Brace yourself for an incoming political storm
Given how we’re in the season of peace, love and joy, it pains to say that we need to brace ourselves as a country for an incoming storm of political negativity.
‘Bad news across the board for Trudeau’: Conservatives would win 217 seats if an election held today, according to new Innovative Research poll
In the leadership attributes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trailing Pierre Poilievre by a double-digit margin, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle. ‘It is very rare to see an opposition leader win on things like competence. That normally falls to the prime minister. So he’s in deep trouble.’
‘Are the Mounties next?’: Tory MPs push for RCMP probe into billion-dollar green fund controversy
Conservative calls to involve the RCMP came amid a series of committee hearings on Sustainable Development Technology Canada last week where a whistleblower testified that employees’ complaints about perceived conflicts of interests to upper management ‘were always swept under the rug.’
New press secretary among staff changes for International Development Minister Hussen
Alex Tétreault will exit as director of communications to Minister Hussen as of Dec. 22.
Canadians on cusp of most consequential election in our history
It will be a choice between today, and all the tomorrows the planet may or may not have; between the cost of living, and the cost of saving what scientists warn is a planet being suffocated by carbon emissions.
Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection could be ‘first test’ of Jewish voters’ reaction to Canada’s UN vote on Israel-Hamas war, say political insiders
With the UN vote, the Liberals have given an opening to the Conservatives, but it remains to be seen how successful Pierre Poilievre will be in capitalizing on this chance, says Darrell Bricker, president of Ipsos Research.
Parties will walk on political eggshells in the new year
After the 30-hour vote marathon by the Conservatives, the temperature in Parliament continued to rise. Public opinion polls showed that most observers were not impressed with the parliamentary chaos.
My Christmas gifts to Canada’s political leaders
I’d give Prime Minister Justin Trudeau what he truly needs the most: a new political narrative.
Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll
The results of this year’s All Politics Poll are in, and Sean Fraser leads the Liberal pack. It’s not just him, either—his housing portfolio is voted as the biggest issue of 2023. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is picked as the second Most Valuable Politician of the Year.
Policy improvements, not dismantling work of past governments, the best way forward for any new prime minister, says Ibbitson
If Pierre Poilievre becomes prime minister at the next election, a key test for his success and populism will be if he keeps the interest of the little guy at heart as John Diefenbaker did, says Globe and Mail writer-at-large and author John Ibbitson.
