This is not a country that is founded on justice; it is, however, founded on order, which is a cudgel the powerful continue to use against the powerless.
The recent controversy over the purchase of a personal jet for the premier’s use seems indicative of the state of the Ontario Progressive Conservative government.
The premier won’t have time to turn the economy around as the prospect of an election this year looms large.
The Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut premiers were recently in Ottawa to discuss the need for funding for housing, electricity, and transportation infrastructure as the federal government works to ramp up its security presence.
It’s a lot to ask of the populations of three territories to help protect an entire country through the use of their land if they don’t have reasonable access to electricity, housing, and publicly-funded health care in Canada.
Seven provinces and two territories don’t yet have deals even though Prime Minister Mark Carney said last fall that his government is committed to signing more agreements.
The Ontario premier’s pitch to poach Quebec doctors will be exploited by the separatists to undermine Quebecers’ sense of belonging to Canada.
The potential for a conduit to load oil tankers in the dangerous waters of the northern B.C. coast actually ended more than three decades ago.
The prime minister must now prove that ‘experience’ is more than just a campaign slogan, and that he is prepared to unite a divided country in pursuit of shared prosperity.
Over nearly a decade in power, Justin Trudeau used bilateral deals, federal dollars, and strings attached to a much greater degree than past PMs to enact a federal policy vision in areas of provincial jurisdiction.
Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they’re ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state rhetoric and whether it was genuine or whether it was just bluster.’
Those on the ‘wrong side’ of the debate have been vilified, while those promoting Canada are suddenly in vogue.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says Donald Trump’s ’51st state’ pitch for Canada as ‘incredibly insulting’ and an ‘assault on our democratic institutions and our sovereignty.’
Former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick says opposition leaders calling for Parliament to resume need to ‘retract the threat to immediately stab the government in the chest and force a six-week election.’
Experts say a formal annexation of Canada is unlikely, but warn of a possible erosion to Canadian sovereignty.
We cannot rely on American friendship for our economy to function, so it’s time for interprovincial barriers to come down.
Green Leader Elizabeth May says party members will soon hold a final vote on a proposed co-leader model, as Jonathan Pedneault returns to the fray after stepping down as deputy leader six months ago.
Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland, who spent the morning of Trump’s second inauguration doing an interview with CP24’s morning show, said Canada needs to be strong, smart and united. ‘The key is not to be scared.’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says it’s more important to stand up for our country than for jurisdictions right now. And former Ford staffer Laryssa Waler says the next federal election’s ballot-box question will be on defending Canada’s interests against Trump.
There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says it would be ‘shocking’ if opposition parties prevented the feds from presenting bills to provide the RCMP and CBSA with more resources.
A quarter of the federal fund to speed up housing development has already been dispensed to municipalities, First Nations, and Quebec.
In Ontario, the Ford government’s long-brewing housing plan fails to adequately address the single most important issue: density.
