This should be the NDP’s moment to shine. So, why isn’t it?
With an economic and health crisis raging and a progressive movement growing, NDP support should be on the rise, but it’s not. It’s time for Jagmeet Singh to draw his battle lines.
Ottawa
Justin Trudeau puts the pressure on premiers
Politics Insider for Nov. 11: Trudeau gets stern with the premiers (but is it enough?), Remembrance Day marks a solemn anniversary and the feds are auctioning off a drug boat
Enough is enough—time for a national response to COVID
Scott Gilmore: Trudeau must stop scolding premiers from the sidelines. He’s the fire chief, and it’s time to put out the fire.
Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden and a kitchen sink agenda
Politics Insider for Nov. 10: The PM calls the president-elect, a promising vaccine sounds even more promising, and the Bank of Canada has a shortlist of $5 faces
The Ford government tables a budget. When will Ottawa set a date?
Politics Insider for Nov. 6: Ontario FinMin Rod Phillips plans more red ink and as much certainty as possible, General Motors recommits to Oshawa and Lisa Raitt shares a moving personal story
Peter MacKay won’t run to defeat the Liberals in the next campaign
Politics Insider for Nov. 3: The former Tory heavyweight returns to private life, Chrystia Freeland promotes a CERS’d rent-relief program and the race for the White House nears its crescendo
Trudeau won’t intervene in the U.S. presidential election (obviously)
Politics Insider for Oct. 30: PM Trudeau meets with EU leaders, there’s a chance a mall near you used facial recognition without your consent and the Quebec referendum was 25 years ago today
Chrystia Freeland’s big announcement wasn’t so big after all
Politics Insider for Oct. 29: The Bank of Canada predicts a shaky recovery, Chrystia Freeland defends big spending and the military tries—again—to eliminate sexual misconduct
Don’t let these watchdog reports collect dust
Politics Insider for Oct. 28: The federal procurement ombudsman and correctional investigator publish annual reports, the PM goes for the heart and Lynn Beyak supports Trump
The numbers are in on solitary confinement. They’re not good.
Paul Wells: A preliminary report—which nearly didn’t happen due to government inaction—shows reform has been partial at best, with prisoners still being denied ’meaningful human contact’