“What are your party’s legislative priorities for the coming months?”
Cameron Ahmad Liberal strategist “This year, it will come as no surprise that our priorities as a government are to continue growing the economy, strengthening the middle class, creating jobs, and investing in people across the country so they can succeed and build bright futures for their families. “In the House of Commons, we will […]
Trudeau won’t be able to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs this time
OTTAWA—All countries regularly spy on each other. So the sturm and drang about Huawei’s alleged threat to Canada’s 5G telecommunications network is a little rich. Huawei has just been invited by India to become a part of its development of the network. But Five Eye partners, led by the United States, are pushing Canada to […]
Kenney finds the new politics of personal destruction disturbing: cue the nasal coffee rockets
HALIFAX—At one level, the latest tribulations of Jason Kenney are drop dead funny. Currently embroiled in an expenses dust-up, the leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party had, in part, this to say about allegations that he fiddled his housing expenses while a Conservative cabinet minister in Stephen Harper’s government. Referring to lawyer Kyle Morrow’s charges, […]
‘Canadians need to be heard on this,’ feds’ sweeping environment bill to take centre stage in Senate, and beyond, as Parliament returns
Senators will get back to work on the government’s controversial and sweeping environmental assessment bill, C-69, next week, as members of the Senate Environment Committee meet to debate a Conservative proposal to hold public hearings on the bill across the country. Conservative Senators will use a Feb. 5 planning meeting to propose that the committee […]
With Singh struggling to gain traction, Liberals more concerned about Green Party than NDP, says Grit MP Vaughan
With NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh failing to get traction with Canadians, some Liberal MPs are saying they’re worried more about the Green Party than the NDP in the upcoming October election. “I’m actually frankly more worried about the Green Party,” said Liberal MP Adam Vaughan (Spadina-Fort York, Ont.), parliamentary secretary to Minister of Families, Children […]
Party crashers: The Hill Times gets kicked out of a Liberal social, but it was fun while it lasted
Federal Liberals interrupted their six-week holiday break last weekend to attend their national caucus retreat in Ottawa, where they plotted their parliamentary and election strategy ahead of their return this week. After day two of the national caucus retreat, the Liberals, along with their staffers and spouses, convened for a social at the popular political […]
Another year, more government secrecy
OTTAWA—The new year brings with it at least four basic problems that put transparency under threat. Problem one: “pro-active” sanitized data and propaganda dominates Bill C-58. Canadian government officials and politicians like to spin their messages and manipulate records. No better example of this is found than in Bill C-58, where the government gives itself […]
Level of confidence Canadians have in economic circumstances will be critical
TORONTO—Just the other day, Finance Minister Bill Morneau was in Toronto’s 905 region to make sure, as we head into this year’s federal election, that local business leaders were aware of the success of the Trudeau government’s economic policies. “With its focus on creating good, well-paying jobs for the middle class and delivering long-term, economic […]
Former Grit MP Kania, who was also a top Liberal organizer, eyeing Conservative nomination in Brampton South
A former Brampton Liberal MP, who was the outreach director for the successful Liberal leadership campaigns of Stéphane Dion in 2006 and Michael Ignatieff in 2008, is seeking the Conservative Party’s nomination in Brampton South, Ont. Andrew Kania did not respond to interview requests last week, but the Brampton South Conservative riding association president Parminder […]
‘I would respectfully suggest to Tom Mulcair that he button it up,’ Robinson says Mulcair’s swipes at Singh ‘inappropriate’
Former veteran NDP MP Svend Robinson, who wants to make a federal political comeback, says it is inappropriate for ex-leader Tom Mulcair to take public swipes at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, especially when the party is taking a political beating. “I have great respect for Tom Mulcair. … I would respectfully suggest to Tom Mulcair […]
