Liberals boost vote share in Saskatchewan, B.C.’s Lower Mainland, while Conservatives muscle in on GTA, southwestern Ontario
More than half of the re-elected Liberal incumbents increased their margins of victory, mostly at the expense of the New Democrats.
Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information Act
Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes
I’ll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I’d been the pundits’ favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I was shocked. Yet I crafted a ‘Thank You’ sign and stood at West Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge to greet morning commuters.
Here’s a list of demands for Alberta’s future, not the past
In her list of demands, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith also wants plastic straws back. Can you imagine being the premier of a province and keeping a straight face while making this demand of a new prime minister?
Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum
Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island.
At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs
Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.
Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding
As the sole NDP MP left representing the party’s historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact of strategic voting.
Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist
Navigating media politics is more challenging than strategically worthwhile, and sometimes fairness means equal disappointment, says former PMO comms director Cameron Ahmad.
Reading the election tea leaves
While PM Mark Carney may govern as if he has a majority, the Liberals will still rely on parties whose interests are contrary to theirs.
Conservatives need nuanced reflection, not the nuclear option
The party should get trusted people who weren’t central to the campaign to review everything, and recommend whatever they think is necessary to go to the next level.
