Nearly 100 new MPs waiting until after cabinet reveal to move into offices
Nearly 100 new MPs will have to wait until after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his cabinet appointments on Nov. 20 to learn where their Hill offices will be, the chief government whip confirmed last week. Speaking to The Hill Times, Government Whip Mark Holland (Ajax, Ont.) said office allocation is based on the size […]
Class of 2019: election results
Class of 2019: 338 MP results Infogram
Shuffling Freeland would be a ‘mistake,’ says former Liberal justice minister Cotler
A former Liberal justice minister says moving Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to a different cabinet role would be “a mistake” at a time of increasing authoritarianism around the globe. “[Ms. Freeland] has been so effective, [and] when you have the right person in the right place at the right time, it’s not the time […]
Conservative MPs swept most seats by widest margins, and won 32 ridings by 50 per cent of vote
The Conservatives dominated in the ridings where the winning candidate won by the widest margins. Almost half the 147 seats won with 20-per-cent-plus vote leads were captured by Conservatives and all 32 seats won by more than 50 per cent of the vote went blue in the Oct. 21 federal election. The Conservatives also claimed […]
2019’s 47 tightest races, won by less than five per cent margins
In the ridings secured by the slimmest margins, there were likely more Liberal candidates counting down the clock and vote counts on election night, where the Grits ultimately took 26 of the 47 seats won by less than five per cent. Liberals were on the losing end of those tight races in nine cases, where […]
Four years in, ISED gets mixed reviews
Innovation experts and former Department of Industry staffers say four years after Prime Minister Trudeau created the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), the department has grown into the second most important economic portfolio behind Finance in this government, and praise how the department has handled certain files, while criticizing its approach to […]
86 ridings in 40 days: Trudeau’s cross-country sprint may have given party an edge
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the most likely of the three leaders to keep or convert ridings he visited on the 40-day campaign, with the leader scoring a 53 per cent conversion rate, but politicos say the leaders’ tours aren’t necessarily the decisive factor in winning those seats. That’s based on the Liberal leader’s marathon […]
Rodriguez could be shuffled to key government House leader’s post, say Liberal sources
With Justin Trudeau set to name his rejigged cabinet on Nov. 20, Parliament Hill is abuzz with speculation about the shuffle, including the possibility that the Liberal government will opt to spread responsibility for the all-important regional economic development agencies among different ministers this time around, rather than keeping them under the purview of just […]
The 60 seats that flipped in 2019
Conservative candidates switched the most seats across the country, at 27, stealing mainly from the Liberals in the Western provinces and often winning by the widest margins. The Bloc Québécois was next, grabbing 22 seats from the other parties, mostly at the NDP’s expense, taking 10 of the 14 seats the NDP lost in the province. […]
As Conservatives squabble, governing Liberals trying to lay low for maximum political advantage, say Liberals
While the Conservatives fight over losing last month’s federal election, the Liberals are trying to keep a low profile and don’t want to interrupt the Conservative bloodletting. “That’s the whole point,” said one top Liberal with a laugh, in a not for attribution-based interview with The Hill Times in order to be candid. “The longer it […]
