Stepping into Centre Block: coming months will be key to maintaining ‘construction momentum,’ says PSPC’s Garrett
The Hill Times got an exclusive tour of the Centre Block site on Feb. 7.
Is a Prime Minister Poilievre fit for purpose in the 21st century?
It may be instructive to look at what Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s predecessor Stephen Harper has said to glean what Poilievre’s inherited ‘populist conservatism’ would seek to build through economic and social policy.
Canadian police muzzle advocates for peace
It’s fatally dangerous for both freedom and democracy to put the police in charge of dictating the bounds of acceptable political discourse.
Some Senators open to blocking government’s MAID legislation, while others say that’s ‘overstepping’
With a law already on the books that says an expansion of MAID will become legal on March 17, the Senate holds some leverage in the matter. If a bill does not pass both houses by that date, the sunset clause will expire.
Want electoral reform? Let the voters decide
An ‘instant-runoff’ style ballot system is the least disruptive, and ensures that the wishes of the majority of voters are respected.
String of special assistants, parliamentary affairs director join Immigration Minister Miller’s team
Plus, Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds has hired a new digital communications adviser.
In the ‘game of margins,’ gender identity issue could become Trudeau’s ‘Achilles heel’ in next election, say political players
Political insiders say the gender identity and trans rights issue may not be a defining one in the next election, but it could dampen the enthusiasm of some minority communities, such as Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Chinese, and Eastern European immigrant communities that tend to be socially conservative, and that have previously voted for the Liberals.
U.S. Republicans, Canadian federal Conservatives give Zelenskyy the shaft, and that’s a crying shame
The worst-kept secret on the planet is that the people who promised to stick with Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’ have exhausted their attention span in a world with too many wars. This is a tragedy in the making.
For climate progress, maybe the rest of Canada should join Quebec
Plaudits to Quebec. It is more than carrying its weight when it comes to lowering national admissions and, unlike the federal government, gaining favourable notice outside our borders.
Lobbyists prepping clients for possible federal election shakeup, and a Conservative government
Policies that are being enacted and money that’s being spent could be reversed by a Conservative government, warns a senior consultant at Summa Strategies.
