High anxiety: Ekos poll finds Canadians most concerned about ‘growing political and ideological polarization’
And Abacus Data pollster David Coletto says he’s also finding high anxiety among Canadians. ‘There’s not a lot of optimism out there.’
In politics, Chrétien reminds us that funny trumps nasty
Jean Chrétien belled the Alberta cat in a way that everyone can understand: ‘They never sold as much oil as they have today and they’re complaining as if they are going bankrupt?’
Emergency Management Minister Olszewski to take part in post-budget talk on Nov. 10 in Edmonton
MONDAY, NOV. 10 House Schedule—The House of Commons will sit Nov. 17-21; Nov. 24-28; Dec. 1-5; and Dec. 8-12. In total, the House will have sat only 73 days this year. Last year, it sat 122 days, and in 2023, it sat 121 days. In 2022, it sat 129 days, and in 2021, it sat […]
Poilievre seems intent on frittering it away
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party prefers ideological purity tests and true believers over votes.
D’Entremont’s defection, Jeneroux’s resignation cast a shadow over Poilievre’s leadership review in January
It’s one thing that Pierre Poilievre continues to lag behind Mark Carney as the preferred choice for prime minister. But when a member of your own caucus crosses the floor, it’s an entirely different matter. Then along comes Matt Jeneroux who announced he’s resigning.
Canada faces one of its most serious challenges in years, and Carney needs to show a little more political passion
Mark Carney, the buttoned-down economist, technocrat, former top bureaucrat, governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and former vice-chair and head of Brookfield Asset Management, is a new to the rough and tumble of elected politics, but he should show a little wit and political passion, too, especially when the country is angry and anxious about the future.
‘Things are crumbling’: changing caucus landscape, external pressures spell bad news for Poilievre’s leadership review, say Conservatives
If the Liberals were to gain majority status amid the ongoing floor-crossing speculation, it would spell bad news for Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, says Keith Beardsley, former deputy chief of staff to then-prime minister Stephen Harper.
No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’
The party released six non-negotiable conditions for their support of the budget in October, but finance critic Jean-Denis says meetings with the Liberals were ‘mostly media stunts.’
Meeting feds’ ‘ambitious’ RCMP hiring pledge will require ‘imaginative’ ideas, says advisory board chair
The Liberals have pledged $1.7-billion to hire 1,000 RCMP personnel over the next four years as the force faces a vacancy rate of 7.7 per cent, representing more than 1,400 jobs outside of that hiring push.
How Bill Gates has shifted the politics of climate change
The environmental movement has suffered a loss.
