Ten steps Trudeau should take before leaving office to improve transparency laws
The details of public spending should be public. It is a depressing reality of Canadian democracy today that the terms and conditions of government contracting with third parties are often treated as trade secrets.
Updates to offices of ministers MacAulay, Ien, and Sudds
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien both recently added new operations directors to their respective teams.
What is suddenly, painfully clear: we need to get our own economic house in order
There are pipelines to build. Refineries. LNG terminals. Critical mineral mines. Small modular reactors. Wind and solar projects and the transmission lines to move the power between jurisdictions.
Toronto top donor city for Carney, Freeland, and Gould’s Liberal leadership campaigns
All the candidates fared the best at fundraising in Ontario, with 54 per cent of Mark Carney’s cash coming from the province and 68 per cent for runner-up Chrystia Freeland.
Trudeau failed to live up to initial foreign policy promise, says past foreign minister Axworthy
‘We lacked that kind of real sense of: what do we want to see happen in the world?’ says former top diplomat Lloyd Axworthy.
Conservatives left searching for a message as Carney demonstrates his political potential
The Tories’ advantage has blown up in their faces as Canadians have begun to take another look at their political options.
Grits’ grassroots hope Carney keeps ‘eyes and ears open’ for party renewal
Despite renewed hope among Liberal staffers and volunteers, any plans for structural party change will remain secondary priorities until after the next election, says Bluesky Strategy Group’s Angelo Bakoulas.
Mid Mark Carney may not meet the moment
The new Liberal leader is a component of the technocratic elite who got us into this mess of inequality.
Liberal caucus more focused on getting re-elected in a snap election than on who makes cabinet, say MPs
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says she has not made a final decision on whether she will run in the next federal election, but plans to ‘help elect as many Liberals’ as possible.
Ghostbuster
Plus, a look at where the Liberal leadership candidates raised their money.
