B.C. Liberal MPs tout environmental measures in Trans Mountain talks with constituents, but opposition MPs say Grits to ‘absolutely’ lose support in 2019
British Columbia Liberal MPs say they’re touting environmental investments and protections brought in by the Liberal government for the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project with constituents, with some suggesting their voters are split roughly 50-50 over the issue. But outspoken pipeline opponents NDP MP Kennedy Stewart (Burnaby South, B.C.) and Green Party Leader Elizabeth […]
New Liberal Party president says Grits have to fundraise hard to secure win in 2019
HALIFAX—New Liberal Party president Suzanne Cowan says her party will have to step up its fundraising game at the local level in order to return the Liberals to a second majority government, as the Conservatives have collected $5.8-million more in donations than the Grits since the end of 2015. “It is a fact, we are […]
At Grits’ convention, Conservative deputy leader Raitt says Tories targeting seats Liberals won by five per cent or less in 2015
HALIFAX—In their bid to form government in 2019, the federal Conservatives are going after ridings the governing Liberals won in close races in the last election, among other targets. In an interview with The Hill Times at the Liberal Party’s biennial policy convention in Halifax, N.S., this weekend, Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt (Milton, Ont.) […]
Sunny Trudeau convention speech turns into attack on Scheer
HALIFAX—In a convention speech meant to fire up his party faithful before the 2019 federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today touted the Liberals’ progressive record and a sunnier political vision, before blasting Conservative leader Andrew Scheer as the second coming of Stephen Harper. The roughly 25-minute campaign-style speech started off with Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, […]
Liberals don’t need to change fundraising strategy, focus on ridings, says fundraising director at Halifax convention
HALIFAX—The federals Liberals are currently behind the Conservatives in fundraising, but Liberal Party fundraising director Christina Topp says the party’s fundraising game plan hasn’t changed as the 2019 federal election inches closer. “The strategy has never changed,” Ms. Topp told The Hill Times at the Liberal Party’s national policy convention in Halifax, where more than […]
Grits’ ‘self-inflicted wounds’ serious concern for rank and file delegates, MPs, former senior Liberals at Halifax convention
HALIFAX—It’s a three-day happy gathering of about 3,000 Liberal Party faithful, but one serious concern still being talked about in the hallways and backrooms is the propensity for self-inflicted wounds by top strategists and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s inability to do anything about it which could cost him the next election or could reduce the […]
Young Liberals look to improve influence on party’s progressive policies as numbers grow
HALIFAX—Outgoing Liberal Youth Party president Mira Ahmad and those running to replace her say the youth wing of the party has increased its share of influence on the Liberal Party under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as youth delegates push for a bold resolution for decriminalizing sex work at this weekend’s convention. “The party does take […]
‘Challenging’ for Liberals to win all 32 Atlantic seats again in 2019, says N.S. MP Samson, party’s revving for a fight
HALIFAX—As nearly 3,000 Liberals descended on this city yesterday to attend the party’s last policy convention before the 2019 election, some Atlantic Liberal Parliamentarians said it would be tough to win all 32 seats in the region again, with one Senator saying the party will need to avoid making “small mistakes.” “There’s no question, it’s […]
What Sen. Harder really wants? A one-party state
Government Senate Leader Peter Harder made some comments regarding the Conservative Senate caucus last week that I would like to address. Sen. Harder blames Conservative Senators for delaying the legislation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. It is a curious accusation. The Conservatives are only 33 in a 105-person Senate with 12 vacancies. It […]
Liberals pledge 10 times the money to legalize pot as they do tobacco control
With important elections looming both provincially and federally, it is natural that Canada’s health-care system will a big part of electoral discussions. One in six Canadians is a senior, and that number is expected to be nearly one in four in the next 10 years With an aging population, strategies to address this challenge are […]
