Poilievre should steer clear of far-right extremists
The last thing Canada needs is a more polarized country, and Poilievre is playing with fire if he continues to court the far right.
We need more than three-word slogans from Poilievre: reader
For more than a year, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hammering home a three-word slogan, “Axe the tax.” He recently added another: “Spike the hike.” Since the carbon tax was increased April 1, this slogan did not work as he intended. However, consider this: to quote from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, one of the definitions for […]
Budget’s ‘slow rollout’ pharmacare funding leaves program vulnerable to change in governments, say policy experts
The Liberals know they need to ‘crawl before they run’ when getting provincial deals done, says former Liberal staffer Muhammed Ali. But it’s ‘a pipe dream’ they will be able to ‘show benefits before the 2025 election’ says former Ontario PC staffer Carly Bergamini.
Heather McPherson says her party’s next leader should be a woman
The NDP’s new whip wants to take on misogyny in the House of Commons, and thinks some Conservative MPs are ‘goons.’
Broad support for Senate modernization motion, says Sen. Gold as Tories accuse government of ‘ramming’ through rule changes
Some Senators questioned the timing of the motion amid talk of Liberals being ‘wiped out’ in the next election, as Conservative Leader Donald Plett put it.
‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians
‘We needed the Liberals to come forward with some leadership, and I don’t see that in this budget,’ says NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson.
The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre
From an enemy of organized labour, Poilievre now depicts himself as something akin to the saviour of Canada’s workers.
The CAQ’s language shell game fooled everyone
A report last week from the Office québécois de la langue française indicates the status of the French language since 2017 has been ‘stable.’
Feds’ groceries bill is worth less than the paper on which it’s printed
Relief requires a short-term solution because an election is coming, and Bill C-56 ain’t it. In fact, I would go as far as calling it useless.
Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement
A court case about voter privacy rights in B.C. begins this week against the backdrop of a data ‘arms race’ by the federal political parties, says Matt Hatfield of OpenMedia.
