How regions become innovation hubs
With an eye toward the upcoming 2019 federal election, public sector officials are looking for new approaches to improve the economic vitality of their economies, the livelihood of their citizens and, not coincidentally, their electoral prospects. Public sector efforts in Canada and the United States include: federal investments in field crop research and innovation, the […]
‘What we have is a policy opening,’ Greens working to break through to Quebec, British Columbia voters who want a ‘climate leader’
The Liberal government has “utterly failed” to respond to the threat of climate change, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and the lone Green MP is hopeful that voters in Quebec and British Columbia will respond by giving her some company in the House of Commons in the fall. “In Quebec, with all the pipeline […]
Six-term Liberal MP Cuzner ‘disappointed’ he was left out of cabinet, not 100 per cent sure if he will seek re-election
PARLIAMENT HILL—After 19 years in federal politics, a veteran Liberal MP from Nova Scotia—who won his riding with the highest percentage of votes in his province, in 2015—is not 100 per cent sure if he will seek re-election in October. “Well, you know, I’m 99 per cent sure,” said Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner in an […]
Duclos’s rise to Treasury Board vice-chair shows his ‘quiet competence’: observers
Observers say that among the few changes made to cabinet committee membership last week, the prominence given to Quebec ministers is most interesting, with one former cabinet minister highlighting Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos’s new post as vice-chair of the Treasury Board as a “significant” development. Of the seven cabinet committees, the powerful Treasury Board was one of that […]
Brison’s Nova Scotia riding ‘difficult’ for Liberals to hold: ex-Grit minister Thibault
With seven-time MP Scott Brison out of the picture in Kings-Hants, N.S., this fall, the riding is “one to watch” in Atlantic Canada and a “difficult” win for the Liberals, says a former Chrétien-era cabinet minister. A well-liked representative for the riding north of Halifax, Mr. Brison’s longevity was a credit to his personal popularity, […]
In this parochial country, do we have what it takes to unite in a crisis?
OTTAWA—There are moments embedded in our minds as Canadians that we remember so vividly that we can say where we were, what we were doing, and who we were with when they occurred. One of those moments was the winning goal scored by Paul Henderson in the Canada-Soviet Union hockey series, in the eighth game […]
‘This is something I’ve been fighting for now for two years almost,’ Indigenous language interpretation in the House important symbol for youth, says Liberal MP Ouellette
The federal Translation Bureau has been working to adjust to the new option for MPs to speak in Indigenous languages during House of Commons proceedings, a monumental change passed two months ago and one that Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, who pushed for the change, calls “significant and very symbolic.” “This is something I’ve been fighting […]
Conservatives lead in nominated candidates, a dozen former MPs among hopefuls
Ten months out from the next federal election, the Conservatives are leading in nominated candidates, with 186 named, including current MPs and a dozen former MPs. The Liberals are close behind with more than 160—the vast majority current MPs—while the NDP has 21 of 338 confirmed candidates, though it says its process is “following its […]
Will the populist bandwagon roll on in Canada?
OTTAWA—Populism in its various modern forms has been altering the global political picture for several decades. Its presence has grown rapidly in the last 20 years and has recently been the modus operandi of powerful office holders in about two dozen countries, according to a study by the Institute for Global Change. Once a phenomenon […]
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 […]
