Liberal and NDP strategists say flexibility on pharmacare timelines, dissent a sign of pact’s longevity, not limitations
As the NDP chalks up a win on the rollout of dental care, strategist Cam Holmstrom says if the Liberals can’t get pharmacare on the board soon, it could be game over for the New Democrats’ support for the government.
Class is not to be dismissed
The divisions in society are economically driven, and result in political divisions whereby those who feel left behind will become more disengaged and hopeless about their situations.
Long waits on feds’ responses to written questions prompts support for Senate rule review
House rules provide for a committee review if written questions go unanswered after 45 days, and impose a four-question limit per MP, but the Senate has no such equivalent.
As Canada enters its fifth year of COVID and its aftermath, will the economic and political turmoil finally begin to recede?
More than anything, the Liberals have been hurt by the affordability crunch as the cost of living reached heights most Canadians have never seen.
House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far
Only 11 of the 60 planned House committee trips that received a travel budget conducted their trips.
‘Illusion’ of Speaker’s impartiality difficult to maintain in Parliament of party loyalists, says Westminster expert Lagassé
‘We take two steps forward and five steps back’: Operation Black Vote Canada says racialized Canadians are ‘fed up’ with pattern of mistreatment and expulsion of their leaders.
New policy director among fresh faces in WAGE Minister Ien’s office
Minister Ien also has a new press secretary, Nanki Singh, and Nathanielle Morin has joined her team to cover Quebec regional affairs.
Attorney General makes ‘highly unusual’ decision to get involved early in privacy case involving federal political parties
Adam Dodek, a University of Ottawa law professor, said that Attorney General Arif Virani must be ‘very careful’ not to be seen to be taking any political direction on the decision to get involved. However, the AG’s office told The Hill Times that PCO was ‘leading’ on this file.”
It could be a ‘bloodbath for the Liberals’ if polls hold up until next election, say political strategists and insiders
With recent polling highs, the Conservatives could go after safe Liberal and NDP ridings, says Dan Robertson, a former senior Tory strategist. The party could also start their target riding list with the 34 swing ridings that it held in the 2011 election, but which became Liberal in 2015, and largely stayed red in 2019 and 2021.
Anger, apathy, and despair drive democracy to the brink
Voters are prepared to punish incumbents without liking the alternative. The candidate that voters dislike the least is the one they will likely be voting for—hardly what you can call robust democracy in action.
