If Canadian voters genuinely care about climate change, they’ll do themselves a favour and put O’Toole’s plan in the trash can — before he gets a chance to do it himself, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Liberals and Conservatives took aim at each other's candidates on Monday, August 30, 2021, questioning past statements and actions to build a character case about why they, and not their opponent, should be trusted to govern after election day.
A new poll suggests the Conservatives and NDP have momentum heading into the second half of the federal election campaign, while the Liberals are bleeding support.
With numerous polls now showing the Conservatives and Liberals in a statistical tie, an election campaign that was supposed to be smooth sailing for the governing party has now gotten deadly serious, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
The Trudeau-Ford détente and Ford’s extraordinary decision to bar his ministers from even interacting with O’Toole’s candidates could impact the election’s dynamics in seat-rich Ontario.
If Erin O'Toole's Conservatives want to actually win an election, they’ll have to start taking things like the “she-cession” more seriously, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Until both sides are willing to spend more time talking about the merits of their own ideas rather than dunking on their opponents, Canadians aren’t going to get the kind of political conversations they need — and deserve, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Climate change will almost certainly be top of mind in the upcoming election after a summer of intense heat waves has left apartment dwellers roasting with no relief and wildfires are sweeping through Ontario and B.C.’s rural communities.
The asbestos lobby uses the same tactic as the Alberta oil industry — vilifying its opponents as enemies secretly working for foreign interests who wish to destroy the livelihoods of local communities, writes former director of the BC Human Rights Commission Kathleen Ruff.
