B.C.’s new seat shakes up the Southern Interior as final riding proposal sparks concerns
‘They have created a completely different new riding on both west and east sides, and now there’s no public input process,’ says NDP MP Richard Cannings of the final changes proposed to his riding.
Someone has to hold to account the man who wants to take a chainsaw to the U.S. Constitution
HALIFAX—If Donald Trump isn’t soon indicted as a serial law-breaker, America will be in chaos by 2024. Nothing is as important as the rule of law to U.S. civil society –neither inflation, the post-COVID blues, balloons over Montana, nor how many birthdays Joe Biden has had. That’s because the rule of law is on the […]
Have they no shame? No, but they have excuses
Politicians are not all bottom-feeding sleazes out to feather their own nests, but some are just simply too important. Excuse us if we stop taking the whole circus seriously.
‘Defund the CBC’ needs a salvo
Poilievre can bash Tait and gain support for his cause. But he would be hard-pressed to attack Rick Mercer or Catherine O’Hara. The other card the CBC has not played is what would Canada’s bilingual landscape would look like without Radio-Canada.
Canadian Ambassadors Alumni, PAFSO to host screening of Ice Breaker at the ByTowne on Feb. 22
MONDAY, FEB. 20 House Not Sitting—The House is on break and will return on Monday, March 6. It will sit for one week and will adjourn on Friday, March 10. It will return on Monday, March 20, and will sit for two weeks (March 20-March 31). It will break again on Friday, March 31, for […]
Time for Liberals to reconnect with progressives
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has been famously quoted to the effect that in politics ‘you dance with the one that brung ya.’ Looking to the budget and the current legislative sitting, the Liberals have to rediscover their progressive roots and message.
Rouleau report a ‘big win’ for Liberals, leaves NDP on ‘easy street,’ say politicos
Responding to urgent threats in a federal system requires governments at all levels ‘to rise above politics and collaborate for the common good,’ wrote Justice Paul Rouleau. ‘Unfortunately, in January and February 2022, this did not always happen.’
Singh needs a few sparks
Sometimes it just takes a few sparks to get a political bandwagon moving.
Press secretary opening in Tourism Minister Boissonnault’s office
Plus, National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier has a pair of new policy advisers on her team.
Premiers ‘feeling the heat’ on health care must show results on ‘vote-determining’ issue, strategists say
‘One beauty’ of having 13 different health-care systems is ‘they don’t all have to do it the same way,’ which leaves ‘space for innovation,’ says Charles Breton of the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
