Gun rights groups targeting Senators, MP offices with summer firearms bill campaigns
Gun rights groups and the Conservative Party will continue to put pressure on Liberal MPs and the government over gun safety Bill C-71 this summer, using online campaigns and volunteers to try to “flood” MP offices with calls and emails. The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights will also be trying to lobby Senators on the […]
Canada has a lot to do to fight climate change as we swelter in rising temperatures.
TORONTO—With cities around the world—including Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto—recently experiencing record-breaking heat and humidity, it’s possible that this will become the new normal. Climate experts are wary of attributing every spike in temperatures to climate change, but they are warning the heat wave we have been experiencing is consistent with what climate models are forecasting. […]
Analysing Trudeau’s NAFTA dilemma
OAKVILLE, ONT.—The complex and nuanced nature of the ongoing NAFTA negotiations between Canada and the United States, clearly makes it an issue that defies easy or simplistic analysis. Luckily, however, the politics surrounding those diplomatic negotiations most definitely can be analysed in a simplistic and easy manner. So let’s do it. Let’s examine the political […]
In political hot seat, Morneau needs to send strong signal on feds’ plan to address economic uncertainty
Time flies, and nowhere is this truer than for governments with fixed terms in office. The heady days of 2015, when Justin Trudeau and the Liberals arrived in office in an aura of sunny optimism, have given way to a struggling government that faces the possibility of a narrow minority win, or even a loss. […]
Feds’ fight over carbon tax with Ford could help Trudeau score points, say NDP, Liberal politicos
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s fight with the feds over the carbon tax delivers the Trudeau government the kind of political opposition that could work to its favour, say some Liberal- and NDP-connected politicos, while some Tory insiders say that the growing provincial opposition will help strengthen the Conservatives’ appeal federally. “The Liberals like the fight […]
There’s a ‘good chance’ NDP Leader Singh will run in my riding, says departing B.C. MP Kennedy Stewart
Outgoing NDP MP Kennedy Stewart says there’s a “good chance” that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will run in his riding, Burnaby South, B.C., if a byelection is called there soon. Mr. Singh was in Burnaby on July 12 as part of his summer tour, meeting with health-care professionals on pharmacare. Mr. Stewart, who announced in […]
Is social licence to govern a thing?
As we approach the end of a decade, with another provincial election under our belts–and a new government–I find myself reflecting on days gone by and what the future might hold. With change on the horizon, I can’t help but feel a sense of uncertainty. Will this new government reflect my values? Enact change that benefits […]
AMLO gets his chance to drag Mexico out of feudalism
OTTAWA—For anyone accustomed to the relative prosperity and order of Canada, spending a lot of time in Latin America inevitably produces a catalogue of shocks. But, for me, few were as grim as visiting a garbage dump on the outskirts of Mexico City, where hundreds of people lived and worked as scavengers among the mountains […]
If Brexit forces a hard Irish border, the answer may be unity
Canadians and Americans are fond of great celebrations in July. However, in Northern Ireland, July is a time of tension, the “marching season” and the “Glorious Twelfth”—the commemoration by Protestants of the victory of King William of Orange over the Catholic James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. While most Canadians no […]
Feds silent on Phoenix damages, union members are ‘out of patience’
As the public service eagerly awaits a settlement on damages for the Phoenix pay system, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada president Debi Daviau said she has been told the issue is on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s desk. “I hear that we’re waiting for a mandate, that the mandate’s with the prime minister […]
