Paranoid populism arrives in force
OTTAWA—Danielle Smith doesn’t just want to change the rules around government vaccine mandates to suit the anti-vaxxers who put her in power in Alberta. She wants revenge. Smith, who took office as premier on Oct. 11, plans to fire the 12-member Alberta Health Services (AHS) board because of the province’s COVID-19 health measures. In as […]
Defence committee to invite Anand for rare secret meeting on NORAD modernization
The discussions about NORAD modernization ‘should be happening in the public domain,’ says Conservative MP James Bezan.
FedDev Ontario Minister Tassi lands on a new chief of staff
Plus, deputy chief of staff Julie Savard-Shaw has left Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office, among other moves.
So Ontario Premier Doug Ford doesn’t want to talk about it?
HALIFAX—Under his watch, a major city in Ontario was under siege for three weeks. The downtown core of the national capital was paralyzed by “protesters” who wanted to bring down the federal government, without the bother of an election; and Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s federal Conservative cousins were busy sipping coffee and taking selfies with […]
Emergencies Act Inquiry is ripping the veneer off the myth of fair policing
The galling backdrop to this inquiry is that we haven’t named the foundational belief that underpins this whole thing. If it were thousands of Indigenous people driving trucks and setting up hot tubs on Wellington Street, we’d be arrested or dead within 36 hours.
Alex Crombie could seek Liberal nomination for byelection in Mississauga-Lakeshore
Alex Crombie, a former Queen’s Park staffer and son of Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, is not ruling out the possibility of seeking the Liberal nomination for the yet-to-be scheduled federal byelection in Mississauga-Lakeshore. “Still in the works, I have to have more conversations before I come to that conclusion,” said Crombie, who is a consultant […]
Post-mortem on the Emergencies Act continues apace
OTTAWA—Not too many people seem to care about the current inquiry into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end the trucker occupation. Even the hero of most anti-trucker locals did not reap much benefit in the Ottawa municipal election held last week. Most pundits were predicting a tight race between long-serving councillor […]
Inflationary rhetoric is as dangerous as the real thing
Nobody is uniquely responsible. How about moving beyond the futile, repetitive exchange of ideological antiquities to relief—at least for the most harshly affected.
Communications shakeup in Labour Minister O’Regan’s office
Plus, Allison St-Jean recently exited her post as director of communications to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau.
What to expect in the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8
OAKVILLE, ONT.—To understand what’s truly going on in the crazy and wacky world of American politics, you really need to rely on people with expertise. Fortunately for me, thanks to my past work in the United States, I happen to have several American contacts; smart and well-informed people who I can reach out to whenever […]
