Midterm morning after: dispatch from wonderland
While I’ve spent a lot of time since the dawn of the Trump era bewailing the relentless hourly onslaught of post-truthian rubbish, I am, on this one occasion and for purely logistical reasons, going to embrace the Trumpian tactic of opportunistic fictionalization. I file this column on Monday. The midterm elections that will determine the […]
Liberals, Conservatives see fundraising bump on carbon price as Grits tighten gap
As the Liberals and Conservatives report record fundraising quarters, both parties and observers say the debate over the Liberals’ carbon price will be a motivating factor for their donors in the coming months as the Tories look to widen the gap that the Liberals tightened over the last quarter. The Conservatives raked in $4.86-million from […]
Gould hires new comms director, Monsef names press secretary
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould has a new director of communications in her office. Amy Butcher has moved over from the Public Health Agency of Canada to take over the job. Until recently, Ms. Butcher had been busy as a senior adviser in the Public Health Agency of Canada’s partnerships and strategies division. She first began […]
NDP questions why Trans Mountain buy not in spending estimates
The NDP is questioning why the multi-billion-dollar Trans Mountain pipeline purchase isn’t in the first round of extra government spending requests, saying it impedes Parliamentarians’ ability to ensure transparency and accountability of taxpayers’ money. But the Liberals say the purchase is being handled as a loan between two Crown corporations. To facilitate the planned expansion, […]
Conservative MP Clement kicked out of caucus after sexting scandal, sharing ‘sexually explicit images and a video’
Conservative MP Tony Clement resigned from Parliament’s National Security and Intelligence Committee and from his House committee and justice critic’s duties Tuesday night after he released a statement saying he had shared sexually explicit images and a video of himself over the last three weeks to a consenting female recipient, but who targeted him for […]
‘Trump’s rhetoric has opened the lid on things’: MPs concerned about political polarization in U.S., some blame Trump’s rhetoric for emboldening alt-right extremists
MPs across party lines say they’re concerned about the increase in intensity and frequency of violent race- and religion-based incidents, condemning the Pittsburgh shooting, the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, and some, including the former U.S. ambassador to Canada, are blaming U.S> President Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric, saying it’s emboldening alt-right […]
After nearly a decade of encouraging other women to run for office, I did it myself
Elections are in the air. Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories just wrapped up municipal ones. Provincially, voters in New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec have just elected new governments—on Nov. 2, Liberal Brian Gallant’s incumbent New Brunswick government was defeated by a vote of confidence. Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador are in […]
In attacking media, Scheer tries to inoculate party against negative press, but some say no ‘grand strategy’ exists
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer appears to be retreating from a line of attack that casts the media as a foil against his party, though some political observers question there was ever a strategy in play. At a rally in Ottawa on Oct. 21, Mr. Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) appeared to be girding to butt heads with […]
Conservatives bullish to win back Etobicoke Centre in 2019 after Liberal MP Wrzesnewskyj’s announcement not to seek re-election
Four-term Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj won the GTA riding of Etobicoke Centre by a comfortable double-digit margin in 2015, but his recent announcement that he won’t seek re-election in 2019 has made Conservatives bullish about their prospects of winning, with former one-term MP Ted Opitz as their candidate. “Ted Opitz of course represented the riding […]
Calgarians have a lot to consider when they go to the polls next week
OTTAWA—A Calgary Winter Olympic bid plebiscite next week is only the first hurdle in the city’s potential 2026 hosting bid. Whether Calgarians want to cough up cash in lean times remains to be seen. Even the majority of city council opposes the bid, although an eight-hour long debate did not yield enough opposition to kill […]
