Jan 24 2020 — Rachel Emmanuel — iPolitics — Conservative leadership candidate Marilyn Gladu says the media is giving unfair attention to prominent male Conservatives who haven’t announced their intentions to run to be the party’s leader instead of to her campaign. The race for the Conservative Party leadership kicked off earlier this month in the wake of leader Andrew Scheer’s resignation. Gladu, the […]
Jan 20 2020 — Jolson Lim — iPolitics — Peter MacKay would perform the best out of three Conservative leadership candidates in a national election pitting him against Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, according to a new poll conducted by Mainstreet Research. The poll of 1,470 Canadian adults conducted on Jan. 16-17 asked them who they would vote for if a federal election were held […]
Jan 14 2020 — Kady O'Malley — iPolitics — As of right now, there’s no sign that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to grant New Democrat Jagmeet Singh’s call for an early return to regular House programming in the wake of last week’s plane crash outside Tehran, but it’s a good bet that he wasn’t surprised to hear it. For opposition parties, it’s […]
Dec 31 2019 — Rachel Emmanuel — iPolitics — Canada’s new heritage minister plans to increase local news coverage through CBC News. Steven Guilbeault was shuffled into the Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism file last month after being elected in the riding of Laurier—Sainte-Marie for the first time in October. He said he plans to work with the CBC, per his mandate letter, to see […]
Dec 26 2019 — iPolitics — The 43rd Parliament’s oldest MP said the greatest obstacle she faces as a politician are untrue things that are allowed to be said about people. Liberal MP Hedy Fry said “vicious lies” are quickly spread over the internet where social media posts aren’t held to the same ethical standards as they would be in traditional […]
Dec 26 2019 — iPolitics — It’s not all gloom and doom, but the sparkling Christmas lights that lit up Parliament Hill and thrilled children for three decades won’t be around this year. And it might be that way for years to come as the Hill’s venerable Centre Block, now nearly 100 years old, faces a massive renovation and construction overhaul […]
Dec 24 2019 — L. Ian MacDonald — iPolitics — Speaking of the opening of the new Parliament just three weeks before Christmas, one longtime observer of the place thought it made sense. “It allows MPs to do something while they’re in town, and gives them cover for attending all their Christmas parties,” said this denizen of the parliamentary precinct. It certainly did, though the […]
Dec 24 2019 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — The political year that was and the political year to come. The great, splashing irony of it all is that someone who is, with all due respect, unimpressive and clearly out-of-his-depth should have been so prominent before, during, and after the election. Andrew Scheer received more media than one would have considered possible, and the […]
Dec 23 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Newly minted as the deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs, Chrystia Freeland’s appointment as deputy chair of the all-important Agenda, Results and Communications Cabinet Committee reinforces her elevated role among her ministerial peers and signals that she’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most trusted advisor, say strategists. And the streamlining and realignment of cabinet […]
Dec 17 2019 — Rachel Emmanuel — iPolitics — Some Conservative-affiliated political strategists are applauding Andrew Scheer’s decision to step down as party leader, though one prominent voice says he shouldn’t stay on until his successor is chosen. Scheer announced his resignation last week, but received support from the Conservative caucus to stay on until his successor is chosen. Conservative strategist Tim Powers said […]
Dec 13 2019 — Michael Coren — iPolitics — No matter what alleged experts might claim, nobody anticipated the results of the UK election. As late as Thursday afternoon there were predictions that the Labour Party could form a government with the support of the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats. Or perhaps there would be another hung parliament. Instead, Labour suffered its […]
Nov 25 2019 — Kady O'Malley — iPolitics — Before we get started, a wee bit of editorial backstory: Originally, this was supposed to be included in last week’s edition, but running down the rules of committee engagement in a minority setting wound up filling all the available white space in this corner of iPolitics. If you missed the first instalment — or just […]
Nov 15 2019 — iPolitics — Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has apparently fallen out of favour with the conservative group best known for its online advocacy that helped elect Doug Ford in Ontario. iPolitics reviewed the Canada Proud Facebook page on Friday and found that it had posted 200 times since the election. While almost half the posts (87) negatively targeted […]
Nov 13 2019 — Kady O'Malley — iPolitics — According to the latest precinct intel, just three MPs have officially entered the race to serve as House of Commons speaker when the reconfigured Chamber re-opens for business next month: the current incumbent, veteran Nova Scotia Liberal MP Geoff Regan, his Liberal caucus colleague Anthony Rota and Conservative MP Bruce Stanton, both of whom served […]
Nov 8 2019 — iPolitics — Despite winning no seats in the election the People’s Party will continue to exist, but will have to do so without leader Maxime Bernier’s top advisor, who orchestrated the party’s direction behind-the-scenes, the party told supporters in its first fundraising email since the campaign. “The struggle for a better society never ends. This was just […]