Booted NDP MP Erin Weir not seeking re-election
Erin Weir, who was removed from the NDP caucus a year ago, announced that he will not be seeking re-election in the upcoming election. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh expelled Mr. Weir from the party caucus in May 2018 after the NDP hired an investigator to look into allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him. The […]
Ford’s cuts in social programs could be opening for federal Liberals to campaign against federal Conservatives in October, say Liberal MPs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford won last year’s provincial election with a thumping majority, but his recent controversial cuts to programs and services is fast making him a liability for the federal Conservatives, say Liberal MPs, who add they will make it an issue in the upcoming election campaign. “Are we campaigning against them? You’re damn […]
Changes in PMO, including a promotion and Ben Chin joins the team
The Prime Minister’s Office has a new senior adviser on staff. Ben Chin moved over from his post as chief of staff to Finance Minister Bill Morneau on May 17. A former broadcast journalist, Mr. Chin has been working on the Hill since October 2017, first as a senior adviser to Mr. Morneau. Roughly one year ago, […]
Trudeau won’t say sorry
TORONTO—Justin Trudeau likes apologies. He does. According to the BBC, the Liberal leader has issued quite a few formal apologies since he became prime minister in 2015. The first one happened a few months after his big election win. Trudeau apologized to the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren—and the great-great-grandchildren—of the S.S. Komagata Maru. That Japanese vessel was carrying […]
‘They should be nervous’: Liberals now focusing ‘completely’ on election readiness in regional, national caucus meetings
With only four months left before the fall election call and 75 per cent of the Grit caucus consisting of rookie MPs facing re-election for the first time, the Liberals have decided to focus “completely” on election readiness in all their weekly regional and national meetings until the House adjourns on June 21, MPs say. […]
‘There is no greater guy in this place’: MPs celebrate outgoing Liberal MP Eyking
MPs from all parties honoured Mark Eyking‘s federal service last week, and reminisced about his beaver-saving heroics. The 58-year-old Liberal MP announced last February that he would not be seeking re-election, ending a nearly 20-year career in the House. “Know that there is no finer family man and no greater gentleman in this Chamber. There […]
Whales are calling, but no one’s answering, including the federal government
HALIFAX—The whales are calling but no one has answered—including the federal government. In a small theatre in the Nova Scotia Art Gallery in downtown Halifax, 25 souls braved a blustery spring day cold enough to pass for late winter to hear that message. It came in the form of a movie, The Vanishing Call of […]
Both Harper, Trudeau broke their election promises to veterans: Labelle
Our Canadian Forces personnel must go to court to fight for their paid benefits, but the Government of Canada is prepared to spend millions to rehabilitate returning ISIS terrorists. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should have replied to our town hall question we posed to him in Lower Sackville, N.S., on Jan. 9, 2018. Why did […]
Conservatives say they’re ‘confident’ Mark Norman will expose more Liberal wrongdoing
Peter MacKay says if Vice-Admiral Mark Norman speaks out about his ordeal, ‘I don’t think it will mean good things for the Liberal government.’
Canadians, and media should look at climate change claims carefully before election
Climate change will no doubt be an important issue in the coming election and the campaigning that leads up to it. The Liberals and NDP gave a preview of their campaigning in the House last week, each tabling a motion to declare a climate emergency. The Liberals, Greens, and New Democrats will each claim to […]
