May 16 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Union leaders in British Columbia say they are bewildered and disappointed that federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh dialed back his support for natural gas projects that are expected to create thousands of jobs in the province. Earlier this week, Singh said liquified natural gas (LNG) projects in northern B.C. no longer “satisfy” his criteria for […]
May 7 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Elizabeth May’s new husband is suiting for the coming federal election, in which he will run for the Green Party in British Columbia. John Kidder, who married the Green leader on Earth Day last month, said he hopes he can build on Monday’s breakthrough byelection victory on Vancouver Island, where local candidate Paul Manly became […]
Apr 14 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — A new poll suggests Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives continue to have the most support among decided and leaning voters, while a majority of respondents to the survey said they disapprove of Justin Trudeau’s performance as prime minister. Forty-two per cent of decided and leaning voters said they support the Conservative Party, according to the latest federal […]
Apr 12 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Every Canadian in every province now pays for carbon emissions that cause climate change. That is the fraught, politically-charged reality since April 1, when Ottawa imposed its carbon tax “backstop” in four provinces that refused to match the federal minimum of $20 per tonne of emissions.
Mar 29 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is unveiling his latest election pitch aimed at taxing the rich, promising to broaden levies on capital gains to reap billions more each year for health care, housing and programs to fight climate change. Singh intends to announce the policy proposal Friday during his keynote speech at the Broadbent Institute’s […]
Mar 15 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The NDP’s newly-named deputy leader, Alexandre Boulerice, is looking to hire unpaid interns at his Montreal constituency office, but says he wouldn’t have to if the Liberal government heeded his party’s long-standing call to ban such positions. The MP for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie has distributed at least three job advertisements seeking university students for unpaid trainee […]
Mar 7 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes fell silent Thursday after publicly challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership style without providing context or explanation. Caesar-Chavannes made the statement on Twitter shortly after Trudeau’s much-anticipated news conference about the ongoing SNC-Lavalin controversy, which has rocked his government over the past month.
Mar 6 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — A new poll says Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives are leading in support among decided and leaning voters as the SNC-Lavalin controversy continues to buffet Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government. The automated telephone survey by Forum Research found that 42 per cent of decided and leaning voters would support the Conservative Party in a federal election. […]
Mar 2 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — A new poll suggests many Canadians are paying attention to the Liberal government’s alleged political interference scandal and that it is souring opinions of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The poll by Forum Research, provided exclusively to the Star, included 1,301 randomly selected Canadian adults who responded to an interactive telephone survey on Wednesday and Thursday […]
Feb 15 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The NDP’s director of communications is one of three party staffers leaving their jobs as leader Jagmeet Singh campaigns for his first federal seat in a British Columbia byelection. Kerry Pither, a communications specialist who joined Singh’s front office last spring, will resign March 1 to spend more time with her family, said Singh’s chief […]
Jan 4 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The newly-acclaimed Liberal candidate in the B.C. riding of Burnaby South is touting community connections in her bid to beat NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a federal byelection expected next month. Singh relocated to British Columbia from Ontario last fall to run in the riding, after months of questions and speculation about where the former […]
Dec 27 2018 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — If you look back to this time last year—before Doug Ford and the carbon tax resistance, before the Trans Mountain purchase and the alarm bells from the United Nations—climate politics in Canada look calm, even quaint. At the start of 2018, more than 85 per cent of Canadians already lived with a price on greenhouse […]
Dec 26 2018 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The leader of the New Democratic Party is talking about fear and insecurity. Not his own, mind you; nor that of his party. Perched on a couch in his Parliament Hill office, Jagmeet Singh is in his usual high spirits, his ebullience by now a well-known characteristic.
Dec 14 2018 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Through decades of influence in the inner sanctum of Liberal politics, Richard O’Hagan worked closely with two prime ministers, befriended an American vice-president and helped establish the archetype for the modern press secretary. He also garnered a reputation as a snappy dresser.
Dec 5 2018 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — A lawyer speaking for Raj Grewal says the Brampton East MP wants to clarify it was “only” his family that helped pay back money he borrowed to fuel his gambling problem. The lawyer’s statement comes in the wake of questions prompted by Grewal’s 11-minute video statement last Friday, in which the 33-year-old politician describes how […]