Senators agree to travel as part of study on C-69, but no deadline or details
After nearly four hours of debating without an agreement, Senators on the Environment Committee opened up their closed-door planning meeting just long enough to hold a public vote in favour of travelling outside of Ottawa as part of their study of the government’s controversial environmental assessment reform bill, C-69—and to punt the rest of the […]
Still waiting for Scheer’s investigation into Dykstra’s candidacy
HALIFAX—Andrew Scheer needs to get his ass in gear. If he is much later in releasing the “independent” investigation into former federal Conservative candidate Rick Dykstra, he will have to bring a note. Scheer announced the inquiry on Jan. 31, 2018. At the time, he said: “My job is to make sure that those types […]
Liberal base ‘less than enthusiastic’ as Trudeau prepares to defend four-year record to ‘volatile electorate,’ say Grit insiders
The federal Liberals made history by leaping from third place to winning a majority in 2015, but the upcoming October election will have totally different dynamics than the last time, including a volatile electorate, new party leaders and positions, and a lack of enthusiasm amongst some key players in the Liberal Party base who feel they’re […]
Jagmeet Singh’s naivety, lack of political acumen surprising, says Calgary reader
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who is currently running in the upcoming Burnaby South, B.C., byelection spoke with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton on The National recently where he again doubled down on his commitment to abandon the Trans Mountain pipeline if consultations fail to satisfy all Indigenous stakeholders. Mr. Singh’s intransigence on this issue points to […]
Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we?
TORONTO—Social media and politicians: let’s do a roundup, shall we? The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was apparently watching TV before Christmas. A charity thing came on. It was raising money to help teach kids in the Third World. Noble cause. Trudeau was in a good mood. He picked up his iPhone, and thumbed out […]
House sitting last opportunity for Trudeau Liberals to highlight achievements, control the agenda and the message, says a leading pollster
With the Liberals and Conservatives running neck and neck in public opinion polls, the 13-week sitting of the House is the last opportunity for the governing Grits to highlight their achievements and to control the agenda before the campaign gets into high gear in the summer, says a leading pollster. “It’s their last chance to […]
Netflix should play by the rules that govern everyone else
OTTAWA—Netflix just hiked its Canadian prices by three dollars a month. That represents an increase of almost 30 per cent and it barely made a ripple on the consumer outrage meter. Can you imagine the public pushback if Rogers or Bell were to hike their prices by almost 30 per cent? There would be parliamentary […]
Applaud feds, but if we’re serious about changing dietary habits, we must start with our young Canadians
For many of us, diet is often top of mind when our calendars change over. But what and how we eat has been in the news for reasons beyond new year’s resolutions these past few weeks. For instance, 37 scientists from the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health recently outlined a diet that will not […]
Alberta ‘gag law’ to get tested in court
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Some political battles in this country seem like they’re never going to end. A case in point, for instance, is the ongoing fight we’ve been having for decades now over how much of our political speech the government should regulate. On one side of this debate, we’ve had people consistently arguing that political speech […]
‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: can Trudeau entrench his new Senate before the election?
The Liberal government may have to get its hands dirty if it wants to enshrine into law the new, multi-group dynamic in the Red Chamber before the next federal election. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) told The Canadian Press in December that he would try to change the Parliament of Canada Act to better […]
