Aug 16 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — A federal Green Party candidate was forced to drop out of the upcoming election campaign as he continues to call on the leader of the Quebec City mosque that was site of a 2017 massacre to denounce a man who allegedly lit his ex-wife on fire. Luc Saint-Hilaire, the Green candidate for the Quebec riding […]
Aug 16 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Trumpeting the need for men and boys to enlist in the fight for gender equality, the federal government is awarding $562,000 to four organizations in a bid to lay the foundation for its promised national strategy. Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef is set to announce the funding Friday in Calgary, where she will […]
Aug 8 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The polls can tell you one thing about the federal New Democratic Party, and these days it’s not all that good, but a walk with Jagmeet Singh through the Metrotown Mall will tell you something else entirely. At least that’s how Marie Della Mattia sees it. It was a blistering hot day last summer, around […]
Aug 1 2019 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — At a certain point this summer, Kim Hughes admits, things started to look “pretty overwhelming” for the Green Party Riding Association of Cowichan-Malahat-Langford. In a place that, like pretty much everywhere else, has never elected a Green candidate to the House of Commons, there was a deluge of people that wanted to run. At its […]
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 […]