Passing the buck at TMX pipeline hearings
Now that TMX is complete, the question of who should bear the brunt of the project’s cost overruns is making the rounds on Parliament Hill.
Jagmeet Singh
The Liberals are caught in the balancing act of their lives
The Liberals will have to find ways to balance NDP and Bloc demands and expectations while navigating promises of fiscal responsibility, appealing to younger voters, and not falling into Conservative traps.
Mark Carney is a litmus test
Politics used to be about attracting the best and brightest to the challenge of public service. Now, some of its practitioners seem determined to scare them off.
Growing rift as Liberals accuse Jagmeet Singh of caving to Conservatives
With a federal election looming, Liberals are claiming the high ground on climate change and accusing the NDP of caving to Conservative disinformation. It's a clear preview of what's to come.
NDP will join hands with Bloc to defeat Conservatives' non-confidence motion
The planned votes from the Bloc and the New Democrats eliminate the possibility of a snap election, buying the Liberals more time to govern after a raucous start to the fall sitting of Parliament.
First opportunity for Tories to introduce a non-confidence motion will likely come next week
It now appears that chance will come on Sept. 24, the first date opposition parties can introduce motions, including those declaring non-confidence in the government.
Liberals lose a seat to the Bloc Québécois in byelection
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Québécois in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun.
When it comes to the carbon tax, the truth never stood a chance
This is apparently how the carbon tax ends in Canada: not with a bang but a surrender. Last week, B.C. Premier David Eby acknowledged his government wouldn’t maintain the province’s long-standing consumer carbon tax — one that predates the federal version by a decade — if a future federal government eliminates its own.
Poilievre tells MPs that Carbon pricing will cause economic 'nuclear winter'
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre signaled the Liberals' carbon price and the economy will remain his prime target when Parliament resumes this week.
MPs return to Ottawa for a contentious sitting
Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa today to begin a busy and potentially precarious sitting for the governing Liberals.
Carbon tax's future uncertain as Parliament returns
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hinted his party may soon abandon support for the carbon price, setting the stage for an intense return to the House of Commons.
Jagmeet Singh and Pierre Poilievre are dancing to the same tune
From his fondness for online name calling to his studied indifference to things like causality and jurisdiction, Singh has behaved far more like the Conservative Party of Canada’s leader than the prime minister.
NDP holds first caucus retreat since breakup with Liberals
New Democrats are huddling in Montreal to strategize a new path forward ahead of the fall parliamentary session — one that doesn't include the Liberals at their hips and ideally makes them a credible alternative to the Conservatives at the next election.
Singh offers hopeful message but knows he must convince voters NDP can win
New Democrats are attempting to paint themselves as a legitimate alternative to the Liberals and Conservatives ahead of the next election, but Singh acknowledged one his party's biggest challenges will be persuading Canadians it can actually form government.
NDP used video from Russia in an ad, weeks after calling out Tories for the same thing
The Canadian Press independently verified from several stock images sites, including Getty Images, that the video originated from Russia.