The NDP leadership race: continuity, rupture, or reinvention?
As the party prepares for its March 2026 convention, the question isn’t who will lead but what purpose the NDP will serve in Canadian politics.
‘He’s using us’: independent byelection candidates say ‘frustration’ getting ‘louder’ over Poilievre parachuting into Alberta riding
Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest Tory seats in the country to try to punch his ticket back to Parliament Hill, but his opponents say the Conservative leader is using their riding as a ‘political pawn’ and his win isn’t a sure thing.
As Ontario Liberal Leader Crombie faces review, Liberal MP Erskine-Smith opens door for ‘renewal’ in provincial leadership: email
Kingston Liberal MPP Ted Hsu says he supports Bonnie Crombie as the party leader, but would leave it up to party delegates to vote as they see fit at the Sept.12-14 annual general meeting.
Feds should appoint ‘eminent person’ to head Leaders’ Debates Commission, says Green Leader May
The independent body has been without a commissioner for two years and is on its final year of approved funding.
Will the NDP emulate New York City’s Mamdani?
Just because a ‘new American left’ might be surging in the U.S., that doesn’t mean it’ll also happen here in Canada.
Chants of ‘shame’ erupt at Conservative AGM in GTA after organizer ‘unfairly’ disqualifies a slate of 30 candidates
Multiple Conservative EDA members in Mississauga-Erin Mills, Ont., want the party’s national council to annul the results of the June 25 AGM after they say a regional organizer disqualified an entire slate of board of directors candidates on an unfounded technicality.
Frustrated with party’s nominations process, former Alberta Conservative national councillor mulls comeback: ‘the worst I saw was in Calgary Skyview’
The national council has reduced itself to a mere ‘housekeeping’ role and has allowed itself to be ‘bullied’ by senior party and campaign officials. If the national council is unwilling to lead, it might as well ‘disband,’ says Marilyn Elliott.
Canadians like what they hear so far on affordability and U.S. trade war, but Carney will have to deliver results soon, say pollsters
The coming six months will be critical for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to regain lost political ground, says Nik Nanos, chief data scientist for Nanos Research.
Poilievre is reaching out to unsuccessful candidates for feedback, say Conservatives: ‘he’s doing a post-mortem himself’
The Conservative campaign team ‘missed the moment’ rather than rising to meet it—ultimately losing the 2025 election, says an unsuccessful Conservative candidate.
Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity
Experts offered mixed reviews of Bill S-213, describing it as a ‘baby step’ forward, or as a watered-down attempt to address an already well-known problem.
