Hannaford launches existential discussion on government’s role in the 21st century
There will likely be a change in government in the near future, and a new laser focus on fiscal restraint. This will undoubtedly drive a conversation on the role of government: what should it be doing, and what can be better—and more cost-effectively—done by others?
Trump told 30,573 lies during his four years in office, but it just doesn’t matter in today’s low-road politics
When did the low road become the busiest thoroughfare in politics? When did notoriety eclipse character in public life? And how did psychopathic lying so easily relegate facts to the outer limits of irrelevance?
Bank of Canada to announce overnight rate and publish Monetary Policy Report on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m.
MONDAY, OCT. 21 House Sitting—The House resumes sitting on Oct. 21. It sits Oct. 21-Nov. 9, and breaks on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day week until Nov. 15. It resumes again on Nov. 18, and is scheduled to sit from Nov. 18 to Dec. 17. New Brunswick Election—It’s general election time in New Brunswick, with […]
‘Get election ready’: Liberals, Conservatives target base with early election warnings in Facebook ads
The efforts made to reach supporters with a message that an election could come at any time reflects the more unpredictable nature of this Parliament since the fall sitting began.
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.’
Expect an ‘ugly fight’ over Trudeau’s leadership at national Liberal caucus meeting, say Grit MPs
MPs seeking Trudeau’s removal say leadership talks have been blocked by the national caucus chair and the PMO for months.
It’s hard for politicians to ‘resist the temptation’ of using intelligence for ‘partisan purposes’: ex-CSIS official
Both Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre failed to ‘rise to the moment,’ says former NDP staffer Cam Holmstrom.
Poilievre’s real ‘hidden’ agenda?
Conservatives talk like conservatives while in opposition, but govern like liberals when they’re in power.
Standoff over records won’t change widespread document delays, denials, and discrepancies
Parliament is at a standstill over a set of records from a now-defunct agency, but has yet to go after the many instances where obstructed or embarrassing records from existing agencies are highly exempt.
Is the abolition of nuclear weapons really an impossible dream?
It’s certainly not a task for the faint-hearted. But I think Nelson Mandela got it right when he encouraged humanity to keep moving forward towards peace and justice: ‘It always seems impossible until it’s done.’
