Broadbent, Chrétien, and the politics of yore
Broadbent and Chrétien were politicians in a time when political theatre was more about the showcasing of one’s attributes than about muting them in favour of political robots capable only of spewing market-tested political rhetoric.
Four years on, Brexit is demonstrating the long-term risks of shaping a country’s future on nativist, populist anger
Besides slowing economic growth, Brexit shared part of the responsibility for soaring prices by increasing trade barriers with the EU, the U.K.’s biggest trading partner.
Wake up the Scrutiny of Regulations Committee—the rule of law is at stake
The joint Scrutiny of Regulations Committee’s lack of review in recent years and its reluctance to take any kind of effective action amount to a dereliction of duty, and a failure to protect the civil rights of Canadians.
Policy, communications team changes in Trudeau’s PMO
Recent moves include Supriya Dwivedi’s addition as a senior adviser, and the exits of digital communications and strategy director Johanna Robinson and senior policy adviser Katherine Koostachin.
Government’s outsourcing woes might be rooted in in-house project management gaps, say observers
Doing business with the government is not all ‘sunshine and blue skies,’ says Neil Brodie, noting ‘there are companies out there who will not compete for government contracts because they don’t need the headache of doing business with the government.’
Why Poilievre doesn’t deserve the 17 per cent lead in the polls
Thanks to the adoption of MAGA-Republican methods by the Conservative Party, the view of Trudeau has been pushed from mere disapproval to something close to revulsion. This is just plain, butt-ugly, Trump politics.
Trudeau’s Jamaica trip ‘tone deaf at multiple levels’ and ‘greatest Christmas gift going’ for Conservatives
With low levels of public approval, the Liberals need wins, not playing defence like they’re doing with the prime minister’s Jamaica vacation, says pollster Frank Graves. But the PM is running out of time.
‘I want to die standing like the Queen did,’ says former prime minister Jean Chrétien
The former prime minister, who celebrated his 90th birthday last week, told The Hill Times he has no plans to retire, ever. His father’s advice to him when he was a boy: ‘bouger ou rouiller,’ or ‘move or get rusted.’ He has taken that advice to heart ever since.
House is back on Jan. 29
MONDAY, JAN. 15 House Not Sitting—The House is adjourned and is scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 29. It’s scheduled to sit for a total of 121 days in 2024. It will sit Jan. 29-Feb. 17, and will break for two weeks (Feb. 20-March 3). It returns for one week (March 6-March 10) and breaks […]
Trudeau and family should have stayed at Harrington Lake
It’s easy to Monday-morning quarterback, but the prime minister and his family could have simply enjoyed the beautiful official residence on Harrington Lake in Chelsea, Que., laid low over the holidays, and on their own dime.
