Message targeting is the name of the game before the next federal election
In 2024, the strategy to reach undecided voters looks fundamentally different than it did just four or five years ago.
NDP and Bloc need to overcome ‘fear’ of Conservatives to break Commons paralysis, says Liberal House Leader Gould
As some look for a way forward in Parliament, it’s ‘preposterous’ to say the NDP aren’t standing up to the Tories, says NDP House Leader Peter Julian.
Taking a stand: Bellemare talks modernization, and her ‘challenging’ road in the Senate
Canadians would see efforts to undo modernization efforts ‘as a willingness to control the Senate,’ says recently retired senator Diane Bellemare.
Ministers Champagne, Petitpas Taylor name new directors
Plus, Housing and Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser has promoted a new deputy policy director in his office.
Prorogation? Resignation? Liberals vow to push through House impasse as speculation swirls on the Hill
Liberals are pouring cold water on speculation that Parliament will be prorogued. However, such a measure, combined with a prime ministerial resignation won’t save them, but it could put ‘them back in the game,’ says pollster Nik Nanos. He also says if Trudeau steps down, the race to replace him could attract cabinet ministers from Quebec where the Liberals have the best chance of winning seats in the next election.
The decline and fall of the Liberal empire
On top of everything else, the Liberals are losing the ability to set the national agenda as the NDP and Bloc Québécois are continually pressing an embattled prime minister for political concessions as payment to keep their parliamentary support for his minority government.
We all live in Tampa now, and we all need to find higher intellectual ground than indifference
There is, of course, a deeply human dimension to the issue at play in places like Florida and California. It is plainly traumatizing to force people to move away from the place they have either lived all their lives, or chosen to live. Spirit of place and a sense of belonging are real and powerful things. But so are the facts of climate change.
‘Your vote can make the difference’: parties mobilize thousands of Canada-based Americans to vote in Harris-Trump race
With the potential for the U.S. election to be decided by thousands of votes in swing states, both Republicans and Democrats have looked to Americans in Canada to help turn the tide.
Can we talk about Poilievre? Whether his harshness is impulsive or strategic, it’s invidious
Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair, who faced Poilievre in the Commons for 10 years, recalled: ‘He has only one pitch: a hardball to the head.’
CRTC says decision on Google’s Online News Act exemption expected this fall
The regulator misses the Canadian Journalism Collective’s Oct. 7 deadline for media fund money to be distributed before year’s end.
