When asked by the CBC about the floor-crossing Conservatives, Leader Pierre Poilievre framed the issue as ‘a problem of [Mark] Carney’s leadership,’ accusing the prime minister of ‘trying to manipulate his way through backroom deals to get that majority.’
MPs are in the House of Commons to represent their constituents, and if they believe their party’s positions run counter to those interests, they should speak up, even if it means leaving the party or being kicked out, says former Conservative-turned-Liberal MP Bill Casey.
It’s uncertain if Chris d’Entremont can successfully carry the banner as a Liberal. But he joins a long line of defectors who make covering the House of Commons interesting.
Quebec Conservatives are now privately speaking out against their leader to the media. Whether these MPs are worried enough to organize their delegations to get to Calgary in January remains to be seen.
The Conservatives’ focus vanishes as quickly as a former prime minister’s shirt on a yacht off the coast of Santa Barbara when they turn their gaze to that same fellow.
If Carney moves too far to the right, especially on environmental issues, he risks alienating his own political base and possibly creating a rift within the Liberal Party. The prime minister likely knows this.
A functional relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government is crucial to the country’s future. To put it bluntly: we have no time for partisan games. We need the legislature to do its job of holding the government to account.
There are Canadians who hoped that in voting for Mark Carney’s Liberals, some of some of Justin Trudeau’s social policies would survive. They are likely now wondering if this is the government that best represents them.
The Conservative Party spent years optimizing itself to defeat Mark Carney’s predecessor but the current prime minister has a very different personality; and the NDP is a non-factor in our federal politics—so much so that a real recovery may prove extremely difficult.
Is Pierre Poilievre the right person to lead the Conservatives out of the wilderness they’ve inhabited since former prime minister Stephen Harper’s defeat in 2015? Measured by what I call ‘the John Crosbie Rule,’ the answer is no.
To turn the tables on Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre should highlight the Trudeau government’s record of aligning Canada too tightly to American geopolitical objectives.
The biggest insult opponents used to hurl at the Liberal Party was that we’re ideological whores who stand on the mushy middle and believe in nothing but winning elections. Yet, it’s also key to the party’s success over the last 100 years.
Health Minister Kamal Khera highlighted Yukon signing onto the pharmacare deal since Mark Carney became prime minister, saying the Liberal government ‘will continue to make sure we deliver for Canadians.’
The Liberals have done a 180-degree shift; they’ve ditched the politics of pizzazz and personality and replaced it with the politics of mundane political proficiency.
The details of public spending should be public. It is a depressing reality of Canadian democracy today that the terms and conditions of government contracting with third parties are often treated as trade secrets.
‘We lacked that kind of real sense of: what do we want to see happen in the world?’ says former top diplomat Lloyd Axworthy.
United States President Donald Trump has been able to turn most of the world against him, but his unfair tariff war against Canada will also bring some positive changes to Canadian public policy.
Mark Carney dominates the results with 85.9 per cent of the vote ahead of former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland in second place with eight per cent.
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.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent without consideration for the public purse, failed to encourage greater unity, and was ineffective in governing.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is ‘no justification’ for American tariffs on Canadian goods, and vows the country will ‘not back down.’
Liberal leadership candidates faced off in battleground Montreal near the epicentre of their September byelection loss.
Canada’s and Europe’s leaders are trying to rewrite the framework of power to open the way for an end to Russia’s murderous attack on its neighbouring state.
The tumult of Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office have underscored the wisdom of being strategic about which defence needs Canada should source at home.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is intent on wrapping up his political career in the same manner he spent it—promising, but not delivering, but still wanting the credit of the promise. As I’ve often said about these guys, after all, the announcement is the plan.
