Dec 9 2019 — Bob Rae — Globe and Mail — When Richard Nixon and Pierre Elliott Trudeau – two very different politicians – made the decision to open diplomatic relations with the Communist government in China in the 1970s, they did not do so because they were under any illusions about the nature of the Chinese government. It was not a love affair based on […]
Dec 9 2019 — Nathan VanderKlippe — Globe and Mail — The walls are high and painted a dark shade of grey. Towering over them, Chinese characters in bright red command those inside to “listen to the Party’s orders.” Locked inside with hundreds of others is Michael Spavor, one of two Canadians seized by Chinese authorities after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver […]
Dec 9 2019 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — The federal government faces increasing pressure to enact sanctions against officials in Hong Kong and mainland China who are responsible for human rights violations, despite threats of retaliation from China’s envoy to Canada. The pro-democracy group Canadian Friends of Hong Kong plans to send a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urging the […]
Dec 8 2019 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — Maxime Bernier is preparing a defamation case against political consultant Warren Kinsella for calling Mr. Bernier a racist and a bigot. The People’s Party of Canada Leader has hired lawyer and former Ontario ombudsman André Marin to represent him. Mr. Marin said the defamation case is focused on comments posted to Mr. Kinsella’s personal website. […]
Dec 6 2019 — Andrew Coyne — Globe and Mail — The oddest part of the Speech from the Throne was not the Governor-General’s little homily, apparently self-written, on how as Canadians we are all “inextricably bound to the same space-time continuum” and “on board the same planetary spaceship.” As Trudeauvian physics goes – and she is very much part of the Trudeau universe – this […]
Dec 6 2019 — Globe and Mail — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the Liberal government’s Throne Speech was an “insult” to the people of Alberta and Saskatchewan because it failed to recognize the anger that has resulted from the economic downturn in the region. The Throne Speech, delivered by Governor-General Julie Payette on Thursday, focused on a “call for unity” across Canada, […]
Dec 5 2019 — Janice Dickson — Globe and Mail — Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez says he believes there is a “strong will” on the part of all parties to work together as Members of Parliament return to Ottawa. With the House returning Thursday for the Speech from the Throne, the Liberals will soon face the challenge of working with other parties in a minority […]
Dec 5 2019 — Robyn Urback — Globe and Mail — We might never know the name of the brave person who, I think it is fair to assume, must have talked U.S. President Donald Trump out of ordering U.S. Army Reserve troops to storm the Canadian border Tuesday evening. By that time, the President would have seen the clip of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appearing […]
Dec 4 2019 — Campbell Clark — Globe and Mail — Of course Justin Trudeau is two-faced in dealing with Donald Trump. Canadians know that. Don’t Americans know it? How can the U.S. President not know it, too? Canadians have seen Mr. Trudeau smile and nod while sitting beside Mr. Trump as he threatened to damage the Canadian economy. Even Canadians with no love for Mr. […]
Dec 4 2019 — Globe and Mail — A U.S. president publicly calling a Canadian prime minister “two-faced.” Insults between great friends and allies don’t get much nastier than this. In fact, it is arguably the worst insult a president has ever issued to a PM, a broadside more penetrating than Donald Trump’s calling Justin Trudeau “very dishonest and weak” after the June, […]
Dec 3 2019 — Lawrence Martin — Globe and Mail — If, as reported, Justin Trudeau is considering Rona Ambrose for the post of Washington ambassador, what an intriguing and inspired choice she would be. For starters, in an era of venomous political polarization, this would be a splendid show of bipartisanship. Never has a government chosen its U.S. ambassador from the ranks of the Official […]
Dec 3 2019 — Steven Chase and Robert Fife — Globe and Mail — Canada should swap Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou for two Canadians detained in China in a “prisoner exchange,” says former Liberal deputy prime minister John Manley, who is a director of a Canadian telecommunications company that uses equipment from the Chinese multinational. Referring to the Glienicke Bridge, which once separated West Berlin from East Germany, Mr. […]
Dec 2 2019 — Globe and Mail — Construction will begin this month on the first section of pipeline along the Trans Mountain expansion route – a significant milestone for a project that has been mired in legal and regulatory delays and has become an important symbol for Alberta’s energy sector. Trans Mountain Corporation, which was purchased by the federal government last year, […]
Dec 1 2019 — Kristy Kirkup — Globe and Mail — Saskatchewan Senator Denise Batters is speaking out in defence of her long-time friend, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, as he attempts to quash calls for his resignation. Mr. Scheer’s team shared a video of Ms. Batters on social media on the weekend in which the senator urged the Conservative movement to back the leader, who has […]
Nov 30 2019 — Kelly Cryderman — Globe and Mail — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer used a speech in front of a sympathetic Alberta audience to defend his leadership following a bruising week of political criticisms. Mr. Scheer spoke Friday evening in front of about 1,600 United Conservative Party members as part of the kick off for the provincial United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting in […]