Oct 18 2021 — Peter Mazereeuw — Hill Times — Senator Marilou McPhedran is resigning from the largest group in the Senate, an hour before a closed-door hearing was scheduled to decide whether to expel her from the group for criticizing another member. In a letter sent to ISG Senators this morning, Sen. McPhedran wrote that she “just cannot bring myself to validate, through my […]
Oct 18 2021 — Michael Harris — Hill Times — And so it begins. The reality check for the Conservative Party of Canada. Instead of rising, the CPC is now a political phoenix sinking into the ashes of Election 2021. The most recent Angus Reid Institute numbers show that only 54 per cent of Conservative voters want Erin O’Toole to lead the party into the […]
Oct 18 2021 — Abbas Rana — Hill Times — Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives could have unseated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and formed government after the Sept. 20 election if they had won 98,740 more votes in 42 ridings in different regions of the county, according to an analysis by The Hill Times.
Oct 15 2021 — Mike Lapointe — Hill Times — With Parliament set to return five weeks from now, some Senators and MPs say all Parliamentarians should be fully vaccinated before returning to in-person sittings in both the House and the Senate, after many months of hybrid sittings throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, B.C.) said he believes the one thing […]
Oct 14 2021 — Hill Times — Parliament’s newest members point to advice from veteran politicians and lessons from the House of Commons orientation session as key support in the post-election transition period, though some criticized the process for having no “bridge” to connect former and current offices. New Conservative MP Ryan Williams, who won Bay of Quinte, Ont., by 4.8 per […]
Oct 14 2021 — Abbas Rana — Hill Times — The national council of the Conservative Party has suspended elected Ontario councillor Bert Chen for two months for launching the petition to recall Erin O’Toole as party leader. “Following complaints by grassroots members of the Conservative Party of Canada about the conduct of national councillor Bert Chen, national council exercised its authority under Article 8.13 […]
Oct 13 2021 — Neil Moss — Hill Times — After Australia partnered with the United States and United Kingdom to acquire eight nuclear-powered submarines, experts say Canada will face tough decisions on the type of submarine it procures with a distant, but fast approaching, timeline looming if it wants to keep its submarine capacity afloat. The need to maintain the Canadian Navy’s submarine capabilities […]
Oct 11 2021 — Rose LeMay — Hill Times — On Sept. 29, the prime minister gave a particularly good speech on Parliament Hill in a special ceremony to honour the children lost at residential schools and survivors. And I still admit to feeling some cynicism. Would the words be linked to action? How long until that lack of action makes its mark again on […]
Oct 11 2021 — Abbas Rana — Hill Times — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to travel on Sept. 30 to Tofino, B.C., for a vacation on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation gives the impression that he’s “disconnected,” and “tone deaf,” say political analysts and image experts, but Mr. Trudeau will outlast this controversy like others before because he has one of […]
Oct 6 2021 — Hill Times — Eighteen incumbents were defeated at the polls this election, and while the taste of defeat can be bitter and lonely—even more so thanks to COVID restrictions this time around—there are bright spots, too, as outgoing MPs turn their sights to life post-politics and reflect on their time in the House. Of the 18 defeated incumbents, […]
Oct 5 2021 — Hill Times — After experiencing “disappointing” results in the 2021 election, the Green Party will need to sort out its issues with infighting if it is to thrive in Canadian politics, according to two recent party candidates and the president of the Green Party of Ontario. “I think our policies are incredibly relevant, but Canadians do want to […]
Oct 4 2021 — Ken Polk — Hill Times — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken an almost lifeless Liberal Party back to the government and has been re-elected twice. Notwithstanding a political record that is unblemished by failure, there remains a tendency among his opponents and many pundits to treat Trudeau like a celebrity lightweight—not much more than the wealthy son of a famous […]
Oct 4 2021 — Abbas Rana — Hill Times — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals could have won a majority government in the Sept. 20 election if they had received 16,870 more votes spread across 11 ridings, according to an analysis by The Hill Times. The 11 closest losses for the Liberals included three in Ontario, two in Quebec, and one each in Manitoba, Newfoundland […]
Oct 1 2021 — Abbas Rana — Hill Times — Erin O’Toole’s fate as Conservative leader is hanging in the balance after he failed to win power in the Sept. 20 election, but political insiders say the practice of changing party leaders after each unsuccessful election is “unhealthy.” Barring a disastrous performance in their first election, leaders should be allowed to lead their parties in […]
Sep 30 2021 — Hill Times — On Canada’s first annual National Truth and Reconciliation Day, eight newly elected MPs from the Liberal, Conservative, and NDP parties say the Canadian government needs to do more to advance reconciliation and fulfill the 94 calls to action outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Re-elected New Democrat Niki Ashton (Churchill–Keewatinook Aski, Man.) […]