Potential Liberal candidates in Scarborough-Agincourt waiting to see if Chan’s widow will run for nomination
Two weeks after Liberal MP Arnold Chan died after a battle with cancer, potential candidates are waiting to hear if his widow, Jean Yip, a former Queen’s Park staffer, plans to run for the coveted nomination in Scarborough-Agincourt. “If she decides to run, I don’t think anyone would challenge her,” said Toronto city councillor, Jim […]
Monsef’s chief of staff departs for new Health Minister Petitpas Taylor’s office
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has lost her chief of staff Monique Lugli, who has left Ms. Monsef’s office for a job in new Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor’s political staff team. Ms. Lugli had been running the Status of Women minister’s office since January 2016, starting under then minister Patty Hajdu, who was shuffled into her […]
Harder calls for independent oversight of Senators’ expenses two years after AG’s report, says current structure ‘inherently flawed’
The government’s top player in the Senate says it’s time the Upper Chamber finally acts on Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s 2015 recommendation to establish an independent oversight of Senators’ expenses and replace the Senate’s Internal Economy Committee as the “ultimate authority” on Senators’ expenses because the structure is “inherently flawed” and raises an appearance of […]
Bombardier lobbied cabinet, ambassador in August, while Mining Association campaigned on environmental assessment review
The Mining Association of Canada topped federal lobbying statistics for a second month in a row in August, thanks to a campaign tied to the government’s reviews of the environmental assessment process and the Fisheries Act, while Bombardier used the month to contact Canada’s ambassador to the United States and other top officials in government […]
Former eight-term Liberal MP, Toronto city councillor Karygiannis considering a run for mayor of Toronto
Former eight-term Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis, who is now a Toronto city councillor, is considering running in Toronto’s mayoral race in next year’s municipal election. “The desire is always there,” Mr. Karygiannis told The Hill Times last week, but declined to get into details of his decision-making process. The next mayoral election is scheduled for […]
‘It’s obviously a farce,’ MPs to grill feds on broken promise to open up PMO, cabinet ministers’ offices to access act
Opposition MPs will grill the government over its Access to Information Reform Bill on Monday and Tuesday in the House, after the government pulled the plug on its 2015 election campaign promise to cover the Prime Minister’s Office and all cabinet ministers’ offices under the updated act. “It’s obviously a farce,” said NDP House Leader […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau in Toronto to talk trade opportunities in China
Good Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Toronto to get some facetime with the head of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Mr. Trudeau is in the country’s largest city to take in Gateway ‘17, a business development conference organized by Alibaba aimed at Canadian businesses looking to sell to or source from China, or […]
Most Canadians disapprove of Khadr deal, 44 per cent say it will influence their vote in 2019: poll
A clear majority of Canadians disapproved of the Liberal government awarding $10.5-million and apologizing to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr earlier this summer in a settlement over his imprisonment at the infamous U.S. military prison, with many saying the decision will affect their vote in the next federal election, a new public opinion poll […]
Politics This Morning: NAFTA renegotiations literally loom over the capital
Good Friday morning, It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a blimp with an esoteric political message? Yes, progressive activist outfit Leadnow and the left-leaning social action group Council of Canadians are flying a blimp around Ottawa today to protest the investor-state dispute system (ISDS) rules in the North American Free Trade Agreement that they say have […]
Near majority of Canadians back legal pot but it doesn’t look like a vote-getter in 2019: poll
Canadians are divided on legalizing recreational marijuana, with nearly half supporting the sale and distribution of the illicit substance, however most say it won’t influence whether they vote Liberal in 2019, according to a new poll. The Campaign Research survey, conducted Sept. 8 to 11 and released first to The Hill Times, found that 49 per […]
