Unlikeable PC leader could be a ‘pathway to victory’ for Horwath’s Ontario NDP: Bricker
Forget about Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals. It’s the Ontario NDP that stands to gain if the public doesn’t support the winner of the leadership brawl for the front-running Progressive Conservative party in Canada’s biggest province, says pollster Darrell Bricker. Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s personal brand far outperforms Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne and all of the […]
Brown’s team quickly switches gears from crisis management to full-blown leadership campaign, says Mills
Controversially green-lit to run in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership campaign after stunningly entering into the race at the eleventh hour on Feb. 16 and three weeks after quitting the job, Patrick Brown and his team of consultants have moved from managing a crisis to running a full-blown leadership campaign, says his public spokesperson Alise […]
Industry self-regulation doesn’t work
A recent article from The Tyee suggested the previous Liberal government in British Columbia was relying too much on industry self-regulation in terms of protecting the environment and public safety. The problem of funded-by-industry oversight is not contained to environmental issues in B.C. It extends to other aspects of governance, including oversight of our banking […]
Anti-pipeline front fails in B.C. vote
The outcome of the first electoral engagement to take place against the backdrop of the B.C.-Alberta trade war was non-conclusive. That is not to say it was meaningless. On Feb. 14, the voters in the provincial riding of West Kelowna had the somewhat dubious honour to be the first to have the opportunity to use […]
Trudeau government must stand up to U.S. to protect Yukon caribou
VANCOUVER—Yes this tale involves Donald Trump but first we need a short history lesson. The Porcupine caribou herd, ranging between 100,000 and 200,000 animals, migrate annually 2,400 km between their winter range in the boreal forests of Alaska and northwest Canada over the mountains to their calving grounds on the Beaufort Sea coastal plain. That’s the longest migration […]
Newfoundland politicians can’t afford to duck its problems
OTTAWA—Dale Carnegie, in his renowned book How to Win Friends and Influence People, would have probably advised not to go to your hometown to tell your brethren they are almost shagged. But I did that last week with a clear purpose in mind. It was not to get drowned in the St. John’s harbour. Quite […]
Use technology, take risks to advance Canadian health care, say innovators
It all started when the two of us sat down over a cup of coffee. As a family physician and endocrinologist, we stand on opposite sides of a large chasm called patient wait times, and we both started seeing more and more of our patients getting swallowed up by this abyss. In her role as […]
For Ontario PCs, the sniff of power is more potent than the stench of scandal
OTTAWA—Not unexpectedly, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is reeling following the resignation of its leader Patrick Brown after sexual misconduct allegations were levelled against him. A few days later, another top PC Ontario executive, party president Rick Dykstra (a close friend of Brown), also stepped down, hours before Maclean’s magazine published a story concerning […]
‘Sickened and disheartened’: federal Conservatives react to sexual misconduct allegations against Patrick Brown
Conservative MPs are expressing shock and disappointment after learning about sexual misconduct allegations levelled against former caucus colleague Patrick Brown, who resigned as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party early Thursday morning after two young women accused him of making unwanted sexual advances after plying them with liquor. In an interview with The Hill Times, Conservative […]
Let’s explore making Cape Breton Island a self-governing district
In 1758, Nova Scotia was the first representative government in British North America. By 1784, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Island were granted status as British colonies. In 1820, Nova Scotia circumvented the Royal Charter and administratively annexed Cape Breton, during a period of global warfare. Cape Breton did indeed protest, to […]
