Sep 30 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — Erin O’Toole says he would have become prime minister just over a year ago, if a resurgence of COVID in the final week of the general election campaign hadn’t spooked voters. Here, he joins John Ivison to talk about what he would have done differently than Justin Trudeau on Ukraine, China and on the environment, […]
Sep 29 2022 — National Post — The relationship of the two controlling owners of the Toronto Star is “irrevocably impaired” and in a “deadlock,” so much so one partner is asking the court to force the company’s sale and split the loot. Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett were friends for a decade before they bought Torstar, a media company that owns […]
Sep 29 2022 — Sabrina Maddeaux — National Post — Jason Kenney’s right — Alberta offers more opportunities for young people than Ontario. “Actually, I love Calgary.” This is the sort of statement that, when uttered to other Toronto-based millennials, used to earn me blank stares and dubious eye rolls. Most could never see themselves leaving the city for nearby Hamilton, let alone Alberta. I […]
Sep 28 2022 — Ryan Tumilty — National Post — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said his government will go ahead with plans for a mandatory gun buyback program, over the objections of Alberta’s justice minister, who has said he would see to it that police in his province, including the RCMP, would not take part in the effort. Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro announced […]
Sep 28 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — For Justin Trudeau, the idea is more interesting than the implementation. He’s always more excited about “what’s new” than absorbed in executing decisions already made. The Liberal government’s proposals for a national dental-care program are a case in point. The Liberals have become converts to the idea of subsidized dental care for lower-income Canadians not […]
Sep 28 2022 — National Post — The federal government should investigate the soaring cost of groceries to get to the bottom of unexplained price hikes of goods like meat, and to address the “dangerous” number of Canadians who believe wrongdoing is to blame, according to food policy expert Sylvain Charlebois. “Is there profiteering going on? There is a possibility, because we […]
Sep 27 2022 — National Post — One delegate said there are constituents who would vote for the Saskatchewan NDP but don’t like how the federal NDP has propped up the Trudeau government. The Saskatchewan NDP has cancelled plans to invite federal leader Jagmeet Singh to its convention following what some sources described as a heated debate over whether the federal party […]
Sep 27 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Nuclear technology, carbon capture and mining critical minerals are all components of Pierre Poilievre’s approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change, but it remains unclear when he will unveil a more fulsome climate plan of his own. Liberal MP Rachel Bendayan said it was “laughable” to suggest that the Conservative party has […]
Sep 27 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — For decades, Prestwick Airport was the only airport in Scotland offering transatlantic flights — hundreds of thousands of Scots flew to their new home in Canada from the west-coast hub. Now, Canadians are going the other way. In March, the military set up a facility at Prestwick to receive and redirect cargo aid to Ukraine. […]
Sep 27 2022 — National Post — For many travellers weary of pandemic restrictions, the Canadian skies just got a lot friendlier. Last week the federal government announced that it will be lifting COVID-19 restrictions, including mask mandates on planes and mandatory use of the ArriveCAN app, at the end of this month. Cue the cheers not just from a weary travelling […]
Sep 26 2022 — Michelle Coates Mather — National Post — Now that the Conservative leadership campaign is over, naturally, the armchair quarterbacks have a platform to pontificate on Jean Charest’s motivations for running, his age, and his initial lack of social media savvy, as if these had any impact on the outcome of the race. Writing in the Post recently, André Pratte, who was a […]
Sep 26 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — ‘People can attack my politics, they can call me names, they can protest my ideas and what I stand for. But threatening my wife and family is appalling and I will not tolerate it.’ Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has referred rape threats concerning his wife to the RCMP to assess whether criminal charges should be […]
Sep 25 2022 — Stephen Maher — National Post — To get my oceanfront home on Nova Scotia’s south shore ready for Fiona’s arrival this week, I had to move the floating dock out front. We didn’t know on Thursday if there would be a storm surge, if the salt water would stay where we like it or get pushed by the tremendous force of […]
Sep 24 2022 — National Post — Pierre Poilievre’s former campaign co-chair, John Baird, thinks the NDP is lashing out against the new Tory leader because he is eating their “lunch” among working-class voters and could pose a threat for New Democrats in the next federal election in Ontario and B.C. Speaking with the National Post’s John Ivison, Baird said he expects […]
Sep 23 2022 — John Ivison — National Post — The broadcast regulator styles itself as an administrative tribunal that operates at arm’s length from the federal government. It is a description that embellishes the degree of separation. The distance remains short enough that the prime minister can give the CRTC a slap across the head, if he has a mind (a statement, not a […]