Jagmeet Singh’s naivety, lack of political acumen surprising, says Calgary reader
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who is currently running in the upcoming Burnaby South, B.C., byelection spoke with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton on The National recently where he again doubled down on his commitment to abandon the Trans Mountain pipeline if consultations fail to satisfy all Indigenous stakeholders. Mr. Singh’s intransigence on this issue points to […]
Bernier says he ‘won’t spend a cent’ on internal People’s Party polling
The People’s Party of Canada has less than two per cent support, nationally, according to the latest polls, but leader Maxime Bernier says polling isn’t something that’s part of his new party’s process. Where other parties conduct internal polling to help gauge their next move or base support, Mr. Bernier (Beauce, Que.) almost visibly recoils […]
Level of confidence Canadians have in economic circumstances will be critical
TORONTO—Just the other day, Finance Minister Bill Morneau was in Toronto’s 905 region to make sure, as we head into this year’s federal election, that local business leaders were aware of the success of the Trudeau government’s economic policies. “With its focus on creating good, well-paying jobs for the middle class and delivering long-term, economic […]
Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party is an inconvenient truth
OTTAWA—By writing this very column I am playing into his hands. Whose hands, you ask? Those of Maxime Bernier, once a Conservative Party leadership candidate of some renown, now leader of the People’s Party of Canada. You see, Bernier is still finding a way to generate attention, be part of the political conversation, and appear […]
Trudeau’s no longer Mr. Cool on the world stage
TORONTO—Foreign policy does not seem destined to be a major issue in this year’s federal election. Canadians will likely be more concerned with the state of the economy, carbon taxes, climate change, and pipelines. But it will still be there. How Canada—and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—are seen by the rest of the world, and whether […]
Liberal promises on Indigenous relationship ring hollow to activists, experts as protests continue
Protest actions, like the ones that spread across the country and internationally in support of the Unist’ot’en camp in northern British Columbia this month, may not sway the hearts and minds of the general electorate about the government’s record on Indigenous issues come election day, says a pollster. But according to experts and First Nations […]
Scheer, Singh yet to dent Trudeau’s big Liberal lead in Quebec, polls show
The federal Liberals still hold a commanding lead among potential voters in Quebec, polls show, despite Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s courting of the province and its strategic importance for the federal NDP. A four week rolling poll by Nanos Research published on Jan. 4 showed the Liberals had 47.7 per cent support in Quebec, a […]
Polls show tight race between Grits and Tories in Ontario to start 2019, with 905 set for another election showdown
The Liberals and Conservatives start 2019 in a “horse race” in Ontario, pollsters say, as some end-of-2018 polling showed the Tories slightly ahead of the Grits and possibly headed towards an electoral showdown in key suburban ridings outside of Toronto come October. Weekly Nanos Research polling throughout December 2018 found Conservative support had swung ahead […]
Conservatives and Liberals in a statistical tie, but Trudeau still preferred prime minister, poll suggests
Enthusiasm for the Trudeau Liberals seems to be waning, to the benefit of the federal Conservatives, though many still see Prime Minster Justin Trudeau as best positioned for the top job, a recent poll suggests. The Liberals greeted the new year with higher voter intention at 42 per cent, but support for the party has […]
Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll
In a year stacked with headlines of men behaving badly amid the #MeToo movement, this was Chrystia Freeland’s year. She handled the volatile NAFTA file, defiantly spoke in defence of human rights and a rules-based global order much to the ire of a certain U.S. president, and refused to publicly bow to the Saudis after […]
