Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland promotes Vincent Garneau as her new chief of staff, Broadhurst exits for top job at Liberal HQ
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is starting off this week with a new chief of staff at the helm in her office, replacing Jeremy Broadhurst who has now officially exited to join Liberal headquarters as the party’s 2019 campaign director. In turn, Vincent Garneau has been promoted from his previous role as director of policy […]
Scheer takes a page from Trudeau’s playbook with policy rollout, say pollsters and politicos
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is using the same strategy employed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prior to the last election, say pollsters and politicos, by rolling out policy speeches on key topics well in advance of the election campaign. Mr. Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) kicked off a series of planned speeches on policy with an […]
Mike Pompeo just gave Canada’s 2019 election one of its more emotional issues, Arctic sovereignty
HALIFAX, N.S.—For a country obsessed with Russian interference in its national elections, Trumpty Dumpty’s America is doing a pretty good job of interfering in ours. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just given Canada’s 2019 election one of its more emotional issues—Arctic sovereignty. Once again, at least for now, Justin Trudeau has fumbled the […]
Liberal staffers worried national campaign team taking too long to finalize roles for the upcoming campaign
With the next election campaign unofficially underway at full throttle, cabinet ministerial staffers are worried the party is taking too long to formalize their roles in the contest and to decide who will be doing what when the writ drops. “A lot of us are wondering what’s going on, why things are so slow,” said […]
Trudeau needs to get loyalists back on side if he wants to win next election
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau better hit the reset button to reverse his fading fortunes. That should include mending fences with long-time Liberals who believe Trudeau’s quest to do politics differently has been exclusionary not inclusionary. It is one thing to want new faces to reinvigorate a party. It is another thing to marginalize the old […]
Questions abound over ‘ugly’ defence procurement system following Mark Norman case
Following the turbulent Mark Norman case, questions are being raised about the political nature of defence procurement decisions. Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was accused of leaking cabinet documents about a decision to delay a $688-million supply ship procurement. He was charged with breach of trust, and pleaded not guilty before the prosecution stayed the case last […]
Senators come together on C-69 amendments, but far off pace to meet May 16 deadline for committee
Senators on the Environment Committee found common ground last week on proposed amendments to curtail the environment minister’s powers to intervene in the early stages of the new environmental assessment process laid out under Bill C-69, the sweeping reform to environmental reviews introduced by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna. However, the Senators on the committee were […]
Liberals, Conservative must stay away from nasty campaign tactics, or be ready to face wrath of Canadians at polls
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer have publicly said that the October federal election campaign will be one of the nastiest in Canadian history. It appears both parties are getting ready to fight fire with fire. If true, it would be a disastrous strategy; not only for both political parties, but […]
Senate suspends Sen. Beyak without pay until election
Senators agreed to suspend Senator Lynn Beyak without pay for the rest of the parliamentary session Thursday afternoon, and to require the Senate administration to take down letters from her website containing racist statements about Indigenous people in Canada. Senators voted to adopt the Senate Ethics Committee’s report that recommended Sen. Beyak (Ontario) be suspended […]
Bernier denies Oxford candidate disqualified for being gay, calls allegation ‘unfounded’
People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier on Thursday denied a would-be candidate’s claim that he was disqualified from seeking the party’s nomination because he’s gay. In a series of tweets on Thursday, Mr. Bernier (Beauce, Que.) dismissed the accusation, saying, it was “unfounded.” “Let me be very clear on this. PPC has several candidates, EDA execs […]
