Poilievre’s Conservatives should dig deep into $300-billion price tag for new Navy warships, not ‘gotcha’ issues of the past
The Government Operations and Estimates Committee is especially well-positioned to set the agenda and investigate critical defence matters as it is chaired by a member of the opposition party.
Canada needs a serious innovation-investment strategy, time is running out
The most important way to fight inflation and to deliver a better country is by investment in research, training, branding, software, pursuits of new markets, business organizations and pursuing new knowledge.
Poilievre says he probably had 30,000 conversations with the 93,000 people who came to his leadership rallies
Plus, the Association of Consulting Engineer Companies-Canada (ACECC) held its annual leadership conference from Nov. 1-3 at the Ottawa Art Gallery, and veteran Liberal ministerial Hill staffer George Young is leaving the building.
Staff changes abound in Families Minister Gould’s office
Among the slate of staff promotions, additions, and departures to note in Gould’s office is new policy adviser Lydia MacKay Swiatkowska and new West and North regional adviser Simaloi Sikar.
Singh’s TikTok problem
OAKVILLE, ONT.—This is going to sound strange, but it seems NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh could at least partially blame his loss in the last federal election on a texture problem. Now, let me be quick to say, when I write about “texture” in this context, I’m referring to how a politician’s image is often crafted […]
Where there’s a will, there’s a way towards proportional representation
Canadians are sleepwalking into a democratic crisis. Gradually decreasing voter turnout, mediocre government policy, and toxic hyperpartisanship are eroding the principles of peace, order, and good government that have been the foundations of Canada’s success for generations. Proportional representation is needed to reverse these trends, and it is needed now. The malaise from inequality and […]
Is a blue wave headed for the Rock?
OTTAWA—Over the last few weeks, I have been home in Newfoundland and Labrador more frequently. No, it is not because I am plotting some political run myself, but some illness and death in the family meant more time on the Rock. It being home, federal politics is both a fascination and a source of much […]
Tannas joins Senate Internal Economy deputy chair slate
The Senate Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee approved a change to its roster of deputy chairs on Oct. 27, with Canadian Senators Group Leader Scott Tannas taking on a new role. Tannas joins Conservative Quebec Senator Claude Carignan and Progressive Senator Group (PSG) Quebec Senator Dennis Dawson as deputy chairs of the committee, which […]
‘Second-class Senators’: McCallum pushing to empower non-affiliated Senators
Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran says she knew, ‘theoretically,’ the difference being non-affiliated would make when she left the Independent Senators Group last year, but ‘living it is very different.’
Eyes turn to trade-pact clock after latest U.K. government toss-up
With negotiation of a new Canada-U.K. free trade agreement set to be completed within the next 17 months, it remains to be seen what impact the new occupant of 10 Downing Street will have on the talks. The Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA), which rolled over Canada’s trade deal with the European Union to […]
