Halifax MP Andy Fillmore, Immigration Minister Hussen bringing Barho relatives to Canada after fire
Liberal MP Andy Fillmore told reporters on Feb. 25 that visitor visas were arranged for relatives of the Barho family to come to Canada in the aftermath of a horrific Halifax house fire that killed seven. “When I visited Kawthar Barho in the hospital last week, she expressed gratitude to the way the community has […]
Canada’s becoming more divided than ever; time to stop and think about that
OTTAWA—Canada is becoming more divided than ever. Time to stop and think. So this burley white guy in a yellow vest is yelling at this Indigenous woman, “Have you got a job? Have you got a job?” at the United We Roll rally on Parliament Hill—she was opposing the pipelines. Was it racist? Was he […]
Bernier reveals his true colours
TORONTO—Is Maxime Bernier a racist? It’s a fair question. For months, the leader of the nascent People’s Party of Canada has been giving us every indication that he just might be. So, let’s examine the available evidence, shall we? On his Twitter feed, in interviews, in speeches, Bernier doesn’t often stray from red-meat conservative stuff. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Let’s hope Bernier gets the memo on how to talk about national security
OTTAWA—Third parties are an interesting bit of Canadian political history. I am not well-versed in the blood sport of politics and thus have no intention of pretending to be a pundit on these matters. What I do find intriguing, however, is how certain parties treat, or are seen to treat, matters relating to national security, […]
Instead of worrying about Scheer’s performance, Conservatives should be concerned about Bernier as a ‘disrupter’ in next election, says pollster Nanos
Even if Maxime Bernier and his newly launched People’s Party don’t make any significant electoral gains in the House in 2019, they’ll still be “disrupters and a nuisance” for Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, whose party could lose some seats, especially in closely contested ridings if the vote is divided on the right, says leading pollster […]
The value of Bernier’s dissent
OAKVILLE, ONT.—It’s really easy to cast Maxime Bernier as a political joke, as the leader of a little party that couldn’t. After all, Bernier voluntarily cut himself adrift from the Conservative Party to head up the People’s Party, dooming himself to languish in Parliament’s backbench wilderness, a powerless figure, reduced to crankily and vainly shaking […]
Bernier still looking for a vein to tap into
As he travels west in search of support for his breakaway conservative party, Maxime Bernier has taken to introducing himself as “the Albertan from Quebec.” Albertans will have to decide from themselves whether a leader who reflects their values would, among other things, have Canada turn its back on the global fight against climate change […]
CAQ victory not an automatic win for Scheer, say strategists
Being aligned on the political spectrum might make the Coalition Avenir Québec and the federal Conservative Party natural allies, but strategists say the CAQ majority win in this month’s provincial election isn’t automatically good news for Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. The Oct. 1 election results were more about kicking out the Quebec Liberal Party, in […]
