Aug 19 2019 — Kady O'Malley — iPolitics — Make no mistake: It’s a suggestion virtually guaranteed to be greeted with stunned silence within official Liberal circles — not only by the prime minister and his senior advisors, but also by the campaign team charged with plotting out the party’s path to victory this fall. But while it may be both stratospherically high-risk and […]
Aug 16 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Trudeau government says former attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was intimately involved in developing Criminal Code amendments permitting deferred prosecution agreements, despite her suggestion to the ethics commissioner they were “rushed” to fit in the 2018 budget implementation bill. Pierre Olivier-Hebert, a spokesperson for Finance Minister Bill Morneau, told iPolitics the suggestion […]
Aug 15 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The federal Greens and Liberals are locked in a close race in Victoria, with the incumbent NDP not far behind in third place, according to a new Mainstreet Research poll for iPolitics. Elizabeth May’s Green Party was the top choice of 22.9 per cent of respondents in the survey, with the Liberals and NDP close […]
Aug 14 2019 — Jolson Lim — iPolitics — The Privy Council Office refused to extend a cabinet confidence waiver that would have allowed nine witnesses who said they had information relevant to the SNC-Lavalin affair to provide such evidence to Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion’s probe, his report released on Wednesday says. According to Dion’s report, which found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acted inappropriately […]
Aug 13 2019 — iPolitics — New results from a Mainstreet Research poll suggests most Canadians believe the upcoming federal election will produce a minority government. In the firm’s latest national survey for iPolitics, 56.1 per cent of respondents said they think October’s vote will lead to a minority government, compared to 25.4 per cent who believe it will produce a […]
Aug 13 2019 — iPolitics — To begin with, a message to any diehard People’s Party backers out there who are about to fire off an outraged tweet based on the headline alone: Please don’t take it personally, either as a supporter, or on behalf of its leader. The arguments against including him in the draft lineup for the first-ever round […]
Aug 9 2019 — iPolitics — A man who gained brief notoriety for his unusual poll station protest of a woman who swore her oath of Canadian citizenship while wearing a niqab will now be vying for votes as a candidate for the People’s Party of Canada. Elections Canada records show Ken Finlayson is representing the People’s Party as its candidate […]
Aug 9 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The federal Conservative platform for the 2019 election will not include a tax deduction for parents who send their kids to private and independent schools, iPolitics has learned. A spokesperson for Andrew Scheer confirmed in an email statement that the Tory leader would not move ahead with the tax credit because of the large budget […]
Aug 9 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier is running neck-and-neck with the Conservatives in his southeastern Quebec riding, suggests a new Mainstreet Research poll for iPolitics. Bernier, a one time cabinet minister and Conservative leadership candidate, was the choice of 28.7 per cent of respondents in the phone survey of 640 voters in Beauce, though the Tories […]
Aug 8 2019 — iPolitics — The People’s Party of Canada candidate in Vancouver Granville is challenging her high-profile former boss for a seat in Parliament in the fall’s federal election. Naomi Chocyk worked in the office of Jody Wilson-Raybould for several months between 2016 to 2017.
Aug 7 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Liberals and Conservatives are in a dead heat just two and a half months out from election day, a new Mainstreet Research poll for iPolitics suggests. In the firm’s latest phone survey, 34.5 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said they’d vote for the Liberals if the election were today, compared to 34.1 […]
Aug 2 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Liberal cabinet minister Jean Yves Duclos is holding a slight lead in his Quebec riding 80 or so days out from this October’s election, a new Mainstreet poll for iPolitics suggests. In the phone survey of 684 adults, conducted between July 23-24, 30 per cent of respondents said they would vote for the Liberals if […]
Jul 28 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — A couple from Hong Kong is suing Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido in B.C. small claims court for allegedly mishandling their application for permanent residency. Koon Ning Siu and Koon Chai Chan filed a notice of claim in a Vancouver court this past January claiming that Peschisolido’s failure to notify them about important demands from the […]
Jul 26 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Conservatives and Liberals are locked in an extremely tight race in the battleground riding of Whitby, with the opposition Tories holding a slim lead over their centre-left rivals, a new Mainstreet Research poll for iPolitics suggests.
Jul 22 2019 — Kady O'Malley — iPolitics — First off, let the record be clear: In no way should either that headline, or the ensuing musings, be viewed as a sour-grapes-flavoured attempt to minimize the juiciness of CBC News’ weekend scoop that Justin Trudeau’s one-time former right-hand man Gerry Butts will be back on the Liberal election team, albeit in an unspecified “key” […]