Prime ministers’ portraits, through the years
With the official unveiling of former prime minister Stephen Harper’s portrait on Feb. 3, here are some stories from the history of the Hill’s prime ministerial collection. By the way, John Diefenbaker loved his flowing academic robe from the University of the Punjab. Like he really loved it, a lot, until it was stolen out of his hotel room one night when he went out for dinner with his wife Olive.
Carney has a new moniker, Captain Canada
U.S. President Donald Trump’s negative response to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos declaration has mobilized the majority of Canadians—including premiers—in unity.
U.S. pressures Canada to roll back on data sovereignty, a high-priority issue in CUSMA renegotiation
Every dollar U.S. Big Tech can extract from Canada makes America richer and U.S. Big Tech more powerful—while making Canada more dependent on U.S. Big Tech giants and more vulnerable to their laws. And the more powerful U.S. Big Tech becomes here, the less the potential to build up Canadian firms and generate wealth and good jobs for Canada.
Carney’s Davos speech helped ‘stiffen spines,’ but PM will have to make tough choices to protect Canada’s sovereignty, say two former cabinet ministers
Now that U.S. President Donald Trump has ‘decided to weaponize the interdependence’ between Canada and the U.S. ‘as a means of compromising our sovereignty,’ John Manley says that the focus should be on bringing Canadians along as Prime Minister Mark Carney makes difficult decisions.
Delegates tap eight new Conservative Party national councillors, as 10 incumbents are re-elected or acclaimed
All national councillors serve on a volunteer basis, but their roles are extremely influential as they are responsible for overseeing the management of the party’s affairs with the exception of fundraising and spending, which is overseen by the powerful Conservative Fund.
With Liberals trying to ‘manufacture’ a reason for a snap spring election, election readiness top of mind for Conservatives, says campaign director Outhouse
Two new polls by Ekos Research and Leger are suggesting that the Liberals are ahead of the Conservatives by nine to 15 points.
Conservatives to elect members of powerful national council today: Canada needs ‘Pierre Poilievre as the next prime minister, we’re united’
The newly elected 20-member national council will elect party president at its first meeting tomorrow.
‘The best is yet to come’: Poilievre takes Conservative leadership vote with 87 per cent support after final pitch
The Conservative leader promised that ‘the best is yet to come’ in his keynote address to an enthusiastic party faithful in Calgary ahead of the results.
Poilievre gets his verdict from the grassroots
The Conservative leader promised that ‘the best is yet to come’ in his keynote address to an enthusiastic party faithful in Calgary last night. He got the approval of more than 87 per cent of delegates at the convention to carry on as party leader.
Conservatives ‘ready to go’ in case of a snap election, says Conservative Fund chair Staley and MP Cooper
Conservatives are preparing for an election in case one is called this year, says Lionel Loganath, an Ontario candidate of record.
