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The attempted assassination of former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the United States on July 13 sounded what has become an all too familiar alarm for Canadian politicians who have been facing increasing threats of political violence for years now.
The day before the House adjourned for the summer, a group of women parliamentarians gathered to talk about abuse, harassment, and decorum in both the House and the Senate. The press conference was a relaunch of the Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians (CAFP), now co-chaired by NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe, Ont.) and non-affiliated Senator Marilou McPhedran (Manitoba).
The NDP’s new whip wants to take on misogyny in the House of Commons, and thinks some Conservative MPs are 'goons.' For New Democrat MP Heather McPherson, the regular pilgrimage between her Edmonton riding and Ottawa has at times been a lonely journey. “[There’s] a lot of time on a plane where there’s a lot of Conservatives—and me,” says McPherson...
The Liberals are not backing down from spending in the new budget, but instead of increasing the deficit, the government is relying on GDP growth and introducing new tax measures to increase revenue. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) tabled Budget 2024 in the House of Commons on April 16, with a whole host of spending promises to increase...
Some politicos might be predicting the end of the New Democratic Party, but the party’s leadership and at least one pollster suggest that prognosis is premature. On an April 5 episode of Peter Mansbridge’s podcast The Bridge, the former CBC chief correspondent chatted with columnist Chantal Hébert and The Economist’s Rob Russo about whether the next election could see the...
The days and hours leading up to the March 18 vote on a non-binding NDP motion on the war in Gaza were filled with political negotiations and emotional conversations for the NDP’s Heather McPherson, who was leading her party’s efforts as foreign affairs critic.
Meanwhile, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner runs away from questions about her thoughts on her leaders’ position, and other Conservative MPs, including the critic on this issue, say they have no comment. Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman says she and the rest of the caucus stand behind her leader’s comments about trans people made last week, as other Conservative MPs...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s remarks last week that trans women—or, as he described them, “biological males”—should be banned from women’s spaces such as changerooms, bathrooms, and women’s sport demonstrate that Poilievre continues to take cues from factions of the far right, observers say. “I think he’s very much aligned with those groups of voters. That’s who he is. He wants...
After a failed bid for the Ontario Liberal leadership two months ago, Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi is back in action in Ottawa and he says his attention is 100 per cent on his parliamentary duties again. What he’s bringing back to his federal caucus could be invaluable for the next election: six months worth of conversations with voters in...
The federal government has condemned Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recently announced policy restricting access to certain health-care measures for transgender children in the province, but one community advocate says the Liberals have “nothing to say other than pretty statements and empty words.”
The man who has represented Nunavut in the Senate for the past 14 years plans to return home when he retires at the end of this month: to Vancouver, B.C., where most of his family currently lives. Dennis Patterson grew up on Vancouver Island. He went to law school at Dalhousie University in Halifax. But he dedicated his professional and...