Trudeau, Harper meet to begin transition
Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau met Wednesday on Parliament Hill to begin the process of transferring power from Harper’s Conservative Party to Trudeau’s Liberals. Trudeau won a healthy majority...
View ArticleStephen Harper resigns his seat
Stephen Harper, the former Prime Minister of Canada, resigned his seat in Parliament today. In a recorded message on his facebook page, Stephen Harper thanked his MP’s, and listed the Conservative...
View ArticleAnother poll spells bad news for Trudeau
It seems like just yesterday (kinda) that Canada’s newly-elected prime minister, Justin Trudeau, was the talk of the political (and tabloid) world. A young, handsome, photogenic family man, he had the...
View ArticleTwo top Tory staffers are let go in election’s wake
As MPs prepare to return to the House of Commons next week following last month’s federal election, Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer has fired two top aides. The departures of Chief of Staff Marc-André...
View ArticleMarilyn Gladu enters the Tory leadership race
Ontario Member of Parliament Marilyn Gladu has entered the Conservative Party leadership race. She joins Ottawa businessman Bryan Brulotte as one of only two candidates who have officially declared...
View ArticlePeter MacKay is in the Tory race…who’s next?
Long-time Conservative political star Peter MacKay is in, so let’s see what happens next in the race to succeed the mostly unlamented Andrew Scheer as leader of Canada’s official opposition. MacKay,...
View ArticleJean Charest opts out of Tory leadership race
Jean Charest, who was thought by many to have a legitimate shot at replacing Andrew Scheer as the leader of the official opposition Conservative Party, has announced that he will not join the...
View ArticleAmbrose makes it official: she’s not running for Tory leadership
Things, it would appear, are opening up for Peter MacKay in his bid to succeed Andrew Scheer as the leader of Canada’s official opposition Conservative Party. The winner won’t be announced until June...
View ArticleAnother day, another Tory leadership candidate drops out
That road opening up for Peter MacKay in the Conservative Party leadership race is starting to resemble a super highway. Three times this week, a prominent candidate believed–at least by assorted...
View ArticleTory leadership race moves forward minus Richard Décarie
The race to lead the Conservative Party, Canada’s Official Opposition, continues to unfold with what appears–so far–to be a minimum of malice, not especially surprising given the announcement of who...
View ArticleThe race to win the Tory leadership is back on–officially
Canada’s Official Opposition, the Conservative Party of Canada, has resumed its leadership race. In a statement released Wednesday night, the party said that the contest—suspended on March 26 because...
View ArticleOfficial Opposition Tories set to name new leader on Sunday
Canada will have a new Conservative Party leader–and leader of the Official Opposition–on Sunday night. Mail-in ballots in a leadership race that began last winter are due today by 5 p.m. ET. The...
View ArticleErin O’Toole is ready…is the rest of Canada?
Erin O’Toole’s victory on Monday was his second crack at the Tory leadership, a victory that comes just a month before Parliament is set to resume sitting following prorogation with the speech from the...
View ArticleErin O’Toole scores an upset win in Tory leadership race
Erin O’Toole, who ran most of the race just off the pace set by party heavyweight Peter MacKay, has won the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, the country’s Official Opposition. Newly...
View ArticleTory MP deletes tweet that critics say pandered to racists
It was just a week ago that Erin O’Toole was basking in his new-found status as leader of Canada’s Official Opposition, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Most pundits will tell you that if...
View ArticleO’Toole downplays possible vote this fall
As a new public opinion poll suggests that the governing Liberals and the Official Opposition Conservatives are deadlocked in popularity, new Tory Leader Erin O’Toole is downplaying talk of a general...
View ArticleTrudeau’s Liberals will continue to govern, at least for now
This is politics so things could change quickly, but for the time being, at least, it appears that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will continue to govern Canada. There were no early indications today that...
View ArticleOfficial Opposition Leader O’Toole says Canada’s Tories are not Trumpists
As right-wing politicians and protesters in the U.S. continue to make their presence felt ahead of Donald Trump’s Washington exit later this week, the leader of Canada’s Official Opposition is fending...
View ArticleOpposition Leader O’Toole says 2022 Olympics should be moved from China
The leader of Canada’s Official Opposition is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to push the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Games out of China. China, Conservative Party...
View ArticleChina lashes out at Canada for leading arbitrary detention declaration effort
China is severely criticizing Canada for joining 57 other countries in endorsing a declaration denouncing state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign citizens for political purposes. The Declaration...
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