Aug 21 2018 — Brian Platt — National Post — Canadians have been dubious for decades about the merits of increasing levels of immigration, but a new report also suggests growing opposition to immigration over the past few years. The report from the Angus Reid Institute analyzes polling data going back to 1975 to show that, throughout that period, a relatively constant number of Canadians […]
Aug 20 2018 — Chris Selley — National Post — It is possibly good news for Justin Trudeau that the woman who successfully provoked him to histrionics at an event south of Montreal on Thursday may be a genuinely unpleasant person. According to fairly compelling evidence compiled by Twitter account Le Troupeau, she is a member of an anti-immigrant group calling itself the Front Patriotique […]
Aug 20 2018 — John Ivison — National Post — The phrase “dog-whistle politics” is most often associated with the right, but Justin Trudeau has been using his own coded language to reach his political base. The now infamous video of him being heckled at an open-air rally in Quebec could scarcely have been orchestrated to better effect, if the woman shouting questions about immigration […]
Aug 20 2018 — Kelly McParland — National Post — Maxime Bernier is a man with obvious political skills, some good ideas and more public appeal than the average backbench member of parliament, but suffers from a gaping hole where his judgment should be. It’s a problem that’s been evident since he lost his job as foreign affairs minister after leaving secret cabinet documents at […]
Aug 19 2018 — Marie-Danielle Smith — National Post — This week, the federal Conservatives are adding to their policy book for the first time under leader Andrew Scheer, and for the last time before the next election. On the table for the rank-and-file to discuss at the party’s convention in Halifax are changes to positions on everything from immigration to abortion to freedom of […]
Aug 17 2018 — Marie-Danielle Smith — National Post — It was the last day of Parliament and Conservative Party MPs were sitting in a high-ceilinged caucus room, waiting for the man of the hour to give them a final pep talk before heading back to their constituencies for the summer. That man was not Andrew Scheer, who just over a year ago narrowly won […]
Aug 14 2018 — Tristin Hopper — National Post — As Canada’s relationship with Saudi Arabia remains on the rocks, ex-foreign affairs minister John Baird appeared on Saudi state TV over the weekend to denounce the Trudeau government for its “gratuitous attack” on the Saudi regime. “For Canada to treat a friend and ally this way has been incredibly unhelpful,” Baird told the English-language arm […]
Aug 13 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is hitting back at Rachel Notley after coming under scathing criticism from the Alberta premier last week for comments he made about oil imports from Saudi Arabia. “I know that Premier Notley’s in a tough political fight. But I’ve always felt and I believe that personal attacks are beneath her,” […]
Aug 13 2018 — Christie Blatchford — National Post — Mercifully, it is not every government that deploys its paid political staffers as clapping, barking seals. This appears to be a genuine first for new Ontario Conservative Premier Doug Ford, and he’s been rightly mocked for using said clappers to cut short press conferences and reporters’ questions by applauding and cheering his every pearl of […]
Aug 13 2018 — John Ivison — National Post — Certain things in public life should not be taken at face value — including election promises, government spending estimates and former ministers furthering their commercial interests under the guise of speaking about the national interest. John Baird’s appearance on the Saudi regime’s mouthpiece channel, Al Arabiya, complaining that the Trudeau government has been “poking a […]
Aug 13 2018 — National Post — It was a change so small it was barely mentioned when Alberta’s NDP government passed sweeping election legislation a year and a half ago, but it’s opened up a new front for political attacks against the United Conservative Party. Under the Fair Elections Financing Act, as soon as a potential candidate “announces his or her […]
Aug 13 2018 — Kelly McParland — National Post — Jagmeet Singh’s days as federal NDP leader have been so ill-starred you almost feel sorry for the guy. That’s not a good thing. Politicians want to look bold, decisive and successful, not confused, unlucky and accident-prone. Singh can’t get a break. The last good thing that happened to him was winning the New Democratic Party […]
Aug 13 2018 — National Post — Canada’s ambitious multi-billion dollar shipbuilding program is poorly managed and lacking oversight, the federal government’s independent adviser has warned.
Aug 10 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — The federal government has cancelled a controversial Arctic surf clam licence that was intended to help Indigenous communities gain a foothold in a lucrative fishery, but instead led to criticism from First Nations and an investigation by the federal ethics watchdog. The fisheries department announced on Friday that the new licence, which would have awarded […]
Aug 10 2018 — Tristin Hopper — National Post — A Saudi-owned TV channel claims that University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson is a Canadian prisoner of conscience. Within hours of Saudi Arabia expelling Canada’s ambassador, the country’s broadcasters and pro-government social media accounts ramped into high gear digging up dirt on its newest enemy. A recurring theme of Saudi attacks against Canada is “those […]