Conservative MPs bailed on France visit early, won’t say why
New Democrat Don Davies says the Tories wasted taxpayer dollars by crossing the Atlantic twice for a conference in which they did not fully participate.
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MPs met with Chinese officials in Beijing while Foreign Interference Inquiry was underway
A group of three MPs and two Senators met with Chinese government officials in Beijing in late March to push for stronger ties between the two countries, while hearings on foreign interference in Canada’s elections were underway in Ottawa. The Canadian Parliamentarians opted not to press the Chinese officials about alleged Chinese state interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 elections...
Liberal ridings raised more cash in 2022, but Conservatives had $12-million more in the bank
Liberal riding associations across the country raised more money in 2022 than their Conservative counterparts, but at the end of the year, the Conservative electoral district associations had $12-million more cash on hand, according to a Hill Times analysis of annual filings with Elections Canada. At the end of 2022—the most recent publicly available filings with Elections Canada—the federal Conservative...
Bucking the national trend, Liberals’ riding associations out-fundraised Conservatives by $2-million in 2022
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals currently trail the Conservatives in national fundraising, at the riding level the party out-raised its principal opponents by $2-million across the country in 2022. According to a Hill Times analysis of 2022 annual statements filed with Elections Canada—the most recent publicly-available data—Liberal electoral district associations nationally raked in $5.6-million that year, and their Conservative...