Party leaders should shift gears as Liberal popularity surges
Even with his ’Canada First’ rebrand, Pierre Poilievre’s clock is ticking. If he doesn’t shift gears soon, he might find himself watching the Liberals waltz away to another election win.
‘It could be a great night for the NDP’: potential byelection wins could trigger end of Lib-NDP agreement, say political players
‘If you thought Toronto-St. Paul’s was a world of pain for Justin Trudeau, not doing well in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun would be another devastating blow,’ says pollster Nik Nanos.
Byelection result in Portage-Lisgar, Man., will signal if Poilievre has been able to consolidate party’s base, say politicos and experts
Four byelections in three provinces are set to take place on June 19.
Bernier seizes political opportunity in Freedom Convoy protest
If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t meet with the organizers of the truckers’ protesters around Parliament Hill, who were removed by police force over the weekend, People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier said he was prepared to play a mediating role to resolve their dispute with the government if the Prime Minister’s Office asked […]
The good, the bad, and the PPC
OTTAWA—Last week, both the extraordinarily encouraging and the deeply discouraging were on display in our federal political system. The brightness of unanimous parliamentary consent on the need to move forward the ban on conversion therapy, followed by the much less appealing resounding endorsement of Maxime Bernier by the membership of the People’s Party of Canada. […]
CAJ calls on RCMP to investigate ‘vile’ hate-filled online attacks against journalists following Bernier’s tweets
People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier’s Twitter targeting of journalists last month, which unleashed a flurry of email attacks against the reporters singled out and others, could escalate into something far more serious, warns the head of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Brent Jolly, national president of the CAJ, called Mr. Bernier’s tweets “a […]
Political leaders need to address violence, hate seen on campaign trail, say experts
After a campaign with party leaders being harassed, volunteers being assaulted, and election signs being defaced with hate symbols, experts say more needs to be done to address the increased vitriol seen on the campaign trail. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) was hit by gravel thrown at him at a campaign stop in London, […]
Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan
OTTAWA—Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. Political failure is even more solitary as Erin O’Toole will likely discover on Monday night. Insiders will blame his loss on Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, who allegedly broke a promise not to make any announcements for the duration of the campaign. Others will finger the media […]
Rising support for far-right People’s Party unlikely to trouble Tories, say strategists and experts, as O’Toole makes a pitch for the centre
With support for the far-right People’s Party growing according to some polls, the impact on the Conservatives is muted due to the party’s stronghold in regions in which the rising support is strongest, say analysts. Support for Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada (PPC) has grown over the course of the campaign to 6.2 per […]
Canada isn’t ready for what comes next
OTTAWA—We’re coming down the homestretch of this god-awful election and evidently the PPC aren’t the only ones with white male rage; Erin O’Toole and Justin Trudeau have turned particularly nasty, as both the gloves and the masks come off. This election has been particularly silent on intersectional feminist issues. There has been little to no […]
