Opposition to a Canada-Ecuador trade deal mounts before formal talks have chance to kick off
‘At some point, something will have to give, or the government could face the embarrassing prospect of not having the votes to get an agreement through,’ says trade consultant Eric Miller on potential opposition to a Canada-Ecuador trade pact.
‘May you govern in interesting times’: MPs, Senators look back on the COVID-19 pandemic and the day ‘everything changed’
With four years in the books since Canada’s Parliament shut down to deal with an emerging public health threat, and more than a year after the World Health Organization announced an official end to the global pandemic, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says no one is ‘over COVID.’
Katestagate: a case study in the loss of institutional credibility
When the standing of authority is threatened by its own deception, the coalescence of public trust around that authority disintegrates.
Where are they now: ex-staffers land new jobs at Humber College, Competition Bureau, and more
Plus, an update for Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan’s office.
Only 89 of 156 Liberal MPs have so far been nominated for next election, a year after deadline
Nine cabinet ministers and the national caucus chair still have not met the nomination conditions, raising questions how many Liberal MPs are not seeking re-election in 2025.
‘Baby-steps’ pharmacare a test of our humanity and of our political leaders
If the proposals survive, this national pharmacare intro-package should fill open gaps for many insulin-dependent diabetics, especially those with Type 1 diabetes. But there is scant hope of a full-fledged pharmacare program anytime soon.
Supporting the prosperity and success of Black entrepreneurs
It’s up to us to take strong measures to prevent our Black entrepreneurs from joining other horizons to develop their businesses and, more broadly, to help combat the decline in the number of entrepreneurs in our country.
Cohen to deliver keynote on U.S.-Canada cross border collaboration in life science and technology
MONDAY, MARCH 11 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House is on break for two weeks (March 4-15). The House comes back again on March 18 and sits for a week until March 22. It breaks for two weeks on March 25, and returns […]
Poilievre’s politics is out of place in this century: Tom McElroy
Re: “Lantsman calls Poilievre’s remarks on trans women ‘the position of the Conservative Party’,” (The Hill Times, by Chelsea Nash, March 1, 2024). The U.S. has demonstrated the damage hyper-partisanship does to the fabric of democracy. Pierre Poilievre is out of step with his Members of Parliament who represent their constituents. They have publicly, strongly […]
Some Liberal MPs say Durham byelection result a ‘canary in the coal mine’ and ‘high time to re-examine some of our most basic assumptions’
The next election is not scheduled until October 2025, and political dynamics could be very different then versus now, says Dan Arnold, a former Liberal Party senior strategist.
