The gender gap and the comprehension gap
Voters don’t understand the deeper issues that hurt them, and neither major party is in a hurry to enlighten them.
Holt’s majority win in New Brunswick a monumental maritime moment
The question now is how the Liberals will address the crises facing the province, and if the new premier can manage a fresh, large, ambitious caucus.
Unarmed Hill security were the true heroes on Oct. 22, 2014, says Heather Bradley, who speaks publicly about that awful day for the first time
On Oct. 22, 2014, the first person in security who came face-to-face with gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was Const. Samearn Son who stood at his post at the base of the stairs inside the front doors of Parliament. Son, unarmed, lunged towards Zehaf-Bibeau, stopping him long enough to shout ‘gun, gun, gun.’ This warning gave MPs, staff, and the media milling about at the top of the stairs time to run and hide.
Through their eyes, in their words: first-hand accounts from the day of the 2014 Parliament Hill shooting
‘I heard a thunderous boom through the Rotunda and saw people running towards me’: revisiting the accounts of the people on the Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.
Frustration mounts in House as privilege debate gridlock continues
There are a number of government bills as well as opposition motions on the docket for the MPs to address once the House finishes two debates on the questions of privilege put forward by Conservative MPs.
A fresh look at Deputy PM and Finance Minister Freeland’s 30-plus member team
Along with a long list of promotions, recent staff additions include Nadia Kadri’s hiring as a senior policy and legal affairs adviser.
Samidoun designation a red flag for politicization of terrorist listings, says civil liberties group
Before a terrorist designation, Canada’s intelligence community collects information and makes a recommendation as to whether it meets the legal threshold in a ‘well established’ process, says national security expert Wesley Wark.
Could the Bloc Québécois become His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition?
There is a plausible path forward for Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet to become the next leader of the opposition, but this requires a few assumptions.
D’Entremont denies he was pressured by Conservative MPs to sanction Grit MP Baker in the House
Liberal MP Yvan Baker also alleges a ‘double standard’ in the House after Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre’s single-day sanction for refusing to apologize over language deemed ‘unparliamentary.’
Trump’s support among young men in Canada is troubling
It may also be a reflection of how young men feel they are the forgotten generation.
