Philippe J. Fournier: As the third wave of the pandemic has taken hold, satisfaction with political leadership is on the decline outside of Atlantic Canada and Quebec
Scott Gilmore: Trudeau must stop scolding premiers from the sidelines. He’s the fire chief, and it’s time to put out the fire.
Paul Wells: In Montreal, a glimpse of Trudeau federalism—everyone gets to ‘agree to disagree’ and it’s enough to hold ‘real substantive discussions.’ Easy.
Justin Trudeau practices his climate message at a first ministers meeting meant to telegraph change
Premiers will meet with the Prime Minister on Monday for the first time since 2009. Top of the agenda: climate change.
Paul Wells in Charlottetown, where all eyes are on Wynne and Couillard
The NDP’s motion calling on the Prime Minister to meet with the premiers was defeated this evening. Thomas Mulcair is unimpressed.
The PM, it seems, has a conversation with a premier every 9.7 days on average
And it happened under the leadership of Peter Van Loan
The text of the motion that the NDP will put before the House tomorrow.
Darrell Dexter, July 26. “We’re going to make the offer, we’ll see what he has to say.”
Conservative parties could be on the verge of claiming a majority of the country’s legislative seats.