Feds say clean fuel standard can make LNG ‘more efficient than coal’, despite report’s warning
A recent Global Energy Monitor report says the projected growth of the global Liquefied Natural Gas sector could be “worse than the coal boom,” but, with 18 LNG facilities proposed across Canada, the government says part of the rationale for its clean fuel standard is to help manage the life cycle of fuels to ensure […]
Next PM to quicken or quell Senator independence, with nearly a quarter set to retire next Parliament
Canada’s next prime minister could appoint at least 24 new Senators, giving the country’s future leader the power to solidify the new approach to appointing Senators ushered in by the Liberals, or revert back to the old patronage system. That bloc isn’t close to the historic number of vacancies during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s (Papineau, […]
Native women’s group calls on feds to support Organization of American States’ probe on MMIWG inquiry’s finding of genocide
An Indigenous women’s organization is adding its voice to growing calls to probe deeper into the national inquiry’s finding that the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls were tied to discriminatory policies that amounted to genocide. Lynne Groulx, executive director of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, said she is supportive of the […]
How about turning off the oil taps to China?
CHELSEA, QUE.—Why are we so eager to sell Alberta bitumen to China when that country is treating Canada with such thuggish disdain? Why share our resources with people who are holding two Canadians hostage—even confiscating veteran diplomat Michael Kovrig’s reading glasses last week, in a cruel turn of the screw—and also threatening key industries? And […]
A judicial appointment is a political decision, and it should be
OTTAWA—Canada’s long-serving former chief justice of the Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, almost didn’t get that job. The first woman in Canadian history to hold the position faced some pretty stiff competition. The Canadian Italian Advocates Organization (CIAO for short) was founded back in 1984 to unite men and women who share a common profession and […]
This just in: Olivier Duchesneau joins Liberal HQ as deputy national campaign director
Olivier Duchesneau recently exited his post as chief of staff in Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ office to become deputy national campaign director for the Liberal Party. He officially joined the federal party’s headquarters on June 25 and is now working closely with fellow former chief of staff Jeremy Broadhurst, who left […]
The power of political polling
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Now that Canada Day is in the rear-view mirror and the summer season is finally in full swing, it’s a good time, I think, to have a little fun with Canadian politics. And, yes, I know the words “fun” and “Canadian politics” don’t really belong in the same sentence, but surely we can find […]
Despite obligatory show of disapproval, Canada’s now a bystander when it comes to Saudi Arabia
HALIFAX—So Canada is back, eh Justin? You would never know it from the Trudeau government’s tepid stand on one of the worst human rights crimes of recent history—the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Yes, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland called for “a full, international independent investigation” of this atrocity. But why didn’t the PM make […]
Advertising coalition launches political ad transparency platform to help standardize ‘complicated’ disclosure process
The Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada unveiled a new political advertising program aimed at helping both federal political parties and third-party advertisers meet new transparency requirements under the Canada Elections Act. This is the first time in Canadian history there is a designated ‘pre-writ’ period, which came into place on June 30 and is meant […]
Ford’s Ontario cuts, drop in SNC-Lavalin media coverage, return of female support helping Libs, but it’s still a ‘coin toss,’ say pollsters
After weeks of attracting low support in national public opinion polls, the Liberals are starting to bounce back chiefly because of Ontario Premier Doug Ford government’s controversial cuts in social services, the dissipation of media coverage on SNC-Lavalin affair, closer scrutiny of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and the return of women support back to the […]
