Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair spends week on urban agenda It’s a holiday weekend — and that means last week was a week for MPs to be in their constituencies. For the Toronto NDP caucus, it was also a week to host their leader, Thomas Mulcair — and to sharpen the NDP’s focus on urban [...]
The Big Shift concludes the Conservatives well be in power for a long time The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released a review of Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson’s book The Big Shift: The Seismic Changes in Canadian politics, Business, and Culture and What it Means for Our Future. The review is part of a new [...]
Alison Redford says construction company donations had no effect on awarding of contracts New documents that reveal large political donations to the Alison Redford Progressive Conservative party from a coalition of construction companies should be investigated as possible bribes, says a national democracy watchdog group. The correspondence, obtained by the Alberta Federation of Labour under [...]
Cal Wenzel video – Mayor Nenshi suggests election finance laws were broken The secretly taped video that shows Calgary home builder Cal Wenzel discussing which city hall candidates would best serve the industry’s interests was finally released in its entirety Tuesday night. Mayor Naheed Nenshi fought back Wednesday morning, calling the video “icky” and suggesting [...]
Manning Centre denies $1.1 million donation to be used in next election As the fallout from the Cal Wenzel video continued Wednesday, the incoming chair of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy said the conservative training facility does not function to further their donors’ personal ambitions. On a secretly taped video released earlier this week, [...]
Justin Trudeau wins Liberal Party of Canada leadership race on first ballot Justin Trudeau called for an end to internal Liberal Party of Canada divisions and an end to the partisan politics of division Sunday night as he was anointed party leader in a landslide, first-ballot win. Trudeau, eldest son of former prime minister Pierre [...]
Liberals preparing to choose Justin Trudeau as party leader He grew up just to one side of the national viewfinder, teasing us with the echo of his father’s greatness while insisting to anyone who would listen that he could never meet his father’s sky-high standard. Justin Trudeau acknowledged he has lived his life under the [...]
Victory by Justin Trudeau means NDP and Liberals shift into 2015 campaign mode immediately Fixed election dates. They sounded so logical when they were first made law. Prime Ministers (or Premiers) could no longer decide when to call an election. The advantage of surprise would be taken away from them. So, too, the ability to [...]
Britons publicly celebrate Margaret Thatcher death As tributes poured in from politicians around the world following the death of Margaret Thatcher, others raised glasses of champagne in impromptu street parties. Britons took to the streets to drink and dance in celebration of Monday’s death of former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher was blamed by many for [...]
Polls consistently show Liberal Party of Canada rising in public opinion One’s an outlier. Two’s an indication. And three’s a trend. We’re now at three national polls all showing the same thing: The Liberal Party of Canada is up off the mat. The latest one — done nationally, by Léger Associates — explicitly didn’t mention the [...]
