‘Incredibly entertaining’: Chrétien, Trudeau, Liberals celebrate MacAulay’s 35 years on the Hill
Plus, Dhanraj takes on CBC News primetime spot; Karadeglija joins CP; Green toasts his staffers; Stojsic leaving Global News; Ghiz to host holiday reception; and Angus sees tin foil hats.
Good news story gets buried in anti-Trudeau wave
Whatever the Liberals do these days—even if it is groundbreaking, and puts $100-million into the creation of domestic news stories—they cannot win.
Liberal MP McDonald says he’s rebuffed Conservatives’ overtures three times, but won’t rule out crossing the floor or sitting as an Independent
The three-term Newfoundland and Labrador MP did not meet the March deadline of nomination conditions to run as his party’s unopposed candidate for the next election.
Liberals join social media skirmish as attacks on Poilievre target battleground Ontario
In new ads, the governing party has accused the Conservative leader of ‘importing far-right American-style politics here to Canada’.
McPhedran, May, McPherson, Davies defy government, attend UN meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Senator Marilou McPhedran will use her experience to engage her Senate colleagues in special dialogues. Green Leader Elizabeth May says she’s ‘more committed than ever to advocate for nuclear disarmament as the only way to a secure world.’ NDP MP Heather McPherson wants to develop a nuclear disarmament caucus in Parliament.
‘Without Rosalynn Carter, there would have been no President Carter’
The most moving eulogy was not delivered in words. Instead, it was the presence of former president Jimmy Carter, the greatest tribute of all. Frail and confined to a wheelchair at age 99, he was with his wife until the end.
Nova Scotia Premier Houston to deliver speech at Empire Club of Canada in Toronto on Dec. 4
MONDAY, DEC. 4 House Sitting—The House will sit for two more weeks, until Dec. 15. It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Church on Monday—Former longtime Liberal staffer Leslie Church hosts “Church on Monday,” a fundraising event in support of her campaign for the Liberal nomination in the southern Ontario riding of Toronto–St. […]
A tour of Tourism Minister Martinez Ferrada’s team
Senior staff to the minister include director of policy Sandenga Yeba and director of parliamentary affairs Béatrice Lavallée.
Polls as propaganda
If a Conservative Party supporter gets the idea that all the polls are showing his leader is going to win the next election, he’d be more likely to give a big financial donation, since that’d seem like a good investment.
Unseasoned Grits: the Liberals aren’t beating the charges of lacklustre governance
A heavy reliance on wedge issues, a poor record of passing laws of substance, and a weak stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict all make for an uninspiring movement.
