More light needed on the other side of the political curtains
Backroom operators. The hands behind the curtain. However you want to describe them, traditional thinking casts political staff in the shadows, with the spotlight reserved for their elected bosses, be they ministers, party leaders, or MPs. When a stray beam finds a staffer, the reflex is to deflect back to those in elected public office—they’re […]
Compared to last three Conservative leaders, Poilievre in more favourable political environment to unseat Trudeau, but still has ‘a hell of a fight ahead,’ say veteran political players
Pierre Poilievre’s leadership has not been tested in a general election, so it’s too early to conclude that he’s ‘the best challenger Trudeau has faced,’ says Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Pubic Affairs.
As MPs head to Taiwan, other MPs consider state of Canada-China Legislative Association
The Canada-China Legislative Association, a diplomatic forum for Chinese and Canadian parliamentarians to discuss bilateral and multilateral challenges, was established in 1998. But the last time the Canadian delegation went to China was in 2019.
Note to Poilievre: politics of personal destruction can only go so far
The big question is whether relentless personal attacks on Justin Trudeau, aided and abetted by sympathetic media and endorsed by former prime minister Stephen Harper, will work for the Conservatives.
‘What the hell is going on here?’ MPs alarmed by ‘anonymous smears’ from security establishment against MP Dong, and wonder how many other MPs are being monitored
NDP MP Charlie Angus questions why a secretly recorded conversation with MP Han Dong was leaked to the media ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s first official visit to Canada.
Security establishment needs to show leadership in controversy over attempted Chinese interference in Canadian elections
The attempted Chinese meddling in Canadian elections has been dominating the news for months. Since February, Don Valley North MP Han Dong has been facing a serious allegation that he’s been a witting partner of the Chinese interference network in Canada. Last month, based on two anonymous national security sources, a Global News story alleged […]
Russia-Ukraine-China and Canadian threads
Recent allegations of Chinese interference in our democratic institutions have added to the complex interplay of ethnicity and politics in Canada. There is an echo here of Igor Gouzenko’s revelations of Soviet espionage in Canada in 1946, which led to the imprisonment of a Jewish Polish-born Communist MP, writes Nelson Wiseman.
A new Harperian strategy?
Former prime minister Stephen Harper believes a populist-oriented Conservative Party could stand for its traditional values while at the same time freely rail against globalist capitalism and corporate greed. In other words, instead of wiping out the Liberals, his new strategy might be to wipe out the NDP.
Trudeau, Liberals should treat China’s election meddling controversy as politically ‘life-threatening event,’ say politicos, pollsters
The China interference controversy is more explosive than the SNC-Lavalin, blackface/brownface or WE Charity scandals, and could carry serious fallout for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, says Prof. Duane Bratt of the Mount Royal University.
Feds need to better communicate what Critical Election Incident Public Protocol does, says Rosenberg
‘Communication on the protocol needs to change,’ says Morris Rosenberg, who says the federal government did not do a good job communicating the panel’s work in 2021. ‘Nobody knew about it. It’s called the public protocol.’
