Apr 21 2018 — Adam Radwanski — Globe and Mail — Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals are desperate. So it wasn’t much surprise this week when they seized on the slightest chance to compare Doug Ford with Donald Trump – Ms. Wynne delivering an overwrought statement to the effect that a comment by the Progressive Conservative Leader about how more Liberals would be in jail for their accounting […]
Apr 21 2018 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — The federal government is shelving its in-depth study of airport privatization after nearly two years of examining the multibillion-dollar potential of selling off the key federal assets. During a private meeting with airport executives in Ottawa this week, Transport Minister Marc Garneau confirmed that the Liberal government is not moving ahead with privatization at this […]
Apr 21 2018 — Daniel Leblanc — Globe and Mail — The Liberal base is trying to push the party leftward at the national convention in Halifax, hoping to get its leadership to adopt a progressive platform that addresses issues such as pharmacare and the decriminalization of the sex trade and possession of small amounts of illegal drugs. The pressure is coming from inside the Liberal […]
Apr 20 2018 — Adam Radwanski — Globe and Mail — Even as Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford pushes back hard against comparisons to Donald Trump heading into this spring’s Ontario election, he has been using Facebook advertising to target Ontarians who are “interested” in the U.S. President. Meanwhile, local candidates for Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals have been highlighting exactly how much their government’s last-ditch spending spree […]
Apr 19 2018 — Chris Hannay — Globe and Mail — Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly says the Canadian museums locked in a dispute over a 1779 Jacques-Louis David painting should try to get along – but the federal government will not interfere in the conflict. “We are not into politicizing our funding or operations of museums,” Ms. Joly told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday. “That being […]
Apr 19 2018 — Globe and Mail — Ottawa is preparing to counter British Columbia’s bid to control the flow of oil through the province with legislation that will enhance federal power to push through the Trans Mountain pipeline. The move comes as Kinder Morgan says the fight has caused “unquantifiable risk” to its project. “We think that federal jurisdiction is clear; we’re […]
Apr 18 2018 — Gloria Galloway — Globe and Mail — Roman Catholic bishops are holding out the possibility that Pope Francis may eventually apologize for the role that the church played in the abuse of children at Indian residential schools. But, at a news conference on Wednesday that took place just before a motion calling on the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to press for […]
Apr 18 2018 — Daniel Leblanc — Globe and Mail — Former U.S. president Barack Obama’s top strategist is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to head into the next election with a plan to attack his Conservative and NDP rivals, arguing the positive politics that won the Liberals a first term in 2015 will not be enough to hold on to power next year. In an […]
Apr 17 2018 — Margaret Wente — Globe and Mail — If you want to bring a dinner party in Toronto to a crashing halt, just mention the Ontario election coming up in June. It’s not a pleasant subject. The first reaction is likely to be a heavy silence. The second reaction is likely to be: “Under no circumstances will I vote for Kathleen Wynne.” Who, […]
Apr 17 2018 — Chris Hannay — Globe and Mail — The National Gallery of Canada is defending its pursuit of a 239-year-old French painting over the objections of two Quebec museums who want to share ownership of it, saying joint custody of an Old Master “doesn’t make any sense.” The National Gallery is selling the 1929 Marc Chagall painting The Eiffel Tower at a New […]
Apr 17 2018 — Laura Stone — Globe and Mail — Seamus O’Regan grew up by the 5 Wing Goose Bay airbase in Newfoundland, has a brother in the navy, and a great-granduncle who fought and died at Beaumont Hamel in France during the First World War. Those were reasons Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave when he named Mr. O’Regan, a good friend of 16 years, […]
Apr 16 2018 — Globe and Mail — Special prosecutors have been appointed to handle criminal contempt proceedings against two British Columbia MPs arrested alongside dozens of others during protests against Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Michael Klein and Greg DelBigio, both senior Vancouver lawyers in private practice, will handle the cases involving Burnaby South MP Kennedy Stewart and Federal Green Party […]
Apr 16 2018 — Campbell Clark — Globe and Mail — As media-briefers go, Daniel Jean may be the world’s most incompetent. At least, judging by what the Prime Minister’s national security adviser told a Commons committee on Monday. Mr. Jean told the committee that when he briefed reporters in February on Justin Trudeau’s gaffe-filled trip to India, he was not alleging a conspiracy. He only […]
Apr 13 2018 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — Good news! We are facing a crisis in national unity, but for once it’s not about Quebec. The dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline is a major challenge both for the country and for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But that dispute also reflects how Canada has changed. This is not about language or culture. Rather, […]
Apr 13 2018 — Gary Mason — Globe and Mail — It wasn’t long ago that the thought of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being a one-term wonder would have been unthinkable. Not any more. A confluence of issues and events – hello, India! – have reshaped the Liberal Leader’s image in the unkindest of ways. However, it’s his government’s contentious environmental agenda, and his handling of […]