There are signs of resistance to the right-wing juggernaut, if you look hard enough
The election of Wab Kinew, the first modern-day Indigenous premier of Manitoba, signals a welcome departure from the usual fed-prov scenario: premiers fighting Ottawa over every bland federal attempt at helping their citizens.
Liberals ‘between the devil and the deep blue sea’ on carbon tax and caucus fissures on Mid-East war, say political players
Without pausing the upcoming carbon price increase on April 1, it’s hard to find a way to get the Liberals out of their public support slump, says pollster Greg Lyle.
A reflective time in the House that ended far too soon
This isn’t a call for politicians to consider their legacy in the everyday business of governing, nor is it for a toxic civility politics that obfuscates the truth in favour of respectability. It’s a mere plea for politicians to consider the gravity of their choices every day that they spend on the Hill. Treat your position with the solemnity that you treated that brief hour on a wintry Monday.
Heather McPherson has suddenly become one of the most important MPs in Ottawa
The NDP MP is not just standing up for Palestinians, but for a rules-based order that the world needs reaffirmed at this moment in history, and which too many Canadian politicians are betraying. Why did she work so hard to get her Israel-Gaza motion passed? ‘Because 13,000 children have died in this war,’ she said.
Ng to lead two trade missions to Asia
SUNDAY, MARCH 24—FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Minister Ng to Lead Two Trade Missions to Asia—Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, and Economic Development Mary Ng will lead Team Canada trade missions to Malaysia and Vietnam from March 24-29. Contact Shanti.Cosentino@international.gc.ca. MONDAY, MARCH 25 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. […]
State funeral for former prime minister Brian Mulroney a chance to reflect on the ‘incredible change he wrought in this country,’ say political dignitaries past and present
‘With his beautiful baritone voice, his sense of humour, and his impeccable timing, my dad held an audience in the palm of his hand,’ said Caroline Mulroney. ‘No one gave a speech like my dad,’ she said as dignitaries, politicians, and friends of the Mulroney family came together to celebrate the life of the former prime minister.
‘The mainstream is still trying to be civil, but we’re getting beat’: political cartoonist de Adder delivers 2024 Kesterton Lecture
Political cartoonist Michael de Adder, who has lost four jobs, has won a National Newspaper Award for editorial cartooning, seven Atlantic journalism awards, a gold Innovation Award for news animation in 2008, as well as the Order of Canada for his ‘artistic contributions and pointed commentary.’
Cabinet confidences not ‘black or white’ says former Privy Council clerk in House Ethics Committee study of SNC-Lavalin affair
Wernick’s testimony leaves more questions than answers at hearings happening over five years after the scandal, said Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher.
Don’t demonize populism
The best way to stop populism isn’t to fight it, but to defuse it.
Mulroney’s lying in state: a contemplative, Canadian tribute
Two Hill Times reporters queued on Wellington Street for Brian Mulroney’s lying in state on March 20. This was their experience.
