Jul 18 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The federal Green Party’s openness to continued activity in Alberta’s oilsands has created a rift with some supporters — including party leaders in two provinces — who want to rapidly shut down the industry that employs tens of thousands of people and is responsible for a large portion of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. Alex Tyrrell, […]
Jul 11 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The Liberals have maintained a commanding lead in their “Fortress Toronto,” with almost half of decided and leaning voters in Canada’s largest city saying they intend to support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party in the coming federal election, according to a new poll. The survey of Torontonian voters by Forum Research found that 46 per […]
Jul 10 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — A slim majority of Canadians support the expansion of the government-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline — including in British Columbia — while a third want to see the controversial project abandoned, according to a new poll. The survey from Forum Research found 54 per cent of respondents across the country support the multibillion dollar pipeline […]
Jul 9 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will swing through the GTA this week on a tour of Ontario ridings his party thinks it can win from the Liberals, as the New Democrats embark on a summer offensive in a crucial battleground for the coming federal election. Singh’s travels begin Tuesday in the western Toronto riding of York […]
Jul 8 2019 — Alex Ballingall — The Spectator — The environment has surged into a top-ranking concern for Canadian voters ahead of the federal election this fall, according to a new national poll. The survey from Forum Research found that 26 per cent of respondents chose the environment when asked to identify the most important issue in the coming federal campaign, placing it at […]
May 25 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — More than 7.7 million people and households have claimed the federal carbon price rebate, a tally that includes almost all eligible recipients that have filed taxes so far this year, the Canada Revenue Agency says. Responding to questions from the Star this week, the agency confirmed the number of tax filers who neglected to claim […]
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 […]