Jul 28 2021 — Stephanie Levitz — Toronto Star — Peter MacKay hired “emergency close protection” after threats were made against his wife during his failed bid for the leadership of the federal Conservative party last year. Financial returns released Wednesday show MacKay spent upwards of $5 million on his leadership bid — including $124,000 for security guards — and still owes $800,000. His return […]
Jul 27 2021 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The vast majority of those vying for spots on the Green party’s most powerful governing body either oppose Annamie Paul’s leadership or won’t say whether they support her. The lack of public backing from candidates for the Greens’ federal council raises questions about whether challenges to Paul’s leadership will continue, despite her claims she is […]
Jul 26 2021 — Heather Scoffield — Toronto Star — When the federal Liberals rolled out with fanfare last week their plan to deal with the human cost of cutting greenhouse gases, their timing was dubious. It’s been two years, after all, since the Liberals committed to legislating a “just transition” for people working in fossil fuels who lose their jobs as Canada moves toward […]
Jul 24 2021 — Alex Boutilier — Toronto Star — Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is facing questions from within his own party over allowing his deputy chief of staff to help social conservative candidates secure party nominations. The Star reported Thursday that Steve Outhouse, O’Toole’s deputy chief of staff, has been paid by nine people seeking nominations to assist their campaigns. The majority of those […]
Jul 23 2021 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — The Green party’s interim president is blaming embattled leader Annamie Paul for the need to launch a court challenge as top officials continue their effort to depose her before they are replaced in party elections next month. Liana Canton Cusmano — the president of the party’s federal council and one of the officials trying to […]
Jul 23 2021 — Alex Boutilier — Toronto Star — Erin O’Toole’s second-most senior staffer is personally involved with helping social conservative candidates secure party nominations, the Star has learned. Four conservative sources told the Star that Steve Outhouse, a longtime Conservative operative and deputy chief of staff in O’Toole’s office, is moonlighting as a consultant on multiple nomination campaigns across the country. The majority […]
Jul 22 2021 — Heather Scoffield — Toronto Star — It was almost like a flashback to the election campaign of 2019. Justin Trudeau was out in Hamilton and Brampton this week, announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in government funding for affordable housing. The NDP is complaining it’s just not enough. And the Conservatives are saying he’s doing it all wrong. The housing issue […]
Jul 20 2021 — Heather Scoffield — Toronto Star — After weeks of pressure from the business community, and some push and pull from the premiers and the public, the federal government has finally revealed some of its plan to reopen Canada’s international borders — one more major step toward a full economic recovery. Let’s own that decision and make the most of it. The […]
Jul 15 2021 — Jacques Gallant — Toronto Star — Efforts for the Senate to deal with the government’s conversion therapy bill this month have collapsed, setting the bill up to die if a federal election is called for the fall. The government’s representative in the Senate said Wednesday that “unfortunately, it has been made clear to me that some in the Senate have no […]
Jul 15 2021 — Susan Delacourt — Toronto Star — It’s one thing to try to depose a leader — Canada’s political parties have a rich tradition in such drama. But to oust a leader from a party altogether? The Green Party of Canada is in all-new territory here, according to the latest report from the Star’s Alex Ballingall on the slow-motion coup unfolding within […]
Jul 12 2021 — Susan Delacourt — Toronto Star — Hope is not a strategy, but it’s easier to fight an election with optimism than without it. This is good news for Jagmeet Singh, according to the newest polling from Abacus Data, which shows the NDP leader surfing a wave of happy, optimistic sentiment in Canada.
Jul 11 2021 — Toronto Star — The Conservatives and the Liberals are both promising a million post-pandemic jobs — but the similarities end there. Justin Trudeau made the commitment last September in the throne speech and subsequent fiscal updates. Not to be outdone, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole has incorporated a parallel pledge into his latest social-media push. “We will recover 1 […]
Jul 11 2021 — Susan Delacourt — Toronto Star — By any measure, this has been a momentous week for Indigenous women in Canada. The country is about to have its first Indigenous governor general: Mary Simon. The Assembly of First Nations will be led for the first time in its history by a woman chief: RoseAnne Archibald. And Jody Wilson-Raybould, a woman who could […]
Jul 11 2021 — Stephanie Levitz — Toronto Star — In 2015, and again in 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the federal Liberal election campaign in Vancouver. This past week, it seemed like he was kicking off the next one in the same spot: on Thursday, he announced $3.2 billion over five years for child care in B.C., on Friday, $1.3 billion in […]
Jul 9 2021 — Alex Ballingall — Toronto Star — Annamie Paul’s chief rival in last year’s Green leadership race says the embattled politician can save herself from party operatives trying to oust her — if she takes responsibility for the loss of a Green MP who defected to the Liberals. In an interview with the Star, Dimitri Lascaris said he believes Paul can “rehabilitate […]