Campaign signs across Canada are being defaced with hateful graffiti
As local campaigns hit the pavement ahead of the Oct. 21 federal election, candidates across the country are seeing their campaign signs defaced with racist graffiti, from drawing blackface on candidates to vandalizing signs with swastikas. In the Montreal-area riding of Hochelaga, Que., represented by outgoing NDP MP Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet since 2011, Liberal candidate Soraya […]
‘Sohi is in huge trouble’: besieged minister Amarjeet Sohi fights to keep his seat
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi is in the fight of his political life, but says his reputation in Edmonton Mill Woods gives him an edge in the campaign to keep his seat in a province where his Liberal Party is widely unpopular. The recently-surfaced photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) wearing brownface “certainly […]
Don’t underestimate Jagmeet Singh, says North Bay reader
Re: “‘NDP in serious difficulty,’ Greens could win more seats than NDP; and Grits and Conservatives poised for a ‘quite ugly, bare knuckles fight,’ says pollster Graves,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 9, p. 1). I find The Hill Times’ articles very pro-Liberal. Journalistic principles demand articles be unbiased. You seem to want to undermine the […]
NDP has done us a favour by putting wealth tax issue on the national agenda
TORONTO—NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is already talking about how an NDP government would spend nearly $70-billion over the coming decade from his “super wealth tax,” an annual one per cent tax on net wealth above $20-million held by Canadian economic families. The roughly $70-billion estimate comes from the parliamentary budget officer though his report says […]
If voters see a common theme, Trudeau’s blackface controversy will change the campaign: Greg Lyle
VANCOUVER—It is true that campaigns matter—just ask former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith. It is also true that most campaign controversies, even ones as juicy as the Trudeau Blackface controversy, ultimately have only a limited impact on the election result. Paul Simon told us why when 50 years ago he sang, “Still a man hears what […]
Wilson-Raybould reflects on reconciliation, SNC-Lavalin affair in new book
Moving towards reconciliation and through a “postcolonial door” will require moving past partisanship, and rebuilding Indigenous nations to work with the Crown to overhaul the Indian Act, among other things, says Jody Wilson-Raybould in her new book. Set to be launched on Sept. 20, the one-time justice minister and attorney general-turned Independent MP argues in […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Toronto, Scheer to tour Atlantic, May joining climate strikers in Calgary
Happy Friday! It’s Day 10 of the 43rd federal election. After a day dominated by backlash—and apologies—over unearthed photographs and a video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface and brownface, from the 1990s and 2001, respectively, the Liberal leader will be in Toronto this morning. He’s set to hold another media availability and make a […]
Week one of #Elxn43: Ups, downs, and a whole lot of surprises
The wheels are up and Canada’s federal political parties are busy campaigning across the country. Campaign slogans and songs have been released, promises have been made, and each of the parties have made missteps. Photos showing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface and brownface surfaced Sept. 18 and 19 and have changed the dynamic of […]
Liberals gambling on help from provinces to fulfill new daycare promise
The federal Liberals are planning to press the provinces and territories to help them make good on their election promise to slash daycare fees and create 250,000 new spaces. The Liberals promised last week to create 250,000 new before- and after-school daycare spaces for school-aged children if they are returned to power. They also promised […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau hit with scathing ‘brownface’ report, Scheer in Quebec, while Singh heads to Hamilton
Good Thursday morning, Nine days into the 40-day federal election campaign, Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was hit with a bombshell report from Time Magazine last night detailing his appearance in brownface makeup, robes and a turban at a private school in British Columbia where he was teaching in 2001. The magazine ran a […]
