No change for Canada despite U.S.-Mexico trade pact, trade experts say
A preliminary trade agreement between Mexico and the United States won’t alter Canada’s place in a future trilateral agreement between the three North American countries, trade experts say. With Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on the phone, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced a trade deal with Mexico that he said would replace NAFTA. […]
‘This was his plan all along,’ Conservative politicos slam Bernier for leaving party
Current and former Conservatives were none too pleased last week with MP Maxime Bernier‘s decision to leave the Conservative Party—and excoriate it in a press conference on his way out—and many took to Twitter to hit back at the one-time party leadership favourite. Conservative MP Todd Doherty said in a series of Tweets that Mr. […]
Hope isn’t yet lost for the Quebec Liberals
If the Quebec election were held tomorrow, François Legault would become the first leader since René Lévesque to bring a new party to power in the province. For more than four decades since its initial 1976 victory, the Parti Québécois has been the main alternative to the Liberals. A Coalition Avenir Québec win could consign […]
Now is the summer of our Twitter discontent
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Anyone who regularly follows all the political chatter on social media these days would surely get the idea that Canada is enduring an unprecedented summer of discontent. Indeed, political debate over the past few months has been as hot as the soaring temperatures. Some people are in an uproar over the removal of a […]
Border-crossings debate could be Liberal vulnerability, if Tories can swoop in: pollsters
The government’s ability to manage the stream of refugee claimants arriving at Canada’s border could figure as a ballot-box question in 2019, but it’s an open question whether the opposition Conservatives can find support beyond their base by focusing on the issue, say pollsters and political observers. The Conservatives’ efforts to highlight the issue around irregular […]
‘Old stock’ politics is past its expiry date
OTTAWA—Maxime Bernier’s surprise resignation last week will not put an end to a raucous Tory debate on identity politics. Instead of buying peace in advance of the writ, the Conservative announcement of a Canada-wide immigration tour will serve to magnify internal differences of viewpoint. As for Bernier’s plan to start a new party, his reach […]
Liberal riding associations out-fundraised Conservatives three-to-one in 2016 and 2017
Liberal riding associations raised triple the money brought in by their Conservative rivals in 2016 and 2017, data from Elections Canada shows, bucking the trend of the Conservatives outclassing the Grits at fundraising. The Liberal electoral district associations (EDAs) collectively raked in $13.4-million during that time, versus $4.5-million for the Conservatives. Most of that money […]
Jean Chrétien Liberals celebrating 25th anniversary of the ‘landmark’ 1993 election win on Oct. 25
The Jean Chrétien Liberals are holding a reception in Ottawa to celebrate the 1993 landslide election win that brought the Liberals back to power after about nine years in the political wilderness, and reduced the then-governing Progressive Conservatives to only two seats, depriving them even of official party status in the House. “I’m really looking […]
Public Services to pitch next step for Phoenix pay fix in September
The office responsible for fixing the troubled Phoenix pay system is taking another step forward, hoping to cut the time it will take to get thousands of public servants paid properly. Problems with Phoenix have left public servants with too little or too much pay for almost two and a half years. Les Linklater, the associate […]
CSIS should also help block foreign meddling in our elections
OTTAWA—Whatever side you take on the investigation by former FBI Director Robert Mueller into whether the Trump campaign team colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential elections—either it is a very serious allegation of wrongdoing by the current president and/or his supporters, or a useless and partisan witch hunt— one thing is beyond debate: […]
