Trudeau’s renewed focus on economy drives up Liberal support among males: Nanos poll
A two-year decline in male support for the federal Liberals appears to be reversing, and a leading pollster attributes the change to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s renewed focus on fiscal and economic issues instead of social issues. “Now that they’re focusing more on economic issues, the greater focus on the NAFTA negotiations, even the focus on […]
Trans Mountain pipeline project is good politics, bad policy
Is it clear why Canadians—and even Albertans—should support the Trans Mountain pipeline project? I’m not so sure. The Senate is debating public bill S-245, the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project Act. It was drafted by my colleague, Senator Doug Black, and it seeks to declare that the Trans Mountain project is for the general advantage of […]
Misogyny lives, and the internet is giving it too much oxygen
OTTAWA—Misogyny lives. And the internet is giving it too much oxygen. While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is being called to account by governments around the world for political misuse of social media intel, a bigger issue looms in cyberspace. Normal platforms of discourse are governed by legal restraints which serve to cool down the rhetoric […]
AFN national chief wants Indigenous languages bill tabled this fall
Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde says the Liberals should table legislation protecting and promoting Indigenous languages by this fall or risk not fulfilling a key promise that he considers to be a cornerstone of Canada’s reconciliation efforts. “That’s our hope and our wish,” Mr. Bellegarde told The Hill Times, following an April […]
‘I think it’s done,’ NDP MP Stewart doubts Trans Mountain pipeline expansion’s viability, but feds say it’s going to happen
As the federal Liberals face mounting pressure to get the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion approved, NDP MP Kennedy Stewart, who was arrested for protesting the pipeline in March, says he doubts it will actually be built because of dozens of still unmet conditions and permits, but Trans Mountain says it doesn’t need all permits […]
Ex-Conservative cabinet minister Keith Ashfield dies, remembered as ‘champion of New Brunswick’
Keith Ashfield, a former Conservative federal and provincial cabinet minister, died in his sleep this past weekend at the age of 66. Kevin Price, Mr. Ashfield’s former executive assistant, told the CBC that he could have died because of a heart attack, but it was not confirmed. “It’s the way he would’ve wanted it. He didn’t […]
Feds ‘not ready’ to roll out cannabis legalization given ‘huge gap’ in police training: critics
Police won’t be ready to properly test Canadians for drug impairment when cannabis is legalized, say critics who point to “terrible” new data showing 665 Canadian police officers as of Feb. 1 are certified to do the additional test if a driver fails the standard sobriety check. That includes 196 RCMP officers, of which 149 […]
Parliamentary Centre celebrates 50 years with 300-person gala
The Parliamentary Centre started out to support the Canadian Parliament. Fifty years later, it’s expanded to help 120 legislatures in 45 countries better serve the people they represent. On the evening of April 23, the Ottawa-based non-governmental organization celebrated 50 years of promoting and supporting democracy around the world at a gala reception hosted at the […]
With fed-prov tension rising, court deals provinces another high card
OTTAWA—The fault lines in Canada’s federal-provincial arrangement never disappear; they just lie dormant from time to time. With the system already under renewed pressure from the Trans Mountain pipeline dispute between Alberta and British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada came down with its long-awaited decision in the so-called “free the beer” case, an epithet […]
MPs defend taking trips paid by lobbyists, foreign governments, but some say the practice needs review
Some Liberal and Conservative MPs say rules that permit lobby groups and foreign governments to pay for MPs’ trips abroad warrant review, including regarding limits on the value of free trips and where lobbyists fit in, though none say that the practice should be banned. In 2017, 72 MPs accepted more than $620,000 worth of […]
