ramaswami says the third-party campaign hopes to ‘open voters’ eyes’ to what a Poilievre led-government may bring as federal progressive parties dither.
Fears over Trump’s tariffs grow, but Canadian federal party standings static: polls
Pollster Nik Nanos said voters’ minds could be made up by ‘how the two leaders of the Conservatives and the Liberals scope out how they’re going to manage’ the relationship with the new U.S. president.
Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
