Poilievre tapped experienced MPs with diverse backgrounds in his House leadership team to showcase a ‘modern and dynamic face’ of the party, say political insiders
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently tapped experienced MPs with diverse backgrounds for his House leadership team to showcase a “modern, dynamic” new face of the party, say political insiders. Only a few days after becoming party leader, Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) announced his nine-member House leadership team, which is made up of MPs from all regions […]
Canada should not rely on foreign corporations to build electric vehicle industry here
TORONTO—Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane has written a fine book, Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, explaining why Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of the Alphabet/Google mega-corporation, ultimately failed in its efforts to take over a valuable segment of undeveloped land in downtown Toronto and use it to create new wealth and opportunity for its […]
Give Charles a chance
OTTAWA—The Queen is dead. Long live the King. With the ultimate interment of the Queen beside her beloved partner Prince Philip, all eyes are now on King Charles. Will he be able to pass muster or will the incredible reign of Canada’s longest-serving monarch mark the end of the Royals? Many have written that the […]
What’s wrong with the Greens?
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Sometimes political organizations need to focus less on ideological fervor and more on the practicalities of politics. A case in point is the beleaguered Green Party of Canada. Now, if you haven’t been keeping up with the Green Party’s troubles, just imagine the Hindenburg crashing into the Titanic and you’ll get a good idea […]
Sports Minister St-Onge scores a new communications director
Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge, who’s also responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, has a new director running her communications shop this session, with Floriane Bonneville having recently returned to the Hill to take on the role. Elda André-Roy, a former manager of corporate communications for the Canada Infrastructure […]
Canada needs to give more support to UN’s new Agenda for Peace
EDMONTON—If good speeches at the UN—which fill the air this week at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual debate—could save the world, we’d all be in bliss. Unfortunately, good speeches can’t stop the Ukraine war, which has now reached a point of maximum danger for humanity. Russia won’t stop its aggression. NATO-backed Ukraine won’t cease […]
Finger-pointing Poilievre is still with us
OTTAWA—Once Pierre Poilievre accusingly pointed the finger in my direction, just like he has for others. The circumstances were as follows: he sat on the House of Commons Access to Information Committee as then-prime minister Stephen Harper’s parliamentary secretary and point-man. A committee hearing was underway concerning certain frequent users of access to information who […]
Trudeau-Poilievre match up will be a clash of personalities over policy substance
OTTAWA—Pierre Poilievre has pivoted. He has shelved the crazy conspiracy theories which helped him win leadership of the Conservative Party for the more mundane mantra of no to taxes, no to regulations, and yes to balanced budgets. He also acknowledges that “Canadians are hurting,” but instead of promising “freedom,” he is now promising “to transform […]
With little focus on foreign policy, Poilievre has ‘blank slate’ to craft platform, say experts
With little foreign policy vision offered by the new Conservative leader during his leadership campaign, experts say Pierre Poilievre now has a “blank slate” to fill the “void.” Despite an ongoing war in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, continued recalculating of Canada’s relationship with China, and worry over the reliability of the United States, […]
Cheese remains sticking point in U.K. trade talks as Brits want to maintain access
Despite a Canadian proclamation that cheese won’t be a subject of negotiations during free trade discussions with the United Kingdom, the U.K. is maintaining that it will continue to push for dairy market access. Access to Canada’s supply-managed sector has been a sensitive issue for the Liberal government as market access has been distributed in […]
