Competing industry watchdogs creating confusion after rival company buys bankrupt association, pollsters say
A year after the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association went bankrupt, two organizations are now vying to be the polling industry’s voice, creating an environment observers call “strange” and “confusing,” but ultimately inside baseball in an industry whose members are often bickering. In August 2018, a month after the the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association […]
Liberals defeat motion to open probe into claims PMO tried to muzzle ex-envoys
A Liberal-majority committee on Tuesday blocked a motion to investigate claims that a public servant sought to constrain the ability of two former diplomats to speak publicly about Canada’s diplomatic relations with China. MPs on the House Foreign Affairs Committee assembled in Ottawa for an emergency meeting called by opposition members in an attempt to […]
Politics This Morning: Foreign Affairs Committee reconvenes on Hill for meeting on feds’ alleged muzzling of ex-envoys
Good Tuesday morning, After spending some of his down time in B.C., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in Ottawa, though he has no public appearances scheduled for today. He’ll instead be tied up in private meetings, according his office. Opposition MPs have forced the House Foreign Affairs Committee to reconvene for an emergency meeting to […]
Don Meredith report delayed by ‘lack of prompt responses’ from Senators to ethics officer, says Senate Ethics Committee
The Senate ethics officer’s investigation into the conduct of former Senator Don Meredith was delayed for reasons beyond his control, including due to other Senators who didn’t respond to his requests for information, says a new report from the Senate Ethics Committee. “The SEO was delayed in part by the lack of prompt responses to […]
Politics This Morning: Morneau to address business community
Good Monday morning, Finance Minister Bill Morneau is headlining a talk hosted by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce, in Ontario, as part of its Vote Prosperity Leadership Series. The ticketed event kicks off bright and early at 8 a.m., at the Holiday Inn Oakville Centre. On Tuesday, MPs on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are reconvening at […]
Pollsters split on poll aggregators’ use of data, but do caution ‘buyer beware’ for the public
Several Canadian pollsters are divided on whether poll aggregators can repurpose their data without consent, though some are concerned with how all the numbers get packaged for public consumption. The work of poll aggregators has come under renewed scrutiny after veteran pollster Nik Nanos of Nanos Research recently got into a Twitter scrap with CBC’s […]
‘We didn’t get the job done’: Liberals poised to break promise on corporate ombudsperson, say observers
After four years of repeating its promise to create a corporate ombudsperson with teeth, the federal Liberal government appears ready to reverse itself and drop the matter as it prepares for the fall election, say observers close to the issue in Ottawa. “It’s very disappointing that the government backed away at the last minute. And […]
Canada should seek exemption from ‘Buy American’ provisions instead of fighting U.S. protectionist policy, trade observers say
Getting Canadian exporters access to U.S. federal government procurement projects will become more difficult thanks to a new executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump, and getting around it may not be possible, say trade observers, who want Canada’s government to seek an exemption to the protection order. Although retaliatory trade action may have played […]
Big changes could be coming to Senate after fall election, say Senators
The outcome of the fall election could spur big changes to the Red Chamber, Senators say, with talk that floor-crossing, forming new groups, and battles over who would form the opposition—or whether there will even be one—could all be in play. The Liberals and Conservatives are running neck-and-neck in public opinion polls, leaving a realistic […]
Women splitting their vote more among various progressive options, says Bricker
A recent Ipsos poll showed Conservatives with a 10-point lead over the Liberals among female voters, 39 per cent to 29 per cent, respectively, but Ipsos CEO Darrell Bricker cautions against viewing this as a female surge towards Conservatives. “The Conservatives are not surging among women. What’s happening is that women are splitting their vote […]
