Presented as a ‘security measure,’ Bill C-25 would scrap rules requiring parties to release advance notices for fundraising events and disclose the events’ locations, in what one critic says creates an ‘after-the-fact model of oversight.’
The Musqueam Nation and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty have both issued statements following the agreements’ signing that the documents do not impact private property rights.
The Conservative Party of Canada has started the candidate nomination process across the country, according to an internal memo.
Green Leader Elizabeth May says the prime minister’s ‘word means nothing,’ but isn’t closing the door on co-operating with the progressive opposition to advance the government’s ecological agenda.
This government would flunk any test for transparency. Why are new programs, such as Build Canada Homes, the Major Projects Office and the Defence procurement office being established as ‘special operating agencies’ under the Treasury Board’s cloak of confidentiality?
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s commitment to meeting Canada’s Paris Agreement targets comes only days after the second round of projects being referred to the Major Projects Office was announced, one of which is an LNG project.
During the break, the Liberals should try to sway opposition MPs to their benches, which would be a challenge to Pierre Poilievre’s leadership; and the NDP should bring back former leader Tom Mulcair, with his name recognition and gravitas.
As Mark Carney struggled at the griddle, Pierre Poilievre was busy pitching himself as an Albertan returned ‘home’ at the festival where Alberta Senator Daryl Fridhandler says everyone is ‘on the same level.’
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Bill C-5 ‘is 100 per cent about unfettered political discretion exercised by cabinet,’ says the Green leader.
After a devastating election that shrunk the NDP caucus, interim leader Don Davies says his caucus can still play an important role, predicting that in some cases, ‘whether the government survives or falls will depend on us.’
Former NDP MP Peter Julian says pharmacare, in its current state, was only meant to be the initial step to universal drug coverage, and it’s ‘profoundly disappointing’ the Throne Speech gave ‘clear signalling’ the Liberals have no plans to proceed to the next stage.
Two weeks after the election, at least 40 outgoing incumbent MPs are in the process of packing up their offices and saying goodbye to staff and colleagues, after years—or even decades—in office.
Elizabeth May’s says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on climate.
With a brand new leader at the Liberal Party helm and with the distinct chance of new leadership in all the main federal parties, the old order of national politics could change faster than Newfoundland and Labrador weather.
The Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Green, and Bloc Québécois teams are making stops in regions that will be key to their electoral fortunes on April 28.
Even with his ’Canada First’ rebrand, Pierre Poilievre’s clock is ticking. If he doesn’t shift gears soon, he might find himself watching the Liberals waltz away to another election win.
The network and partnerships with Greens in the European Union and globally will be ‘essential’ in Canada’s response to the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, says Jonathan Pedneault.
Ontarians will head to the polls in a snap provincial election on Feb. 27, just over a week before federal Liberal Party members choose their next leader—and the next prime minister.
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.’
A quarter of the federal fund to speed up housing development has already been dispensed to municipalities, First Nations, and Quebec.
The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.
It’s ‘a uniquely Canadian thing that something that significant would happen and there’d never be an inquiry,’ says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, while Kevin Vickers told the Ottawa Citizen he’s surprised there’s never been a parliamentary review, and that witness statements and security footage should be released.
