Calgary Forest Lawn Conservatives elect Jasraj Hallan to succeed late MP Deepak Obhrai for the upcoming federal election
With the election call only days away, the federal Conservatives elected Jasraj Hallan as their candidate in the coveted riding of Calgary Forest Lawn, which opened up unexpectedly last month after the death of Deepak Obhrai, the party’s nominated candidate to run for what would have been his eighth successive term as an MP. The […]
Ex-staffers to ministers Hajdu, Carr hit the campaign trail
Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu has seen a couple of staff departures of late, with Roy Karam and Aisling MacKnight both going on leave. A Cape Breton University alumnus, Mr. Karam had been on the job as the Atlantic regional affairs adviser in Ms. Hajdu’s office since September 2018, serving at the […]
Liberals’ UN peacekeeping pledges left half finished
As Canada exits its peacekeeping mission in Mali, an expert in the field says Canada has only met half of its commitments to re-engage in UN peacekeeping missions, and those that were met are not being sustained. Walter Dorn, a defence studies professor at Kingston’s Royal Military College and Toronto’s Canadian Forces College specializing in […]
Montreal Liberals predict party will appoint replacement for outgoing MP Nassif over nomination contest
With Liberal MP Eva Nassif “pushed out” and the election call only days away, Quebec Liberal insiders are speculating the party will appoint its preferred candidate and not hold a nomination contest in Vimy, Que., to replace her. Veteran Montreal Liberal insiders interviewed for this article said that one key reason the party leadership “pushed […]
Politics This Morning: Scheer grilled on party’s stance on abortion, same-sex unions
Happy Friday, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer faced a barrage of questions at a presser in Toronto on Thursday over his personal views on same-sex marriage and abortion and whether the party won’t reopen the debate on those policy issues. Mr. Scheer sidestepped questions on his convictions regarding those issues, saying he upholds the law and […]
Widespread opposition to carbon price, even among left-leaning voters, as price ticks up, study suggests
Many Canadians rank the environment high on their list of preoccupations, but there’s little appetite for a carbon price to rein in emissions, according to a new study released Thursday. The latest data from the Digital Democracy Project suggests that while 17 per cent of respondents indicated the environment was a top election issue, on […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau heads to B.C. to meet Horgan; Monsef in Toronto to talk efforts to ‘end gender-based violence’
Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slated to appear alongside B.C. Premier John Horgan for an announcement in Surrey, B.C. Last month, the two held a joint presser in Victoria to tout the feds’ financial support for public transit in the province. The event’s at 11:45 a.m. at BC Hydro Trades Training Centre. While the PM squeezed […]
Trudeau book authors Wherry, Ivison talk challenge of penning political tomes as story unfolds
It’s “hard to write simple conclusions when the story itself is changing,” says Aaron Wherry, author of Promise and Peril: Justin Trudeau in Power, one of two new books on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But John Ivison, author of Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister, says the emergence of the SNC-Lavalin affair “more or less […]
Say yes to the feds: voting patterns show group understands ‘legislative responsibility,’ says ISG
Senators appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are still the most likely to support government bills come voting time, a record the Independents say reflects a philosophy that respects the will of the elected House, and not support of Liberal-specific bills. But Conservative whip Donald Plett (Landmark, Man.) said that record shows what his party has […]
Politics This Morning: Freeland heads to Cuba to meet with counterpart
Good Wednesday morning, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Cuba for a bilateral meeting with her counterpart, Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla. They’ll be meeting for another round of discussions on the situation in Venezuela and the Trump administration’s decision to end the suspension of the Helms-Burton Act’s provisions on litigations, a move that aims to dampen […]
