Oct 18 2021 — L. Ian MacDonald — National Post — In a remarkable numerical coincidence, a 36-day election campaign is being followed by a 36-day transition period before the swearing-in of the new federal cabinet next Tuesday. And it will be nearly a month after that before the new Parliament meets on Nov. 22, for the election of a Speaker followed by a throne speech, […]
Oct 16 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — Paul Romer coined the phrase “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste” back in 2004. “I tried to suggest that there is a risk of complacency in ordinary times and that a crisis is the time when you might be able to mobilize some coordinated efforts to do better,” the Nobel Prize-winning economist said […]
Oct 16 2021 — Chris Selley — National Post — The Liberals didn’t leave too many wedge issues on the shelf during the 36-day election campaign that ended with a barely altered status quo on September 20th. Guns and abortion were taken out for a spin, with “mandatory vaccination” becoming an unwelcome new addition to the roster. But one issue that seemed sure to feature […]
Oct 15 2021 — Kathryn Marshall — National Post — It is time to end the farce that is the Canadian Armed Force’s self-regulation. It isn’t working and the time has long since come to implement rigorous external processes for addressing sexual misconduct in the military. Over the past 10 months there have been numerous sex scandals involving high-ranking CAF officials. This week, there was […]
Oct 13 2021 — Tom Blackwell — National Post — A group representing Conservatives of Chinese descent is urging Erin O’Toole to resign as federal leader, charging that his call for a tougher approach to China alienated Chinese-Canadian voters and cost the party three seats in last month’s election.
Oct 13 2021 — National Post — Canada will delay — and potentially abandon — a digital services tax on Big Tech after the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reached a deal on a multilateral tax approach.
Oct 13 2021 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — When Parliament returns to work in the coming weeks, one of the Liberal government’s first orders of business will be a fall economic statement. Expectations include such big-ticket items as national childcare, likely bankrolled by a proposed three per cent tax on financial institutions and insurance companies. But the biggest question for the new government […]
Oct 12 2021 — Kelly McParland — National Post — Perhaps it’s time for the Conservative party to part ways with Alberta. Sit down on the couch, engage in a frank discussion about the relationship, and agree that it’s no longer working out the way both parties had hoped. While they enjoyed many happy years as partners, the sad fact is that their interests have […]
Oct 12 2021 — L. Ian MacDonald — National Post — Instead of stopping in Kamloops, B.C., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew over it. That’s what it comes down to in terms of the entirely avoidable mess he created by taking a family holiday at the beach in Tofino, B.C., rather than attending a National Day of Truth and Reconciliation event at the former residential school […]
Oct 6 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — Justin Trudeau’s recognition that he was “in error” when he chose to travel to a beach holiday on the first National Truth and Reconciliation Day rekindles doubts about the prime minister’s judgment that have dogged him his entire political career.
Oct 6 2021 — L. Ian MacDonald — National Post — There was a question at Erin O’Toole’s news conference following the Conservative caucus on Tuesday, the kind that tripped him up during the final days of the campaign, but which this time he turned into a leadership moment. The same leader who had declined to say how many unvaccinated candidates were running as Conservatives, now […]
Oct 5 2021 — John Ivison — National Post — Maybe Justin Trudeau’s decision to call a general election in the middle of a pandemic, at the very moment the Taliban took Kabul, wasn’t such a bad idea after all. The findings of a massive post-election poll by the Conservatives found that the number one reason people who considered voting for the party did not […]
Oct 5 2021 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — It’s shaping up to be a tough week for the leaders of both Canada’s new government and Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. Knives have been flying both inside and outside their parties, albeit over very different issues. After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jetted off to Tofino last Thursday for a family holiday on Canada’s first National […]
Oct 5 2021 — Brian Platt — National Post — O’Toole told reporters he’s spoken to most of the caucus and believes he has the support to stay on as leader. As Conservative MPs filed into their first post-election caucus meeting Tuesday morning, many expressed strong support for Erin O’Toole’s leadership — but others walked by without comment, and at least one Alberta MP fumed […]
Oct 4 2021 — Colby Cosh — National Post — I had a funny dream last night, a dream about our ever-beleaguered prime minister. I spent much of the weekend reading indignant reactions to Justin Trudeau’s mysterious decision to play hooky on the occasion of the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Prime Minister’s Office, as you all know by now, published an […]