Stephen Harper’s cabinet trivia: From Flaherty to MacKay to Baird and back again
On the eve of a widely expected cabinet shuffle, some trivia on Stephen Harper and his cabinet history: Harper has only ever had one Minister of Finance in the 2,710 days he has been prime minister....
View ArticleTrudeau tweet provokes debate on mandatory minimums
The first one to take a kick at this week’s political football was Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, who said on Twitter on Sunday he would be prepared to reconsider some of the mandatory minimum sentence...
View ArticleThe things politicians say to kids about drugs …
At Sioux Valley FN, #LPC Leader @JustinTrudeau & #bdnmb-Souris candidate @RolfDinsdale speak to students. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/FN45f2BBFg — James O'Connor (@Monstereditor) November 13, 2013...
View ArticleLiberals hope Peter MacKay is money in the bank
Arriving this afternoon in the digital inboxes of members of the Liberal Party of Canada is this fundraising pitch:
View ArticlePM Harper pays tribute to MacKay — and everyone is shocked
Prime Minister Stephen Harper travelled to Stellarton, NS today so that he could pay tribute to Peter MacKay, who was announcing that he will not run in the next federal election. Harper called MacKay...
View ArticleDo Tories like O’Leary for Leader? Hell, yeah!
TV personality and multi-millionaire investor Kevin O’Leary (above) is a popular choice among Conservatives looking for a new leader to replace Stephen Harper, according to a new poll provided...
View ArticleMacKay: On pipelines, Conservatives should be ‘thoughtful’ ‘dispassionate’...
Peter MacKay says Canada’s Conservatives should continue to be champions of energy and pipeline development but by being more “thoughtful” and “dispassionate” to win the support of First Nations and...
View ArticleMacKay: “Where in god’s name does this prime minister think we’ve been?”
OTTAWA – One of Stephen Harper’s former foreign affairs ministers slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for suggesting Wednesday Canada had been absent from the United Nations for a decade. At the...
View ArticleConservative leadership: MacKay leads, O’Leary may scare too many voters
OTTAWA – Peter MacKay continues to top the polls as best pick to lead the Conservative Party of Canada, according to a new survey from Abacus Data. Although no one has officially declared themselves a...
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