Politics This Morning: PTM tees up the holidays

Plus, a lump of coal for coal miners.
Liberal Mississauga-Lakeshore byelection win a ‘spanking’ for Poilievre, and ‘flashing red sirens’ for Singh, says pollster

The effect of strategic voting is ‘critical’ and a key concern for New Democrats as it could create a ‘winning scenario’ for the Liberals in a future election, says pollster Nik Nanos.
Politics This Morning: ‘May as well start to hand it out today’, says Volpe of ZEV-target penalty

Plus, the Conservative Party is looking for new interns.
Canadian lawmakers look at foreign models to target real-world fallout of social media ‘pipeline of hate’

Tech companies have resisted regulation through a ‘compelling narrative’ that has led to a ‘hands-off, light government approach since the beginning of the internet,” says researcher Natasha Tusikov.
Union of Taxation Employees prepping for strike votes following breakdown in talks with feds, return-to-office order

Union president Marc Brière says that if strike votes lead to a CRA shutdown during tax season, ‘it will be their fault. I don’t give a damn.’
Politics This Morning: Holiday ads, examined

Plus, On this day in Hansard history peers back at 1973.
‘An incremental win’: environmental groups praise Canada’s leadership at COP15, call for action to honour promises

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework includes more than 20 targets to be met by 2030, but campaigner Charlotte Dawe says it only includes accountability measures for developing nations.
Former Conservative MP Toet and former Hill staffer Leslie eye nomination in coveted Portage-Lisgar, Man., riding

The nomination contest in Portage-Lisgar will be a ‘hotly contested’ one as the winner will almost be guaranteed a seat in the House of Commons, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Politics This Morning: Kiss your stir sticks goodbye

Plus, Trudeau meets Legault.
With the ‘rise of bossware,’ employees’ privacy is vulnerable, and no federal law speaks to the changing dynamic of remote work, says Liberal MP Coteau

Canadians have the right to know what happens to the data that their employers gather in monitoring their employees and whether it’s disposed of responsibly, says Liberal MP Michael Coteau.