Quebec offers 3rd dose of COVID vaccine to AstraZeneca recipients who want to travel
The Quebec government says fully vaccinated residents who have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can receive a third dose of an mRNA vaccine before travelling. Quebec is offering the extra shot because some countries don’t recognize the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine made at the Serum Institute of India, and Canadians who have received it could find themselves […]
The balanced budget era is over. Now what?
Between the tabling of the federal budget in April and the end of the parliamentary sitting in June, Conservative Erin O’Toole asked dozens of questions in the House of Commons and spoke thousands of words. Not one of those words was “deficit.” Granted, what happens in question period doesn’t always reflect what actually matters most […]
Defamation lawsuit against commentator Kinsella should go ahead, Bernier argues
A former member of Parliament and leader of a fringe federal political party says a defamation suit against a prominent political commentator and strategist should be allowed to proceed. People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier alleges Warren Kinsella repeatedly branded him as a racist in articles, blog posts and on social media in the […]
The White House is expected to keep international travel restrictions in place as the United States battles a resurgent COVID-19 among unvaccinated Americans. With only about 57 per cent of eligible U.S. residents fully vaccinated, media reports say the Biden administration plans to keep its borders closed for now. The decision comes after the U.S. […]
Read MoreAn in-depth analysis by The Canadian Press of federal parties’ financing at the grassroots level shows Conservative candidates’ riding-based war chests are flush with cash, dramatically outpacing their political rivals. A review of the most recent financial statements filed by riding associations to Elections Canada show that Conservative associations have, on average, just under $61,000 […]
Read MorePolice in Truro, N.S., are investigating after a provincial election sign was damaged early Sunday morning. The Truro Police Service got the call about the damaged sign supporting Liberal candidate Tamara Tynes Powell at about 3 a.m. local time. Posts on social media show a large election sign torn and burned, and the wooden stakes […]
Read MoreCanada’s vaccine campaign has been crushing it lately, with an impressive 80 per cent of eligible Canadians having had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That statistic distracts from a troubling fact, however: more than six million Canadians still haven’t had a shot, just as experts are warning we need more coverage to […]
Read MoreA comprehensive AgriRecovery response is also needed. Ottawa–The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) are encouraged by measures the federal and provincial governments are taking to support farmers through the extreme weather of this summer. The ministers have announced livestock tax deferral for prescribed drought areas, bilateral adjustments to […]
Read MoreCanada’s spy service closely monitored the burgeoning nationalist movement in the 1960s and ’70s, poring over pamphlets, collecting reports from confidential sources and warily watching for signs of Communist infiltration, once-secret records reveal. The RCMP’s security branch, responsible for sniffing out subversives at the time, quietly tracked the rise of the Committee for an Independent […]
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On This Day in Canada’s Political History: Warren Harding Makes First-Ever Official Visit to Canada by a US President
On this date in 1923 Vancouver was abuzz as U.S. President Warren Harding arrived in the city. Thousands upon thousands turned out to greet the man from small-town Ohio as he became the first American President to make an official visit to Canada. He arrived by ship after a punishing tour across America and a […]
There’s a ‘stink of desperation’ about Alberta’s anti-energy inquiry
If you’ve ever pulled an all-nighter, the latest attempt by the public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns to get its long-overdue report in by July 30 surely looks familiar. You probably didn’t get four extensions and an extra million dollars for your work back in the day. But it’s hard to miss the stink of […]
Two years too late: It’s high time for Canada to implement the right to housing
As the Canadian government works to recover from the pandemic, one basic human right remains alarmingly inaccessible to more and more people across the country: housing. COVID-19 has exposed the harsh inequities in housing, health, and income across Canada, with stay-at-home orders and social distancing protocols near-impossible to follow for the growing number of people […]
Jagmeet Singh and the importance of being authentic
One factor that must be keeping Justin Trudeau up — on the nights when Erin O’Toole isn’t helping him sleep — is the appeal of the NDP leader. When last we left our federal election-speculation Google alert menu, the original round of soothsaying and odds-making that provided such a dreamy, early-summer beach-blanket bingo diversion from […]
Robyn Ingraham’s life experiences should not have been a deterrent for N.S. Liberals Social Sharing Facebook Twitter Email Reddit LinkedIn
What should a politician look like and sound like? What are the qualifications of a MLA or MP? Can a citizen who wants to participate in democracy as a candidate have varied lived experiences, or do they all have to follow a typical path to Parliament or the legislature? In the midst of a summer […]
Liberal ideologues’ continued support of Justin Trudeau is the party’s great, unshakable shame
Like all political parties, the Liberal Party is a coalition of ideologues and opportunists: those who enter politics to get something done, and those who are in it for something to do. It has ever been thus. What has changed is the correspondence between the two. In previous generations, the ideologues made use of the […]
Here comes the death of LNG
For years now, the oil and gas industry has touted natural gas as a so-called “bridge” to a low-carbon future. Not surprisingly, it was one they intended to help build and use to transition their businesses away from fossil fuels at a leisurely pace. But if a flurry of recent announcements is any indication, that […]
Converging national, global events are feeding Singh’s momentum
As Canadians awake to the realities of a late-summer election, much has been written about the NDP’s surging electoral prospects under the leadership of Jagmeet Singh. A recent Abacus Data public opinion poll suggests Singh is the most popular national political leader, with robust support among women, younger voters, and British Columbians.
