Bombardier lobbied cabinet, ambassador in August, while Mining Association campaigned on environmental assessment review
The Mining Association of Canada topped federal lobbying statistics for a second month in a row in August, thanks to a campaign tied to the government’s reviews of the environmental assessment process and the Fisheries Act, while Bombardier used the month to contact Canada’s ambassador to the United States and other top officials in government […]
Sen. Harder’s right: Upper Chamber needs independent oversight of Senators’ expenses
Peter Harder, the government’s lead guy in the Senate, is urging the Senate to act on Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s recommendations on expenses. In a piece published on Sept. 15 in the IRPP’s Policy Options magazine, Sen. Harder says although the Senate is working hard to ensure the Senate expenses scandal of 2012-16 “becomes nothing […]
Cultivating the grapes of political wrath
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Any politician seeking electoral success must learn how to harness the power of anger. And, yes, in politics, anger is a potentially powerful weapon. It’s an emotion that, if properly exploited, can mobilize and motivate, arouse and animate, energize and excite. But the key word here is “harness.” In other words, raw anger spouting […]
The link (or lack thereof) between refugees and terrorism
OTTAWA—Remember the refugee crisis of a few summers ago? We all were riveted by the pictures of hundreds of thousands of desperate Syrians, Iraqis and many others, risking their lives in overland journeys or even more perilous sea voyages, fleeing danger and violence in their homelands to start a new life in Europe. Some countries […]
Rebel Media alive and well in House Heritage Committee studying M-103
OTTAWA—“Parliament gets ready to weaponize M-103, Trudeau’s ‘anti-Islamophobia’ motion,” screamed Ezra Levant’s headline in Rebel Media last Monday as MPs in Ottawa sat down at the House Committee on Canadian Heritage to study the growth of racism. And on cue, the three Conservative MPs zeroed in on Levant’s questions opposing any reference to Islamophobia. For […]
‘It’s obviously a farce,’ MPs to grill feds on broken promise to open up PMO, cabinet ministers’ offices to access act
Opposition MPs will grill the government over its Access to Information Reform Bill on Monday and Tuesday in the House, after the government pulled the plug on its 2015 election campaign promise to cover the Prime Minister’s Office and all cabinet ministers’ offices under the updated act. “It’s obviously a farce,” said NDP House Leader […]
“What will be your party’s No. 1 goal during this fall sitting?” by Laura Ryckewaert
Cameron Ahmad Liberal strategist “Our government’s top priority is to deliver on the commitments we made to Canadians, and to keep working hard every day to create opportunities and growth for the middle class. Canadians elected a government with an ambitious agenda and we intend to move forward on our key priorities as Parliamentarians resume […]
Feds need to create opportunity for all segments of population, distribute dividends of increased prosperity
TORONTO—If there was a needed reminder on the critical importance of fostering a more inclusive economy in Canada, it can be found in the latest 2016 census report from Statistics Canada. There are still too many Canadians living on low incomes, too many working Canadians whose incomes are stagnant, too many Canadians simply hanging on. […]
Most Canadians disapprove of Khadr deal, 44 per cent say it will influence their vote in 2019: poll
A clear majority of Canadians disapproved of the Liberal government awarding $10.5-million and apologizing to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr earlier this summer in a settlement over his imprisonment at the infamous U.S. military prison, with many saying the decision will affect their vote in the next federal election, a new public opinion poll […]
Near majority of Canadians back legal pot but it doesn’t look like a vote-getter in 2019: poll
Canadians are divided on legalizing recreational marijuana, with nearly half supporting the sale and distribution of the illicit substance, however most say it won’t influence whether they vote Liberal in 2019, according to a new poll. The Campaign Research survey, conducted Sept. 8 to 11 and released first to The Hill Times, found that 49 per […]
