This is an opportunity for the membership to decide not only who the next leader is going to be, but what the future of the party is going to look like. That gives me hope that despite the election result, the NDP is here to stay.
P oll analysts will caution that "we need more data" when debating whether freshly released numbers herald genuine trends or whether we are simply reacting to statistical noise. Don't get me wrong: overreacting to blips is a wonderful (and lucrative) click generator in this dopamine-craving age of social media. But it rarely provides analysis that genuinely informs voters.
Canada's food inspection agency says it plans to begin a complete depopulation of hundreds of ostriches at a farm after the country's top court declined to block the controversial cull. On Thursday, the supreme court said it would not take up a case that has catalyzed a fierce protest by the farm owners and protesters as well as senior figures in the Trump administration, who have decried the public health effort as government overreach.
It was touted as a historic move that would change lives: in October 2024, Canada passed new legislation making all birth control free. Justin Trudeau, then prime minister, called the bill's passing real progress. The leftwing New Democratic party took credit, saying they had convinced Trudeau's governing Liberals to move ahead with it. The bill didn't just cover birth control: it made diabetes medication free, too, and ushered in a legal framework to possibly cover all prescription medication in the future: a national pharmacare plan.
Dealing with the unprecedented threats from Donald Trump's threats to Canada's economy and sovereignty have required unconventional strategies from federal and provincial leaders, including barring liquor sales and cancelling contracts with Tesla. But among the more unorthodox strategies to hit back against the US is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on novelty hats. In January, sensing a marketing opportunity after Trump threatened to annex Canada, an Ottawa-based company began selling hats with the message Canada is not for sale in capital letters.
"The House of Commons should be representative of all people, including young Canadians. You can have youth committees, but the best way to have young people represented is to have young people in government."
"I don't think there is a better choice right now. I know people believe in Poilievre, but it's the same, like, soundbites that you get from anybody else. It sounds like mini-Trump to me."
If the next government wants to put more pipelines in the ground, experts say that could include different strategies such as taking an ownership stake in one, or reducing red tape for private companies.
In the past few weeks, we have been working with our provincial and territorial partners to make sure that families can rely on this system, to become something that no government, a year from now, five years from now, twenty years from now, could ever go back on.
The operation against Joe Tay involves a mock 'wanted' poster and coordinated online content targeting his candidacy, expected to intimidate voters and silence dissent.
Mark Carney is asking for a fourth Liberal term. Are you prepared to elect the same Liberal MPs, the same Liberal ministers, the same Liberal staffers all over again for a fourth term?
