Liberals’ murky messaging to Sikh supporters may harm support among Indo-Canadian voters, say India trip observers
The prime minister’s trip to India reveals an undercooked Liberal approach to Sikh separatists that has the party trying to court all sides to shore up political support among the Indo-Canadians who helped win them a majority—a move that could ultimately cost them votes from the community in 2019, say observers. Extremists represent a small […]
Budget 2018 comes with $6-billion in new spending and projected $18 billion deficit
Despite strong economic growth and surging employment numbers, the Trudeau government is calling for $6.3-billion in new spending in the 2018 budget and projecting an $18.1-billion deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. The Liberals’ third federal budget since assuming power in 2015 was tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, and follows the […]
Someone should have told Trudeau that courting India is more than trying to blend in with the locals
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to India last week, family in tow, was by most standards, an expected political move given the elevated status the world’s largest democracy currently maintains. For Canada, this visit was about benefitting from the explosive rise of India, and the need to bolster its own international reputation among emerging powers. […]
Trudeau’s personal approval rating drops, but voters still back his federal Liberal Party: poll
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s personal approval rating has dropped nearly 10 points since last May, but the Liberal Party of Canada has yet to take a hit, polling as strongly as it did when the Grits won a majority in the 2015 federal election, according to the latest poll from Campaign Research. The poll showed […]
Country’s largest provincial Conservative party in uncharted territory in many more ways than one
There is not a political observer or insider anywhere in Canada whose attention is not riveted on the ongoing Ontario Tory leadership drama and with good reason. The country’s largest provincial Conservative party is in uncharted territory in many more ways than one. That starts with the minor celebrity status that comes with some of […]
Patrick Brown Show notwithstanding, Ontario PCs still favoured to win
TORONTO—The Patrick Clown Show continues to be the biggest political story in Canada—but the biggest provincial conservative party, the Ontario PCs, are still competitive. How come? The papers are brimming with stories about Patrick Brown. For instance: on Wednesday morning of last week, out of 13 provincial-politics-related clippings landing on staffers’ desks at Queen’s Park, […]
Unlikeable PC leader could be a ‘pathway to victory’ for Horwath’s Ontario NDP: Bricker
Forget about Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals. It’s the Ontario NDP that stands to gain if the public doesn’t support the winner of the leadership brawl for the front-running Progressive Conservative party in Canada’s biggest province, says pollster Darrell Bricker. Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s personal brand far outperforms Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne and all of the […]
Brown’s team quickly switches gears from crisis management to full-blown leadership campaign, says Mills
Controversially green-lit to run in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership campaign after stunningly entering into the race at the eleventh hour on Feb. 16 and three weeks after quitting the job, Patrick Brown and his team of consultants have moved from managing a crisis to running a full-blown leadership campaign, says his public spokesperson Alise […]
Canada’s unique opportunity to lead the future of the internet
Our digitally-powered society continually reinforces what everyone now considers a fact of life: the absolute vitality of the internet. Imagine running a business, undertaking a degree or securing a dream job without internet access. Life would be immensely different without the countless connections made online every day. The internet’s promise, to connect everyone and unlock […]
Trans Mountain pipeline support to cost Liberals in 2019, but unclear how much, say pollsters
The federal Liberal government will pay a political price over its support for the $7.4-billion Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion among First Nations and B.C. voters in the next election, say pollsters, but how high a cost remains to be seen. “There will be a political price to pay, and I think there’s an understanding […]
