Pancake flops and a looming byelection: MPs dress the part at Stampede for ‘lobbying highlight of BBQ season’
As Mark Carney struggled at the griddle, Pierre Poilievre was busy pitching himself as an Albertan returned ‘home’ at the festival where Alberta Senator Daryl Fridhandler says everyone is ‘on the same level.’
Will the NDP emulate New York City’s Mamdani?
Just because a ‘new American left’ might be surging in the U.S., that doesn’t mean it’ll also happen here in Canada.
‘What is being promised?’: NDP, labour call for more transparency in trade talks with Trump
The Liberal government has not tabled a notice of intent for trade negotiations with the U.S., nor a notice of its objectives, seemingly breaking its own policy.
Time for New Democrats to commit to winning
The NDP has a choice as this minority government—and forthcoming leadership race—get underway.
Autopsy on the NDP election flop: don’t blame strategic voting
The NDP will never win an election while voters perceive the party as anti-business or anti-profit. But New Democrats won’t have to worry about strategic voting if Canadians believe an NDP government would be good for Canada’s economy.
‘The government has idly sat by’: NDP MPs say Indigenous communities need federal support as wildfires devastate Western Canada
New Democrats say Ottawa’s wildfire response fails to ‘uphold the dignity and well-being of First Nations,’ which they say are under federal jurisdiction.
‘New Democrats are going to do our job no matter what,’ says interim leader Davies as party stickhandles losing status in the House
After a devastating election that shrunk the NDP caucus, interim leader Don Davies says his caucus can still play an important role, predicting that in some cases, ‘whether the government survives or falls will depend on us.’
Former NDP MP Julian raises alarm over future of pharmacare program
Former NDP MP Peter Julian says pharmacare, in its current state, was only meant to be the initial step to universal drug coverage, and it’s ‘profoundly disappointing’ the Throne Speech gave ‘clear signalling’ the Liberals have no plans to proceed to the next stage.
NDP identity crisis calls for a return to party’s roots
In losing official status, the NDP faces a hard test: does it remain tied to power politics or return to its social democratic origins?
Parliament is back: will it be like the last one?
The changes on the front benches provide a window of opportunity to set a more constructive and healthy culture as Parliament reconvenes. Here’s hoping.
