Quebec MPs line up to oppose province’s riding map proposal

Pollster Dan Arnold says, ‘by and large,’ Conservatives stand to gain the most electorally from this decade’s riding redistribution effort, including in Alberta, where three seats are being added.
MPs say they received Congressional assurances against American protectionist measures

‘We did receive some assurances, certainly from the Republicans and even from some of the Democrats, that is more rhetoric and language than anything else,’ says Liberal MP John McKay.
More humanitarian assistance, immigration eyed with Canada’s limited options to address quake disaster

With geopolitical difficulties in the areas affected by the devastating Feb. 6 earthquake, Canada has limited options to address the crisis.
‘Someone needed to call out’ Toronto Mayor John Tory for his affair with staffer, says women’s advocate

Despite the fact that Tory had a consensual relationship with a woman who worked for him as mayor, ‘you cannot separate the power dynamic from the relationship,’ says Kristin Raworth.
Parliamentary Black Caucus pushes feds for permanent funding, initiatives beyond 2024 UN horizon

Following ‘months-long’ consultations with more than 40 Black-led organizations from across the country, PBC co-chairs say there is ‘a lot of work to do’ in addressing systemic inequalities faced by Black Canadians.
Politics This Morning: Trudeau goes south

Plus, Romeo Dallaire returns to the Senate.
‘A serious level of interest’: Housing Minister Hussen fielding calls to run for Toronto mayor, say Liberal sources

If Ahmed Hussen decides to run for Toronto mayor and the Liberal machine backs him, it could be a dry run in the region for the next federal election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Greens’ call for ‘peace talks’ to end Russian invasion angers both Ukrainians and anti-war members

Arguing against weapons to Ukraine is ‘tacitly endorsing Russia’s genocide’ says the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, while Quebec’s Green Party leader accuses May and Pedneault of abandoning the federal party’s ‘founding principles of pacifism and anti-violence.’
Politics This Morning: Unidentified farcical objects

Plus, Cyber Force commander, Rear Admiral Lou Carosielli, is taking questions.
Some advocates fear Liberals will go too far ‘out on a limb’ with online harms law, while others warn against ‘light-touch approach’

The consultation process amounts to ‘policy laundering,’ says internet law expert Michael Geist, in reaction to a ‘What We Heard’ report recently released by Canadian Heritage.