Activists, former MPs urge federal NDP, Singh to leave Canada-Israel group
A diverse coalition of activists, academics, and NDP members is calling on the federal New Democrats to “disassociate” itself from a parliamentary group that seeks to deepen engagement with Israel. In a recent letter signed by more than 200 individuals, including Steve Ashton, former NDP MLA; Linda McQuaig, author and NDP candidate; and academic Noam […]
Prime Minister taps career bureaucrat as nominee for Parliamentary Budget Officer
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday, June 19, he is nominating career public servant Yves Giroux to serve as the next Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), a post that will have to take on a large and perhaps politically contentious task of costing party platforms for the upcoming federal election in 2019. If approved by […]
Quebec Liberals won’t suffer Wynne’s fate
As the last national assembly sitting before the Oct. 1 provincial vote was winding down last week, a brief encounter with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard yielded an unsolicited prediction. “I have a secret for you,” he told me on his way out of a Radio-Canada studio. “I will win the election.” Perhaps that was his way of […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau meets with Muslim community; Freeland heads to House International Trade Committee to talk Canada-U.S. relations; Wilson-Raybould to talk criminal-justice reform
Good Tuesday morning, At 8:15 a.m., Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is slated to deliver remarks at the Canadian Nurses Association’s biennial convention. She’ll also engage in an armchair discussion on health policy with the association’s president Barb Shellian and CEO Mike Villeneuve. This all takes place at the Shaw Centre, Canada Hall 1 (55 Colonel By Dr.). […]
Tories snatch Liberal seat in Quebec byelection
Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives brought an end to the Liberals’ short-lived hold on one corner of Quebec, handily winning the riding of Choutimi-Le Fjord in a closely watched race that pitted a well-known candidate against a local businesswoman. Former coach of a major junior hockey team, Richard Martel, won the riding with 12,580 votes, beating Liberal […]
Trudeau’s growing list of enemies
OAKVILLE, ONT.—American writer Arthur Bloch once noted, “Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.” And this statement certainly has a ring of truth to it, especially when it comes to the rough and tumble world of politics. Indeed, even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who promised to promote a “sunny ways” agenda of friendliness and niceness, […]
Old Liberal ties ‘do not disqualify’ Canadians from Independent Senate spots: PCO
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is willing to appoint Canadians who worked for the Liberal Party to the Senate if they can convince his appointment board they are nonpartisan, according to the Privy Council Office, and one of his newest appointees has done just that. Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) named Pierre Dalphond to the Senate on […]
Trudeau was politically rescued by the G7
LONDON—A G7 truth. British Prime Minister Theresa May, who lately knows a thing or two about unsubtle truths, offered up a perfectly English way of describing it all: “Difficult.” The G7 summit, that is. “This was a difficult summit, with at times some very candid discussions,” May told MPs in the House of Commons. “The […]
War of words with Trump is gold for Trudeau today, but could make or break him in long-run: MPs and pollsters
The ongoing war of words between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the U.S. President Donald Trump over NAFTA renegotiations is political gold for the prime minister in the short term, say Parliamentarians and pollsters, but could prove to be a major political liability in the long term if the North American Free Trade Agreement is not […]
Canadians conflicted on Indigenous issues and Trudeau’s handling of the file, poll shows
A new poll by the Angus Reid Institute outlines the complicated relationship Canada has with its Indigenous population, offering up thoughts on Indigenous status, whether or not the treaties have been properly honoured, and how the public feels about the residential school system. Fifty-three per cent of those who responded also noted that fundamentally “Canada […]
