NDP grassroots still frustrated, angry by last election, want more say in next campaign, there’s ‘invigorated interest in how the party engages the membership’
EDMONTON—NDP delegates at the party’s policy convention in Edmonton this weekend say they want more say over party and policy decisions in the next election and many are still frustrated by the party’s disastrous loss of 51 House seats in last fall’s 78-day election campaign. At a debate, called “party affairs,” some eager delegates ran to be first […]
Former Liberal Cabinet minister Lapierre’s death ‘a great loss to political world’
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair praised former Liberal and Bloc Québécois MP Jean Lapierre as a “formidable Parliamentarian” after he learned Mr. Lapierre, 59, was killed in an air crash in eastern Quebec on Tuesday. Mr. Mulcair said he and his wife, Catherine, were “shocked” at the news Mr. Lapierre, his wife and other members of […]
If Ottawa bails out Bombardier, feds should help 400 laid-off Aveos workers, say Manitoba Liberal MPs
If the federal government bails out Quebec-based aerospace giant Bombardier with a financial aid package, Manitobans will expect financial help for more than 400 workers who were laid off by aircraft maintenance company Aveos in Winnipeg in 2012, say Manitoba Liberal MPs. “There’s a strong group of Liberal MPs who will fight for our aerospace industry, and that […]
Alberta oilpatch braces for higher carbon costs
Alberta’s oil-and-gas sector is measuring potential costs that are soon to be added to the price of taking fossil fuels out of the ground. Some of those costs may be guesstimates right now, but additional costs are a fact, as governments pile-on to the idea of pricing carbon as a way to curb greenhouse gas […]
What Canada can learn from Britain’s EU referendum
An in/out referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union has been called for June 23. Britons will be asked to vote Yes to remain in a reformed EU or No to leave. Although there are many critical issues at stake in this campaign, it is unfortunately more likely that more mundane issues will dominate […]
CentrePort links Manitoba to global trade opportunities
Manitoba is trying not to let the fact that it is a landlocked province hold it back from becoming a hub for international trade and investment. While the idea of a port may conjure images of a coastal hub taking products from sea to rail, the province’s CentrePort facility is a big investment and the […]
Federal, provincial, local politicians need to work together for sake of Alberta: Marks
As an Albertan, I am blessed with two new governments, provincial and federal. Both are seen as centre-left and controversial. Red Deer, the city where I reside, elected a new mayor and three new city councillors two years ago, and they did have the deer-in-the-headlights look about them for a while. Unsurprisingly, they have found […]
When the going gets tough, tough get slagging
OTTAWA—When the going gets tough, the tough get slagging. It is a political game as old as the hills. Politicians play it for the simple reason that it works. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark had to know what kind of reaction her Throne Speech critique of Alberta would provoke. She planned it because nothing detracts […]
Politics This Morning: Liberals changing F-P-T relationship, says NWT premier
The upcoming First Ministers meeting shows the Liberal government has turned a page on the federal-provincial-territorial relationship, says Northwest Territories premier Bob McLeod. “I believe so. I mean, obviously in the past, I had a good relationship with the previous prime minister—we would deal on a bilateral basis—but I think it would be very helpful […]
Trudeau delivers important message of patience
OTTAWA—When he landed in Alberta for two days of meetings this week, Justin Trudeau had a number of options. I suppose he could have charismatically willed the price of oil back up to $100 per barrel. He could simply, as the Conservative opposition in Ottawa keeps telling him, just build a pipeline already. He could […]
