Tackling market distortions key to ending clean-tech growing pains, says industry
Better access to capital and markets are needed to accelerate clean technology adoption and production in the natural resources sector, which Ottawa recently noted has lagged behind other economic sectors in adopting low-carbon technologies, say industry groups and policy experts. None of the natural resources sector stakeholders that The Hill Times spoke to expressed a […]
Liberal Gordie Hogg defeats former Tory cabinet minister in South Surrey-White Rock
The governing Liberals wrestled away a hotly contested Metro Vancouver riding from the federal Conservatives on Monday night, reinforcing the party’s newfound strength in the vote-rich region and handing new Tory Leader Andrew Scheer his second consecutive defeat in a competitive byelection. Former provincial politician Gordie Hogg managed to beat back a spirited push from […]
It’s time the PBO take the Canada Revenue Agency to court
The time has come for the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) to take the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to court in order to compel them to provide information necessary to calculate the tax gap, the difference between what is owed in taxes and what has actually been collected. The CRA is required, under the Parliament of […]
Can nice guys finish first?
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Politically speaking, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enjoys a lot of key advantages: he’s an incumbent, he presides over an economy that’s humming along, and he usually compares favourably to U.S. President Donald Trump. But I’d say the biggest advantage currently working in Trudeau’s favour is that Canadian politics is overflowing with niceness. Of course, […]
Ethics czar working ‘diligently’ to complete Trudeau investigation, promises to report ‘in the near future’
Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson, who started investigating last January Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s stay at the Aga Khan’s private island in the Bahamas, is “working diligently” to get it done and make it public in the “near future,” says a spokeswoman for the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. “The commissioner is working diligently towards […]
This just in: Justin Trudeau is doing a good thing
GATINEAU, QUE.—To give credit where credit is due—not an approach to be encouraged in journalism, normally—Justin Trudeau has, so far, made good on his promises to women. He has proclaimed himself a feminist, perhaps a tad righteously, at times, but he has behaved like a man who regards women as equal. He has talked the […]
Mining ombudsman announcement coming; stakeholders eyeing powers, independence of new watchdog
The federal government is on the verge of announcing the creation of an ombudsman for Canada’s extractive sector, and fulfilling a Liberal election promise after years of talks between government officials, extractive sector lobbyists, and human rights advocates. A spokesperson for Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice-Champlain, Que.) confirmed widespread rumours among those close to the […]
Conservatives have ‘brand problem’ among female voters, pin hopes on Scheer, star women MPs to reverse trend
The Conservatives continue to trail badly among women and have what one pollster is calling a “gender issue,” despite pulling nearly even with the federal Liberals among male voters in polls over the last few months. Weekly polls from Nanos Research show a double-digit advantage for the Liberals over the second place Conservatives, nearly every week […]
Torstar-Postmedia deal an evolution towards paperless media
TORONTO—The recent deal Torstar-Postmedia may have appeared to be an important business deal, but it was really a strategic deal to kill off local newspapers and build barricades around their main publications. However, if Postmedia and Torstar don’t change their approach and adapt to the new media reality out there, this will be one of […]
“What do you think of the strategy of going after Bill Morneau every day in the House?”
Cameron Ahmad Liberal strategist “Let’s remember what we were debating before the last election, after a decade of short-sighted Conservative policies: whether the Canadian economy was about to be heading into another recession. “It’s understandable that the opposition doesn’t actually want to talk about how our plan for Canadians is working, or how Canada’s economy […]
