Two GTA Conservative ridings call out party’s top brass for ‘interference’ in nominations, but HQ denies allegations
Georgetown Councillor D’Arcy Keene has launched his Conservative nomination campaign in the newly created riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South, Ont.
‘We won’t give up’: electoral reform advocates set sights on provinces after citizens’ assembly motion fails in the House
Just under a third of MPs voted for the motion, but a Fair Vote Canada representative said ‘opportunities for reform will continue to come up whenever voters are dissatisfied.’
If you want to know why politicians are loathe to speak out, just ask Rob Oliphant
Hamas is a horrific butcher of Jews. But the death of thousands of innocent Palestinians serves to promote these antisemitic militants. Heaven forbid a Member of Parliament should speak his mind.
Rebranding the carbon tax won’t help the Liberals
If people don’t like Justin Trudeau, it follows they won’t like his policies, either. It’s guilt by association. If the rebate had another name, the carbon tax would still smell the same.
Poilievre’s transparency promises fall short
Pierre Poilievre says he wants the federal information commissioner to take on Ottawa’s ‘gatekeepers.’ But he’s not offering to cut back on ATIP exemptions or exclusions. Nor is he promising changes to the many sentries whose special secrecy privileges prevent greater transparency and stymie good government.
Parliamentary budget officer to deliver speech at C.D. Howe Institute on Feb. 21 in Toronto
MONDAY, FEB. 19 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House will break for one week (Feb. 19-23). It returns for one week (Feb. 26-March 1) and breaks for two weeks (March 4-15). The House comes back again on March 18 and sits for a […]
No secret why Pierre Poilievre is riding high in polls, writes Ottawa reader
Re: “What a Poilievre government might look like,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 7). One can also hear the sniff of self-proclaimed superiority in The Hill Times’ columnist Bhagwant Sandhu’s musing on what a future Poilievre government may do. How could anyone want increased spending on the Armed Forces? Veterans? They already ask more then we […]
Bloc MP Trudel chastised for using F-word while reading a David Goudreault poem in the House
Plus, Chief Justice Richard Wagner will preside over welcome ceremony for new judge Mary T. Moreau, Jenni Byrne sends Valentine’s Day, Yves-François Blanchet encourages everyone to love themselves; and Jodi White, first woman chief of staff to a prime minister, dies of cancer, age 77.
MPs push for Canada’s chief auditor to investigate the firm behind the ArriveCan app
The auditor general’s office says it’s ‘evaluating the request’ made by the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to poke deeper into the myriad contracts obtained by GC Strategies.
Acting chief of staff, policy director now in place for Minister Tassi
Plus, there’s a new assistant in Tourism and Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s office.
