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Ontario’s New Democrats will pass the torch to new leader Marit Stiles on February 4, a month ahead of schedule and in time for the legislature to return from winter break. The party decided Thursday night to push forward the date of a March 4 confirmation vote after Stiles — in her second term as … Read more
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More than half of Canadians believe Liberals should remove Justin Trudeau as leader before the next federal election, while 45 percent believe Conservatives should find an alternative to their new leader, Pierre Poilièvre, a Nanos poll for The Globe and Mail. The survey of 1,021 people across Canada found that 51 percent of people want … Read more
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The Canada Border Services Agency turned over hundreds of pages of documents relating to the government’s use of private contractors to build the ArriveCan app, but the chair of the committee that requested the files more than two months ago says that the high level of redaction of the service is unacceptable . In a … Read more
It’s a new year and Albertans can expect more fireworks when it comes to provincial politics. The election is still months away, but experts say the unofficial campaign will only get more interesting as it goes. If you’ve seen political ads on television recently, brace yourself, there’s more where that came from. “We’re already in … Read more
It’s a new year and Albertans can expect more fireworks when it comes to provincial politics. The election is still months away, but experts say the unofficial campaign will only get more interesting as it goes. If you’ve seen political ads on television recently, brace yourself, there’s more where that came from. “We’re already in … Read more
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OTTAWA – Canada’s health minister thinks 2023 will be “a year of transformation.” “A good year of transformation,” explains Jean-Yves Duclos in an end-of-year interview with the Star. “I think we can look forward to that.” His outlook may sound overly optimistic, but that may be a necessity. Still reeling from more than two years … Read more
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks in the Legislature in Toronto on September 14.Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press The Ontario government this week, without formal announcement, issued regulations to move ahead with its controversial plans to remove 7,400 acres of the protected greenbelt, 10 days after public consultations on the proposal ended. Two ordinances, posted on the … Read more
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at a press conference in Edmonton on Nov. 29.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press Alberta’s opposition NDP says the first meeting under Prime Minister Danielle Smith was a brief, chaotic mess with the passage of a sovereignty bill that condemns the province to confusion over who follows what laws. NDP House leader … Read more
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Defense Secretary Anita Anand and General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defense Staff, are preparing to appear before the Standing Committee on National Defense on December 13 in Ottawa on the independent review of military sexual misconduct.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Retired Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbor says she is skeptical Ottawa’s plan to implement its … Read more
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OTTAWA — Voters in Mississauga-Lakeshore have returned a liberal to parliament in a by-election Tuesday that was downplayed by opposition parties for having any meaningful influence over their own efforts to overthrow the government. But with conventional wisdom stating that the path to power must include winning seats in the Greater Toronto Area, Monday’s vote … Read more