A housing crisis is costing Canadians billions. What are politicians going to do about it?
It was almost like a flashback to the election campaign of 2019. Justin Trudeau was out in Hamilton and Brampton this week, announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in government funding for affordable housing. The NDP is complaining it’s just not enough. And the Conservatives are saying he’s doing it all wrong. The housing issue […]
Vaccine mandates are not a hill to die on – literally or figuratively
Around the world, COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing again, thanks to the emergence of the highly contagious Delta variant. Among the hardest hit, surprisingly, are the countries that famously had the fastest rates of vaccination in the early going. Just a month ago Israel seemed to have beaten the virus, with an average of fewer than […]
For the past few months, President Joe Biden’s administration has pressured Canada to open its border. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer went so far as to threaten unilateral action, saying that if Ottawa kept stalling, the U.S. would go ahead and allow vaccinated Canadians entry. The pressure appears to have worked. Canada will open its […]
Read MoreIt was on this date in 1973 that Canada lost one of her greatest Prime Ministers. Louis St. Laurent, who served in Canada’s highest political office from 1948 to 1957, was 91. One of the highest regarded lawyers of his generation, St. Laurent answered Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s call to duty in 1941 as the […]
Read MoreOfficial Languages Commissioner Raymond Théberge insists he has nothing against soon-to-be Governor General Mary Simon, despite her inability to speak one of Canada’s official languages: The Queen’s first Indigenous representative in Ottawa speaks English and Inuktitut, but less French than Her Majesty herself. “We all know what a great candidate she is, what a great […]
Read MoreAround the world, there is growing consensus that the dominant power of Big Tech must be reined in to prevent market failures. In late June, Congressman David Cicilline, who chairs the Antitrust Subcommittee in the US House of Representatives said, “Today, we have sent a clear message. The United States will no longer let other […]
Read MoreCanadian federal politics became much more inclusive on this date in 1984. For the first time during a general election campaign, party leaders participated in a full French-language nationally-televised debate. It featured then Prime Minister John Turner for the Liberal Party, Ed Broadbent of the NDP, and Brian Mulroney of the Progressive Conservatives. Two days […]
Read MoreRISKY BUSINESS — Ask a seasoned pol about the chances of an election this fall, and the word inevitable is on the tip of their tongue (as Corridors explored earlier this summer). But campaign vets slap a majority-sized asterisk on any talk of a vote. Every election call, says anyone who’s run the gauntlet, risks […]
Read MoreIt’s the war few wish to talk about or summon from their memory. One American general last week called it a “heartbreaking failure.” The war in Afghanistan was Canada’s longest and perhaps the most misunderstood. For a time, it seized Parliament in Ottawa, brought the grief of losing loved ones directly to Canadian households, and […]
Read MoreToday is a very important day in the life of career of one of the most important political advisors in modern Canadian political history. It was, on this date in 1981, that Tom Axworthy was appointed by then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as the 15th Prime Minister’s principal secretary. Axworthy replaced another legendary figure from PMO […]
Read MoreIt is easy to understand why we may take our country’s food security and position as a leader in agricultural exports for granted. Through decades of urbanization, Canadians have become removed from the people who grow and help put food on our tables. Many are unaware of the impact Canadian farmers have on where our […]
Read MoreThe April 2021 federal budget was momentous for Canadian child care, committing significant federal dollars to building a national system of accessible, affordable, high quality, inclusive child care for all. Among its policy elements was a recognition that meeting this long-term goal will require “working with provinces and territories to support primarily not-for-profit sector child […]
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Cathy Jones says COVID-19 views didn’t cause discord in her final ’22 Minutes’ season
Former “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” cast member Cathy Jones says her controversial criticisms of COVID-19 measures didn’t hamper her relationships on set in her final season of the CBC series. Jones tells The Canadian Press she plans to pursue other creative ambitions after wrapping her nearly three-decade-long run on the satirical news show. Jones […]
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