Next budget a ‘critical moment’ in economic recovery for women, say experts
Following a year of economic dislocation that has hit Canadians from all walks of life hard, experts say the fallout from the pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women, and that the next federal budget must include targeted support for those who have been hit the hardest. Carrie Freestone, an economist with the Royal […]
Closure of HuffPost Canada another hit to already battered Canadian media landscape
The closure of HuffPost Canada and HuffPost Québec earlier this month is just another gut-punch to an already battered news industry in this country following the economic wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic. And Zi-Ann Lum, one of the reporters at HuffPost Canada, told The Hill Times that although she’s been “overwhelmed with support” following the […]
The 13 ridings that denied Liberals majority in 2019 still too close to call, say pollsters
The 13 ridings that deprived the Liberals of winning a majority government in the last federal election are still too close to call and will be key battlegrounds in determining the outcome of the next election, say pollsters. “What stands out from the list is that the Liberals are still short of a majority,” said […]
Conservatives elect former Hill staffer, two-term Nova Scotia national councillor Batherson as party president, ‘and now the work begins’
Robert Batherson, a two-term national councillor and a former Hill staffer, was elected president of the Conservative Party of Canada on Sunday after the party’s virtual policy convention, succeeding Scott Lamb who did not seek re-election. “It was a good mandate and credit to the other candidates, Bert Chen, and Peter Aarsen, for standing,” said […]
Feds mum on meeting pharmacare advisory panel’s timelines as consultations continue
The federal government is hoping to “launch” a national strategy to tackle the high cost of drugs for rare diseases sometime next year, suggesting it may not meet its advisory panel’s recommended timeline to have a plan in place by Jan. 1. The development of the plan is seen as the first step toward establishing […]
Free speech, ethical lapses, climate change: Conservatives debate how to win over disaffected liberals
Day two of the Conservatives’ virtual policy convention saw delegates debate over policies that could inform the party’s platform when the next election is called, with a handful revisiting age-old “culture war” issues on firearms, free speech, and the public broadcaster. There were 34 policy proposals submitted by riding associations, whittled down from 196 submissions. […]
Tory delegates debate constitutional questions to kick off convention
More than 3,100 Conservative Party members were eligible to vote Thursday on 35 constitutional amendments that sought to shift the language in the foundational document, from stressing small government to encouraging youth involvement to decentralization of party control. Over five hours of debates, proponents in ridings across the country presented their arguments, and up to […]
Anti-abortion group, Sloan instruct supporters to vote ‘no’ on proposals seen as hostile to SoCons at CPC convention
Anti-abortion advocates in the Conservative Party appear unlikely to force a debate on the virtual convention floor on abortion, but are vying to block passage of a raft constitutional amendments that they see as an attempt to diminish their influence. Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), an influential social conservative group, released a voting guide for its […]
Conservative Party initiates proceedings to dissolve Sloan’s riding association
The Conservatives have started the proceedings to dissolve the Ontario federal riding association that had endorsed ex-Conservative MP Derek Sloan during his 2019 election bid. Carlo Petracca, the president of the Hastings-Lennox and Addington, Ont., riding association, told The Hill Times the Conservative Party recently served a notice of intent that it was initiating the […]
Conservative watchers hope for ‘uneventful’ convention with little drama
Conservative political observers and Hillites are bracing for what they hope will be a policy convention devoid of “flash and drama,” so it can pave the way for Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole to launch his party into election-readiness mode. There was some drama in the weeks leading up to the convention, with some social conservative […]
