Transition teams must be prepared for ‘unpredictable outcomes’ in minority situation, say former senior bureaucrats
Former senior bureaucrats say they hope Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s transition team is “already plugged into the Privy Council Office,” and that both the Liberal and Conservative transition teams should be “prepared for unpredictable outcomes” at this point in the campaign. According to CBC’s poll tracker, updated on Oct. 14, the Conservatives were in the […]
NDP looking to capitalize on Singh swing to make federal breakthrough in Brampton East
BRAMPTON, ONT.—New Democrats in a Toronto-adjacent riding are hoping that their hometown political superstars will help to translate provincial gains into a federal breakthrough Brampton East, Ont., along with the four other federal ridings that make up the city of Brampton, went Liberal in 2015. Incumbent Raj Grewal won with 52 per cent of the […]
NDP says position unchanged on renegotiation for new NAFTA, despite saying improvements ‘can and should be made to this deal’
The NDP will wait to see what changes are made by U.S. House Democrats to the new NAFTA before deciding whether they will vote to implement it in the next Parliament, says its most recent international trade critic. “We will have a full debate in the next Parliament and a vote based on whatever the […]
Three in four federal scientists say Canada isn’t doing enough to combat climate change
Only one in five federal scientists think Canada is doing enough to fight climate change, and PIPSC president Debi Daviau says the government needs to do more to equip these experts with the resources needed to properly combat the crisis. A recent survey conducted by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) […]
Minority governments are not all that bad, says Nova Scotia reader
Minority governments are not all that bad. They force parties to work together and they force leadership reviews when the leadership is weak, which is what we have now. Also, radical measures introduced by minority governments are sure to be defeated. On the other hand, minority governments can make it difficult to get legislation passed, […]
PBO campaign proposal costing ‘above expectations’ so far, hundreds more estimates expected
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux and team have been going full steam in costing this year’s election campaign proposals, with a flurry of reports looking at policy commitments from three of Canada’s major federal parties posted online since the beginning of September. As of filing deadline on Sept. 24, the Conservatives were leading the way […]
GTA to be hotly contested in election, ‘decides whether governments are minorities or majorities’
Political strategists, professors, and candidates agree that voters in the Greater Toronto Area will play a critical role in deciding who will form the next government, with one pollster saying the recent blackface controversy enveloping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could potentially suppress the Liberal Party’s vote in the upcoming election and lose them some crucial ridings. […]
Don’t underestimate Jagmeet Singh, says North Bay reader
Re: “‘NDP in serious difficulty,’ Greens could win more seats than NDP; and Grits and Conservatives poised for a ‘quite ugly, bare knuckles fight,’ says pollster Graves,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 9, p. 1). I find The Hill Times’ articles very pro-Liberal. Journalistic principles demand articles be unbiased. You seem to want to undermine the […]
NDP defection gives Greens ‘boost’ in New Brunswick, but it’s still an ‘uphill battle’
The federal Green Party’s endorsement by a group of former provincial NDP candidates—though inflated in its original number—gives the party a “bolt of energy” in New Brunswick, say observers, though the province remains an “uphill battle” for the Green Party. At a press conference on Sept. 3, a group of provincial New Democrat defectors presented […]
Cross-party House friendships of the last century appear to be non-existent today
OTTAWA—Last week, former prime minister Brian Mulroney celebrated the 35th anniversary of his momentous 1984 victory against the governing Liberals. With the election of 211 Progressive Conservative members to the 33rd Parliament, it resulted in the biggest majority government in the history of Canada. His daughter, Caroline Mulroney, now a provincial cabinet minister in Ontario, […]
