NDP leader Singh consults B.C. NDP MPs about running in Burnaby South, but says he still hasn’t decided
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who was elected leader in October, has been consulting with NDP MPs about possibly running in NDP MP Kennedy Stewart’s Burnaby South, B.C. seat once it becomes vacant and a byelection is called. Mr. Stewart announced he will be stepping down at the end of the spring session to run in […]
In the Deep South, MPs extol virtues of trade with Canada
MPs travelled to Mobile, Alabama, last week to highlight the strength of Canadian industry to U.S. politicians and business leaders in the midst of a looming trade war between the United States and Canada. Conservative MP Randy Hoback (Prince Albert, Sask.), NDP MP Brian Masse (Windsor West, Ont.), and Liberal MP T.J. Harvey (Tobique-Mactaquac, Ont.) […]
Are voter identification and expatriate voting problems?
TORONTO—Most of the public attention devoted to the Trudeau government’s proposed Elections Modernization Act has focused on the proposals to limit the length of federal election campaigns, the regulation of third-party political activity, and the restrictions on spending in the period immediately before the official campaign period. Much less attention has been devoted to the […]
Doug Ford win could ultimately be a gift for Justin Trudeau
TORONTO—Justin Trudeau already has his hands full with one political disrupter south of the border. Now he must deal with another leading the country’s second largest government. In the short-term, a Doug Ford Progressive Conservative government at Queen’s Park promises chaos if not outright confrontation with the Liberal government in Ottawa. In the longer term, […]
Liberals amend gun bill to extend background checks to threats of violence, on and offline
The House Public Safety Committee has agreed to amend the government’s gun safety bill to expand background checks for those applying for a gun license to look for a history violence, attempted violence, or threats of violence. The amendment was brought forward by Liberal MP Pam Damoff (Oakville North-Burlington, Ont.) at a meeting of the […]
New policy director in place in Status of Women Minister Monsef’s office
Federal Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has a new director of policy in place in her ministerial office, after Yanique Williams exited the International Trade Minister’s Office to take on the job as of June 4. Ms. Williams had been a policy adviser to International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne since June 2017, and before that was […]
Macron visit: how Paris is newly resurgent, despite Trump’s ‘Jim’
Who remembers Jim, United States President Donald Trump’s elusive, go-to guy on all things Paris? Never accorded a surname by the White House, no reporter could trace him, but “Jim” gained a degree of notoriety for advising Trump against visiting the City of Light, because lax immigration policy and tight gun laws had made it […]
Four years of Ford: PCs win majority after turbulent race
Ontario voters chose to take a sharp turn to the right, choosing Doug Ford, the former Toronto city councillor who rose to recognition amid his late brother’s turbulent run as the city’s mayor, to lead Ontario with a majority mandate. That brings an end to 15 years of Liberal governments, in a race filled with head-spinning […]
Ontario voters face stark choice, but we’ll be OK
Ontarians are faced with a starkly simple choice Thursday. Do they want Tory leader Doug Ford to be their premier? Or do they want New Democrat Andrea Horwath? Those are the only options on offer. The province can survive either. By conceding that she can’t win, current Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has put herself out […]
Diplomatic purge hurts the U.S. more than Trump’s Twitter diplomacy, says Farrow
Diplomacy in the U.S. may have been eroding for decades, but under the Trump administration, the purge of career diplomats has accelerated, undercutting the country’s credibility with its allies, says journalist Ronan Farrow, author of the recently released War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence, who was speaking at […]
