Failure of intelligence led to failure in policing during Freedom Convoy: ‘levels of law enforcement must act sooner,’ say insiders and experts
Canadians heard from a number of federal ministers during the last week of testimony at the Rouleau Commission.
A lot wrong with Poilievre’s recent video on his bonkers drug policy
No public figure should use real human misery as the backdrop for a political pitch. If he insisted on doing so, how much better it would have been if he’d stayed a night in the tent city, and talked to the people who live there. That way, he could have told them how he would improve their lives, and perhaps gain a better understanding of their problems. Using them as props to peddle his snake oil was disgraceful.
Alberta Premier Smith and Trump are ‘major distractions’ in Poilievre’s quest to become prime minister, say political insiders
By talking about a two-tier health-care system, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has ‘opened a healed wound’ for Conservatives, says pollster Greg Lyle. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential candidacy will open up problems for Pierre Poilievre because Trump’s ‘detested’ by most Canadians, but many Conservative MPs support Trump, says Jake Enwright.
Rouleau Commission testimony provided a closer look at what we already knew
The Public Order Emergency Commission may have been the biggest political yawn in commission history, writes Sheila Copps.
Alleged Chinese interference an ‘awkward’ situation for Trudeau’s Liberals
China’s alleged efforts to gain influence in Canadian politics are about it wanting its diaspora to speak and think favourably about China, says one Canada-China expert.
Backbench Liberal MPs demand more clarity on nomination rules if next election happens after redistribution of electoral boundaries process
One key reason the Liberal Party has set the March 1 deadline for incumbent MPs’ nomination rules is to find out who is not running in the next election, according to a Liberal source.
Planning the politics of division
Will Pierre Poilievre emulate Ronald Reagan and try to split Canada along ideological lines, perhaps by setting populists against elites? Or, like Justin Trudeau, maybe he will focus on a particular divisive issue: crime, immigration, COVID.
Modernization should reclaim the Senate’s intended mission as a House of Revision
The appointment of Independents created a Senate with a fleet of modern electric vehicles, but they are still hitched to horses following the same old ruts in a dirt road instead of moving forward at their full potential. Here are some solutions.
Terry Fox Humanitarian Award representatives to host Parliamentarians and Hill staffers
Plus, former Canadian ambassador for disarmament Paul Meyer to discuss nuclear threats, and long-time Bloomberg bureau chief Theo Argitis joins Compass Rose.
Trudeau’s inscrutable China policy
It would be naive to believe that foreign governments don’t attempt to steal trade secrets, or undermine public trust in our democracy. For our allies, Canada’s anti-espionage efforts have long been seen as pitifully weak. But how serious is the threat?
