Focus: Liberals: A battle for the heart of the party The future leader of the Liberal Democrats will need to redefine their relationship with New LabourWoolf, Marie
Sometimes parties on a downward slide think the novelty value of a woman leader can give them a boost with the media and the public. While the press falls for this tactic, as evidenced by the ongoing media obsession with Belinda Stronach, voters are considerably more astute. Canadians knew,...
“It’s the tension of a potential election that keeps the Liberals on their toes and allows the NDP to have a lot more leverage.” With the Liberals trailing badly in the polls, and Trudeau very unpopular, she doubts they want an election. “I don’t think they want an election right...
The new leader of the British Columbia Liberals has won a voice in the legislature after a landslide win in a traditionally safe seat for his party. Article content Article content Kevin Falcon will represent Vancouver-Quilchena in Victoria after preliminary results show he won 59 per cent of ...
Leader of the pack.Reports that Jean Charest, former federal Conservative leader, was named leader of Canada's Quebec Liberal party. His blame for the province's stagnant economy on Premier Lucien Bouchard; His focus on the economy and jobs; His popularity which has carried the Liberals to ...
Newly-elected Deputy Opposition Leader Jeremy Hanson addresses the media next to Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee. Photo: Lottie Twyford. Only a day after the shock resignation of Giulia Jones as deputy leader of the ACT Opposition, the Canberra Liberals have announced Jeremy Hanson will fill her ro...
The Liberals have been embroiled in controversy since it was revealed on June 25 that WE had been selected to run the Canada Student Services Grant, which promised up to $5,000 toward the education costs of students who volunteered during COVID-19. ...
The leader of Ontario’s Liberals was chosen with the clear expectation she would find a way to revive the moribund provincial party and return it to some semblance of the fighting machine that ruled for an unbroken 15-year stretch.
While I’m sympathetic to the idea of legalizing drugs, under the Liberals, “harm reduction” has become a religion. All of a sudden, handing out free opioids as potent as heroin to addicts, and permitting hard drugs to be usedopenly in public spaces,and eveninsidehospitals, is now an ...
But even if the Trudeau Liberals were to try that, you can’t easily write off the majority of American voters as a pack of howling gun-crazy yokels. It wouldn’t be easy to dismiss the millions of Canadians who can’t afford to feed their kids or pay their rent and know they’ll ...