The Conservative vision for China needs more clarity
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is taking to the stage, splashing out his vision for the country under a Tory government. Is it a long time coming, or landing at just the right time? Who knows—people’s memories and attention spans are short, so six months before an election may be entirely sufficient to start introducing […]
SAP Canada pitches NextGen plan to standardize human resources processes
As the federal government looks to replace its disastrous Phoenix pay system through its new “agile” procurement process, SAP Canada says it has a solution. SAP is behind the HR software used by the Canada Revenue Agency. The agency is known to have fewer pay problems and its system was suggested last year for a […]
USMCA vote falls to wayside as feds continue outreach on lifting tariffs
The Canadian government is questioning the value of ratifying a renegotiated trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico if tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum remain in place, according to a government official. And despite success reaching out to American politicians, it remains to be seen if U.S. President Donald Trump will be persuaded. It’s […]
We don’t need Brexit or Trump to make Canadian politicians up their games
OTTAWA—If you didn’t believe it before, you should know there is some sort of political turbulence or disruption at play in the land. How long lasting it may be and how dramatic is still to be determined, but one thing is certain: if you’re an incumbent, it’s a time for nail biting. All the recent […]
Feds’ process for screening out partisan ads ‘not sufficiently robust,’ auditor general says
Federal oversight of government ads for partisan messages was “not sufficiently robust” to ensure that Canadians’ tax dollars are not being spent to advance the governing party’s political agenda, according to the auditor general. In one of five spring reports released May 7, the auditor general’s office found that the process the Liberals established to […]
Trying to derail serious climate change action will someday be viewed as the crime it is
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer kept joking at the press gallery dinner the other night about the persistent questions about his party’s lack of a climate-change plan six months before a federal election. Yes, yes, it’s coming, he chuckled. This while newly elected Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, now considered the leader of the right-wing “opposition” to […]
Appointments vetted by Liberalist a tempest in a teapot
OTTAWA—The recent revelations in The Globe and Mail about the Prime Minister’s Office’s use of a list to compare party affiliation for nominations for judgeships is one of those great investigative stories that makes for great headlines, but really doesn’t amount to much. In short, it is a tempest in a teapot, and no “Teapot […]
Canada’s inflexible system for processing refugee claims unable to handle backlog, auditor general finds
Canada’s refugee system is ill prepared to handle the surge in irregular border crossers arriving from south of the border, which has led to an uptick of unresolved cases, with the backlog expected to worsen, according to a new report from the auditor general. The report found that the system was unable to handle the […]
The sad state of Canada’s left wing
OAKVILLE, ONT.—According to recent media reports, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer supposedly blundered when he secretly met not too long ago with oil company executives to plot a grand strategy aimed at ousting the Liberals from power. Why was that meeting seen as a blunder? Well, in ordinary times, such a move would certainly cause […]
‘Clock ticking fast’ to next election, but Liberal support headed in ‘wrong direction at the wrong time,’ say veteran political analysts
With the “clock ticking and ticking fast” to the next election, support for the federal Liberals is headed in the “wrong direction at the wrong time,” bleeding a significant chunk of their support across the country, say veteran pollsters, and the governing party should be “very concerned” that they control the national agenda, get the […]
