A space for her: what we can learn from Jacinda Ardern’s resignation
Canada’s track record of electing women has been dismal. Our Parliament has never had more than 30 per cent women; and we rank 61st in the world for gender parity in the legislature.
The House of Commons is back: MPs should not treat democracy like a zero-sum game
We are living in challenging times, and the country needs strong leadership, but confidence in Canada’s national direction is faltering.
Senators say they’re planning to return to a more deliberate approach to vetting legislation
Some Senators chafed against the pressure to fast-track COVID-era bills that they believed warranted deeper study, and say the circumstances that called for such haste have receded.
It’s better for Singh to be Singh
To be successful, a politician has to be real. That’s to say if a politician tries to be something he or she isn’t, it often comes across as inauthentic.
Senior staff changes for ministers Bibeau, Boissonnault
Plus, Alex Wellstead will soon end his six-year run on the Hill, with Laurie Bouchard stepping in as acting communications director to Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
‘Disappointing comment’ to see Trudeau describe Ford’s health-care changes as ‘innovation,’ says Toronto Liberal MP Sgro
It’s ‘critical’ that the federal government put in place strict conditions in the ongoing negotiations about Canada Health Transfer to ensure provinces don’t open the door to for-profit health-care providers, Liberal MP Judy Sgro says.
Liberal MPs say affordability top of mind heading into winter caucus retreat
Now that the cabinet retreat has wrapped in Hamilton, Ont., Liberal backbenchers are returning to Ottawa for this week’s caucus meetings.
The new session: setting priorities
The climate emergency is, among all those urgent and important priorities, the only one where it can be said: ‘If we fail, nothing will matter,’ writes Elizabeth May.
Farewell to one of a kind
Former conservative staffer Asad Wali, who died on Jan. 12, enriched many lives and worked to make the country a better place.
Likening medicare to communism, Ford moves ahead with plans for privatized, two-tier health care in Ontario
The crumbling of the country’s medical services during COVID has opened the way for a major push by those who favour private, for-profit health care, and Doug Ford is among the premiers leading the way.
