Jun 22 2021 — Susan Delacourt — Our Windsor — Michael Chong, a Conservative MP who has thought a lot about how the House of Commons works, threw some existential questions into the seat of federal democracy this week. “Why do Canadians send 338 of their fellow citizens to this chamber if their decisions are going to be ignored?” Chong asked his fellow legislators.
May 18 2021 — Heather Scoffield — Our Windsor — It was a bit ironic that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met virtually with Vaccine Hunters Canada on Tuesday. That’s the group of tech-savvy volunteers that is successfully bringing order to the chaos that has characterized the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, especially in Ontario, by searching out and posting crucial information about vaccine availability on Twitter. Ironic […]
Oct 23 2020 — Heather Scoffield — Our Windsor — Polemic politics are getting the best of us. The personalized hatred between the Liberals and Conservatives on Parliament Hill that was briefly, and helpfully, contained by the pandemic last spring has now burst into the open, driving the country repeatedly to the brink of an election despite the onset of a second wave of COVID-19 […]
Oct 20 2020 — Heather Scoffield — Our Windsor — There’s a golden opportunity hiding in the deafening political brinksmanship that is consuming Parliament Hill right now. As a way to steer clear of the Conservatives’ insistence that a committee be set up to air out every existing document on the WE Charity scandal, the Liberals are trying to entice them with an alternative: a […]
Sep 26 2020 — Tonda MacCharles — Our Windsor — The Canadian government does not feel pressure from the United States to lift border restrictions despite comments by President Donald Trump that he expects the border to reopen soon, says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. In an interview with the Star, Blair said he is aware of Trump’s remarks after the two countries agreed to […]
Aug 29 2020 — Our Windsor — It was November 1933, and Mrs. Thomas Perkins of Kingdom, Saskatchewan, was desperate — like so many people in Canada during the Great Depression. So she picked up a pen and wrote directly to the prime minister, asking R.B. Bennett to please send her husband some new underwear from the Eaton’s catalogue. “I have patched […]
Jul 30 2020 — Susan Delacourt — Our Windsor — One of the mysteries around the whole WE Charity controversy has revolved around this question: where were Justin Trudeau’s political instincts? For a prime minister who has been a master of image and perception, Trudeau would be expected to immediately recognize the perils of pairing his government with a charity so closely tied to his […]
Jan 15 2020 — Emma Teitel — Our Windsor — You’d be forgiven if you haven’t thought about Andrew Scheer in a little while — or a long one. Canada is in crisis mode: all eyes are on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he responds sufficiently or insufficiently (depending on who you ask) to the horrific airline disaster in which more than 50 Canadians perished. […]
Aug 14 2019 — Our Windsor — Constituents in Jody Wilson-Raybould’s riding were sizing up the news Wednesday morning that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been found to have broken ethics laws in the SNC-Lavalin affair. Jamal Al Abdul Wahid and Harry Hammer, longtime residents of the area that is today Wilson-Raybould’s Vancouver-Granville riding, were on their way to a morning yoga […]
Apr 20 2019 — Our Windsor — With his signature turban and polished style, Jagmeet Singh cuts a unique figure on the political landscape. He is also the first full-time leader of a national political party in Canada who is not white. As such, he has experienced life in this country differently from other politicians.
Dec 6 2018 — Robert Benzie — Our Windsor — Premier Doug Ford insists he’s not to blame for U.S. regulators zapping Hydro One’s $6.7 billion takeover of Avista Corp., which will cost Ontario taxpayers tens of millions in cancellation fees and reduced share value. In his first public statement since Washington state rejected the Ontario utility’s proposed takeover of Avista citing political meddling by […]
Sep 6 2018 — Our Windsor — Sometimes a good tweet takes work. Alberta’s conservative opposition leader Jason Kenney learned that the hard way this week, after a university group called him out for using one of their photos in his Labour Day Twitter post without their permission.
Feb 23 2018 — Our Windsor — Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Christine Elliott is not calling for Patrick Brown to bow out of the race. “The party has already made a decision about that. For me, that’s the end of it,” Elliott told reporters while on a campaign stop Feb. 23 in Collingwood. “What we really need to do is focus […]
Jun 27 2015 — Our Windsor — The 82-year-old mother of a Burlington man jailed in Indonesia has spoken out strongly against Prime Minister Stephen Harper, chiding him for being “stubbornly silent.”
Nov 22 2014 — Reka Szekely — Our Windsor — I’ve probably attended four or five Stephen Harper rallies in Durham in the past few years and not once has the prime minister taken a question from the local media. Frankly they make for fairly boring and repetitive stories. During the recent Whitby-Oshawa byelection, Mr. Harper stopped by Whitby for another rally but this time […]