Green Leader Elizabeth May said she hopes David Eby is ‘punished’ by voters for his snap election call, Conservative MP Frank Caputo called the move ‘100 per cent opportunistic,’ while Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed said any premier has the right to call an election.
Pierre Poilievre still has time to right his ship, but he needs to take a deeper dive into Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s car crash if he wants to fare better than she did.
Those of us in this country with some level of discernment have seen through the Alberta premier’s remain-in-Canada act, and now she needs to pivot.
At the very least, a public break by the federal Conservatives’ full Quebec caucus would force the entire party to undergo fundamental introspection.
With the health file not a priority for this government, the question becomes how will Health Minister Marjorie Michel and Canadians ensure that health system needs ‘are still cutting through the noise’ of U.S. trade problems, says consultant Danielle Flieler.
Too often global investors are confronted by overly complex and time-consuming regulatory processes, which result in prohibitively lengthy approval timelines. Canada’s strongest long-term response to new American tariffs is to become a more competitive place to invest, build, and scale.
Federal Conservatives should take stock of the warning coming out of B.C.: internal sniping and griping drives voters away.
The Parti Québécois leader is trying to dodge recent comparisons to the federal Conservatives by emulating the winning campaign.
The Alberta separation referendum question on Oct. 19 will ultimately be decided by voter turnout and which side has the better ground game, says Duane Bratt.
Along with a lack of bilingual voter information cards, there will be three French leaders’ debates, even though non-francophones have specific concerns related to language, health, education, and government services.
The Albertan government argues that private care will relieve pressure on the public system. Yet, where a parallel private care system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse overall.
There’s ‘inherent risk’ in operating in the North, and the fixed-price contracting approach favoured by the feds ‘tries to pretend that that risk isn’t there,’ says adviser Jake Kennedy.
Whitehorse sits atop a promising geothermal resource—maybe one of Canada’s best, and developing geothermal energy would strengthen this country’s national security by strengthening relations with Arctic allies.
The question that all B.C. Conservatives have to ask themselves is whether this descent into the septic tank of far-right grievance politics is the correct move to build support.
The Parti Québécois’ ‘aura of inevitability’ is fading as Quebecers ‘rally ’round the flag,’ their current premier, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, says former Conservative director of communications Dimitris Soudas.
With the province in the throes of an election campaign, its outsized reliance on the U.S. will become an even bigger issue for political players.
In the context of trade routes, mineral exploration, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s constant threats to annex both Canada and Greenland, the North is the key area of focus for our preparations.
It has been heartening to see many of Canada’s politicians park their ideological differences for the greater national good. Voters will long remember those who tried to exploit the crisis for their own gain, and those who grabbed an oar and started rowing.
While nothing could sway those with strong separatist feelings in Alberta, the tensions between Canada and the United States will make some in the province feel more patriotic, says Alberta’s former senior representative to the U.S.
Alberta’s Bill 11, which will take effect in September, allows doctors to provide some public and private services simultaneously. But a new survey finds that 56 per cent of Albertans are against the legislation, and only 34 per cent in support, with
With nearly $324,000 in combined spending room versus the Bloc’s $99,000, the Conservatives need to triple-down on defending Chicoutimi–Le Fjord, says past party campaign manager Fred DeLorey.
This country’s economic strategy must include the health of the workforce, and that requires accountability for how funding is spent.
A brochure for four Richmond, B.C., candidates running in this October’s municipal elections identifies Chak Au as a policy adviser. Until last February, Au had served as a municipal councillor in the city while also holding his federal seat.
A policy change that moves the military to selective unilingualism goes against the goals of the new Official Languages Act, and delivers a gift to the separatists.
As of May, CFIB found that nearly seven in 10 small businesses reported no improvement in the ease of doing business across provincial borders over the last 12 months, while 16 per cent said conditions have actually worsened.
