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Divorce NDP Style
The NDP decision to end their agreement to support the minority Liberal government (the “Supply and Confidence Agreement”) is more about political positioning for the next election scheduled for October 2025 than about any immediate threat to the life of the current Parliament. While the media are having a field day with the NDP’s abrogation…
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Sometimes It’s Not Just a By-election…
We Won, They Lost No one was more surprised by last night’s victory than my fellow Conservatives. When St. Paul’s boundaries were redrawn 1996 the riding went from a bellwether riding to a safe Liberal seat that meant little to the ebb and flow of national politics — until yesterday when the electors of St.…
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Perspectives on Federal Budget 2024
Budget 2024: Lots of Everything all at Once Barry Campbell There is always a political calculus behind a Budget. Where a government is in the electoral cycle is a factor in a budget’s themes and measures. With a Federal election required by the Fall of 2025, a budget now would not normally be the one…
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An Open Letter To Canada’s Political Leaders
On April 2, the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, published a letter written by Barry Campbell and signed by 50 prominent Canadians calling on all political leaders to acknowledge and take steps to address the growing in-civility of our interactions with each other. There will always be strongly divergent views about events abroad or…
