The 100 most influential people in federal politics and government to watch in 2024
The election could still be more than a year away, but things are heating up. This year’s Top 100 list reflects some changes in the political lay of the land. Get ready for 2024.
‘Trump takes personal things personally:’ Liberal strategy to compare Poilievre with Trump ‘desperate,’ and a ‘delicate dance’ that could backfire, say political players
Between now and November, Donald Trump is going to make a lot of news, so the Liberals don’t need to publicly link Pierre Poilievre with the former U.S. president, says pollster Nik Nanos.
Liberals ‘defined’ by opponents in social media ads in 2023 as Conservatives outspent incumbents on Facebook
Conservative ads opposing the Liberals’ gun control and streaming bills were among the most-seen sponsored posts about the government last year.
Fergus will ‘spare no effort’ to regain trust of MPs, but Bloc and Conservatives continue call for House Speaker’s resignation
‘The ball is now in Mr. Fergus’ court,’ said a Bloc Québécois spokesperson, adding that the Speaker ‘lacks the impartiality and judgement necessary to this role.’
Electoral reform would help Parliament: Wilfred Day
Re: “Parliament’s in a pickle,” (The Hill Times, Dec. 26). In Chelsea Nash’s interview with Jonathan Malloy, a scholar of Canadian political institutions and author of The Paradox of Parliament, Malloy said, “what makes Canada relatively unique, even among Westminster model Parliaments, is the incredible importance of regionalism in this country. Amid all the other […]
‘Liberal MPs are going to do everything they can to win’: Grits trying to get a head start in long-shot Durham, Ont., byelection
After the writ is dropped for the Durham, Ont., byelection, Ontario Liberal MPs will be going in regularly after work hours to help out their candidate and raise funds, says Ontario Liberal caucus chair and Liberal MP Michael Coteau.
‘Bad news across the board for Trudeau’: Conservatives would win 217 seats if an election held today, according to new Innovative Research poll
In the leadership attributes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trailing Pierre Poilievre by a double-digit margin, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle. ‘It is very rare to see an opposition leader win on things like competence. That normally falls to the prime minister. So he’s in deep trouble.’
Policy improvements, not dismantling work of past governments, the best way forward for any new prime minister, says Ibbitson
If Pierre Poilievre becomes prime minister at the next election, a key test for his success and populism will be if he keeps the interest of the little guy at heart as John Diefenbaker did, says Globe and Mail writer-at-large and author John Ibbitson.
It could be a ‘bloodbath for the Liberals’ if polls hold up until next election, say political strategists and insiders
With recent polling highs, the Conservatives could go after safe Liberal and NDP ridings, says Dan Robertson, a former senior Tory strategist. The party could also start their target riding list with the 34 swing ridings that it held in the 2011 election, but which became Liberal in 2015, and largely stayed red in 2019 and 2021.
Liberals join social media skirmish as attacks on Poilievre target battleground Ontario
In new ads, the governing party has accused the Conservative leader of ‘importing far-right American-style politics here to Canada’.
