OTTAWA — Mark Carney, Justin Trudeau’s economic platform adviser, says he plans to enter elected politics but won’t say when, where or what job he wants, telling a fellow Liberal “you can’t map these things out.”
As more than two dozen Liberal MPs are working behind the scenes to urge the prime minister to step aside for a new party leader, some of the would-be candidates for the job are making their intentions clearer — albeit not all publicly.
Fentanyl made in Canada by criminals is increasingly being shipped to international markets, according to a briefing note from the department of foreign affairs.
“Seizures of Canada-sourced fentanyl in places like the U.S. and Australia suggest that domestic production is likely exceeding domestic demand, and that Canada is now a source (and transit) country for fentanyl to some markets,” said the briefing note from June, which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
For too long, this country’s foreign policy has been misguided by outdated and idealistic views of the world beyond Canadian shores.
The Hogue Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Canadian democracy has not yet concluded, but it now appears that China and India may have both stuck their hands into our elections, and worse. The potential for this should have been foreseen years ago, and strong safeguards should have been placed against it.
OTTAWA — More than 20 and as many as 40 of the Liberals’ 153 members of Parliament have signed a letter calling for Justin Trudeau to step aside as party leader, one of their number said Monday, with some believed ready to make the case at a national caucus meeting Wednesday.
Publicly, however, many are holding their cards close, refusing to divulge either the letter’s contents, its signatories or its organizers.
High grocery and rental costs are squeezing lower-income Canadians even as inflation trends downward, a new survey suggests.
A slight majority (51 per cent) of respondents in an Angus Reid Institute survey said it is a challenge to keep up with their household food needs. This proportion hasn’t changed much since it rose to this level in late 2021, the non-profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation said in a news release published Monday.
The number of surveyed Canadians who are struggling with costs climbed to two-thirds (65 per cent) among those whose annual household incomes are less than $50,000.
There was a time when many Canadians rooted for Justin Trudeau. It was the thing that won elections for the Liberals.
That was true in 2015, when he first won power promising an open, hopeful government. It was still true in 2019, despite the SNC-Lavalin affair and a blackface revelation. Many Canadians just didn’t want to think badly of him. Even in 2021, when the Liberals turned to sharp wedge politics, he had enough goodwill to eke out a win.
The House of Commons returns on Monday from a week-long break, but it’s unlikely to be business as usual.
Members of Parliament are slated to resume debating a Conservative demand for documents about federal spending on green technology projects.
The matter of privilege has all but paralyzed House business as the Liberals try to maintain a grip on an increasingly fractious minority Parliament.
Canadians today have less freedom to decide what to buy, where to work, and whether to start a business than they did in the late 1970s, partly due to the size of government, which has grown since the pandemic, a new study suggests.
After maintaining an economic freedom score above 8 out of 10 since the late 1970s, Canada’s score reached its lowest level in four decades during the pandemic–a trend observed in many countries–at 7.86 points in 2020, according to the Fraser Institute’s economic freedom ranking. The score remained below 8 points until 2022, the last year of available data.
Gazan refugees arriving in Canada will receive free health care, language training, work and study permits, and other financial assistance, the Department of Immigration announced this week.
However, the department did not disclose the total cost of the program.
“Financial assistance will help Gazans meet their basic needs such as food, clothing, and housing as they arrive in communities across Canada and find jobs,” the department said in a statement. “More details about this program will be shared when available.”
Susan Delacourt: Earlier this week, for non-column purposes, you and I were chatting about the fire hose of news in what was supposed to be the post-Thanksgiving “break.” Justin Trudeau is facing a caucus mutiny, a diplomatic blow-up with India and, let’s not forget, the all-day testimony before the foreign-interference inquiry. Assuming that nothing else explodes into the headlines next week, maybe we should start with this question: which one of those things is going to cause Trudeau the most headaches when the Commons returns from the so-called break?
What do Canadians — permanent residents and citizens — owe to Canada regarding the politics of the “old country” conducted here?
With the astonishing allegations of criminal activity, including extortion and homicide — “well over a dozen credible and imminent threats to life” — made against the government of India by the RCMP, long-standing issues in Canada’s Sikh community were brought into the spotlight. But diaspora politics is a bigger challenge than any one community, as this past week also highlighted in regard to foreign interference by China.
That will depend on where the “newcomers” hail from.
Canada is a case study illustrating the import of incompatible cultures that have no connection to our heritage and traditions is a recipe for disaster.
Do not vote for those who wish to replace you.
Defending yourself and your family’s best interests does not make you a racist.
OTTAWA—Justin Trudeau reinvented Canadian politics when he was elected prime minister at the age of 43 in 2015, with a brand built around his good looks and energy.
Almost a decade later, Trudeau is fighting for political survival. About two-thirds of the public disapproves of his performance. His Liberal Party is losing once-safe seats, and some members of his caucus say Trudeau needs to go. And the Trudeau brand is now stubbornly unpopular as Canadians say they are simply tired of him.
“He was youthful, sexy, and you know, Mr. Selfie,” said Andrew Perez, a strategic-communications adviser and Liberal Party supporter. “Now there’s a disdain for Trudeau, even among very progressive people.”
Does Justin Trudeau smell a whiff of grapeshot?
After a disastrous summer for the Liberals that saw two byelection defeats in historically red seats, and constant rumblings of dissatisfaction within caucus, the prime minister has held firm.
There have been no major cabinet shuffles (as of yet), no grand policy announcements, and no real changes to speak of.
Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe thinks the writing’s on the wall for the federal Liberals — which is why no one is clamouring to replace beleaguered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the next election.
In an interview with Mercedes Stephenson that aired Sunday on The West Block, Duceppe said he’s heard from Liberals in Quebec who are unhappy with Trudeau’s leadership and the party’s electoral prospects. But with no one waiting in the wings to chart a new course, there’s little that can be done.
I can’t think of a single LPC front bencher who isn’t an inveterate liar. The entire Liberal caucus is inclined to lie on any matter large or small.
Much as I hope the LPC will lose every seat rest assured Toronto will still vote for them especially if Junior remains.
On one summer night in Ontario, a Canadian Sikh activist received a panicked call from his wife: police had come to the family home and warned her that his life was at risk.
Two weeks later and thousands of kilometers away, a gunman in the province of British Columbia filmed himself firing a volley of bullets into the home of a prominent Indo-Canadian singer as two vehicles burned in the driveway.
Both instances – together with a string of arsons, extortion schemes, drive-by shootings and at least two murders – are now believed to be part of a wide-ranging and violent campaign of intimidation across Canada orchestrated by India’s government.
I have no love for Modi and his Christian murdering Hindus but why is Trudeau harboring Sikh terrorists?
“He [Prime Minister Justin Trudeau] has made sure that the bilateral relation with India only goes downward, spiralling down,” said expelled Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, before going on to cast doubt on the political independence of the RCMP. pic.twitter.com/FbrZVk38uA
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