Pollster predicts Liberal tax reforms will hurt them politically
A prominent pollster says he’s “surprised” at the Liberal government’s recently proposed tax reforms, as they have the potential to alienate many of the influential people whose support they’re counting on for the next election campaign. Greg Lyle of Innovative Research said he was surprised when he heard about the government’s proposed changes that crack […]
Trudeau government’s U.S.-relations plan paying off amid White House upheaval: strategists
The Justin Trudeau government’s carefully laid plans and outreach south of the border is paying off in light of the instability of U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House amid current NAFTA negotiations, say strategists. “There is no way that the instability of the political staff [in the White House] isn’t having an effect on everything […]
NDP leadership hopeful Ashton expecting twins
There will be, not one, but two babies arriving for NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton’s arms in early November, not long after the result of the NDP leadership race are revealed some time between Oct. 1 and 15. The Canadian Press reported Aug. 23, that the Manitoba MP is looking to take a three-month leave […]
Tory, Liberal Senators join chorus opposing justice minister’s drunk-driving proposal
Senators across party lines, including Ottawa’s former police chief, are criticizing a proposal from the federal justice minister to lower the blood-alcohol threshold for criminal drunk-driving charges, joining criminal lawyers and industry lobby groups pushing back against the move. Two members of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee and one former member questioned the […]
Agriculture Minister MacAulay adds to policy team
Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay recently beefed up his ministerial policy team with a new adviser. Dan Lussier started on the job on Aug. 8. He’d spent roughly the last year as a field technologies manager for the Liberal Party at its federal headquarters in Ottawa. Mr. Lussier was a field organizer for the […]
More changes to faces, jobs of Senate, House administration
The Senate Internal Economy Committee has reorganized the responsibilities of the Upper Chamber’s top three clerks, and named an interim replacement for one of its departed top officials. Meanwhile, the new House of Commons clerk is making his mark, putting in place the second of two new deputy jobs. Practically every top job in the […]
The joyous rebuke and rainbow diplomacy of Montreal Pride
MONTREAL—“A small minority—angry, frustrated group of racists—don’t get to define who we are as a country.” It seemed so easy when Justin Trudeau said it. No prevaricating, no moral equivalence, no discernibly conflicted allegiances. Just a direct statement summing up the moral principle and stakes at hand. Trudeau made that statement about a looming Quebec […]
Barcelona and Charlottesville: similar crimes, very different Trump responses
OTTAWA—In a scene from the 1980 classic comedy movie The Blues Brothers, the title characters are stuck in a traffic jam. The cause of the delay is a group of Nazis blocking a bridge while police restrain a heckling mob of anti-Nazi protesters. When informed by a policeman that the protesters had won a court decision authorizing […]
Conservative MPs, Senators echo Scheer’s condemnation of The Rebel, but many stay silent
Conservative MPs and Senators have mostly echoed their party leader’s disavowal of The Rebel, but many have stayed silent in response to calls for Conservatives to publicly distance themselves from the far-right Canadian media company criticized most recently for its coverage of a deadly white supremacist rally south of the border. After Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, […]
New environment, natural resources policy adviser joins PMO
The Prime Minister’s Office’s policy team is up by one, with new adviser Sarah Goodman having joined the office roughly three weeks ago to handle the environment and climate change, fisheries and oceans, transport, and natural resources policy files. Until recently, Ms. Goodman was busy as chief executive officer and founder of Treetop Strategy, an […]
