Conservatives need nuanced reflection, not the nuclear option
The party should get trusted people who weren’t central to the campaign to review everything, and recommend whatever they think is necessary to go to the next level.
New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead
If the NDP is going to move forward in a constructive way and play its necessary role in Parliament, part of the process of post-election review and reflection must include clear lines of communication and everyone being on the same page.
Access-to-info fiasco continues as DND says memo lost 52 months after request
DND blames the loss of the memo on ‘poor information management practices’ during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat
The 143-member caucus opted to enact the Reform Act rules, according to media reports, giving Conservative MPs the power to trigger a leadership review.
Conservative MP d’Entremont officially launches campaign for House Speaker, unclear if Fergus will run again for top job
Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont pitches himself as a steady hand in this minority Parliament: ‘experienced, and impartial leadership is more important than ever.’
Carney just signalled the end of market liberalism—and the start of sovereign reconstruction
We are now entering an era that breaks from decades of integration with American markets, and demands a new kind of economic independence.
Liberals’ small-donor army slays Conservatives’ $28M fundraising behemoth, but Tory donors not likely to surrender, say strategists
Despite raising less than half of the Conservatives’ first-quarter fundraising total, the Liberals were buoyed to a party-best of $13.7-million with more than 90 per cent of donors giving less than $200.
Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election
One-quarter of the ridings across the country were won by margins greater than 25 percentage points, and Conservatives swept the 50-plus point category.
Low expectations, high stakes as Carney heads to White House for first meeting with Trump
The meeting between the two leaders should be about ‘getting a serious commitment to negotiate, not to berate or bludgeon us into an agreement, particularly on the part of Americans,’ says Fen Osler Hampson.
When Republican presidents used to love us
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warned in 1988 in one of his famous weekly radio addresses: ‘We should beware of the demagogs who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.’
