NDP’s cautious change did not resound with voters in election: report
The NDP’s last federal election campaign lacked a strong and simple narrative to grab the attention of voters thirsty for change, say interim findings unearthed during a painful post-mortem. As the...
View ArticleMulcair shoulders blame for campaign in letter to New Democrat supporters
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has written a personal letter to supporters taking full responsibility for the dismal results of the October election campaign and saying he could have done better. The note...
View ArticleNDP riding associations back Leap Manifesto ahead of party convention
As the NDP mulls over its disastrous election outcome, more than a dozen ridings are urging the party to embrace a plan for dramatic change at the party convention in April. The Leap Manifesto offers a...
View ArticleOntario First Nation pleads with federal government to replace aging ferry
OTTAWA – An Ontario aboriginal community on an island in the southeastern portion of Georgian Bay is in danger of losing its only link to the outside world – an aging ferry the chief of the Beausoleil...
View ArticleToll of missing and murdered indigenous women higher than thought: minister
The number of missing and murdered indigenous women across the country is “way bigger” than 1,200, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said Monday. Her comments came as the government marked...
View ArticleAngus takes aim at Health department’s denials for indigenous children
OTTAWA – Aboriginal children are denied critical medical and orthodontic procedures as a matter of standard government practice, says NDP indigenous affairs critic Charlie Angus, who is demanding...
View ArticlePremiers want all national aboriginal groups at the table in Vancouver: Selinger
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure from the premiers to ensure that the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and the Native Women’s Association of Canada are included in discussions next week...
View ArticleConservative MP Nicholson turns to Liberal colleague Rob Oliphant in push for...
Two members of Parliament with dramatically different political affiliations have joined forces in an effort to establish a national strategy to deal with dementia. Former Conservative cabinet minister...
View ArticleMulcair on why he stayed in the fight
Tom Mulcair was leaving the national capital, his devastating federal election defeat still stinging, when he realized he wanted to stay on as leader of the NDP. Mulcair, having just wrapped up a...
View ArticleBrosseau, Dubé back Mulcair ahead of NDP convention in Edmonton
After a week of bad press for Tom Mulcair, his supporters are starting to speak out in favour of the beleaguered NDP leader. Two young Quebec MPs who were supported by Mulcair at the start of their...
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Assisted death amendments voted down
With just one week to go, the federal government acknowledged publicly for the first time Monday that it may not be able to meet the Supreme Court’s June 6 deadline for passing a law to govern...
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BOIE appeals satellite office ruling
The secretive committee that polices House of Commons spending has decided it has “no choice” but to appeal a Federal Court decision in the NDP satellite office saga. Last week, the New Democrats...
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Blackstock slams feds
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society Executive Director Cindy Blackstock speaks to media while AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde listens during a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday,...
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Paulson says Mounties committed to reconciliation with First Nations
The RCMP needs to work in partnership with Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples in order to improve relations between the force and the country’s indigenous communities, commissioner Bob Paulson says. Paulson,...
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Philpott says Canada needs to examine its opioid abuse
It remains a mystery why Canada and the U.S. are the world’s heaviest opioid users, but Health Minister Jane Philpott says divining the answer may hold the key to solving what she considers a national...
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Tootoo meets constituents after taking leave of absence for alcohol addiction
Hunter Tootoo has been working through “deeply personal and private issues,” the ex-Liberal said Wednesday as he resumed his MP duties following two months off to seek treatment for alcohol addiction....
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Anawak says PMO explanation for Tootoo’s troubles ‘lame’
Then Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Hunter Tootoo in the House of Commons. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The Liberals need to own up and explain why Hunter Tootoo —...
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Feds unveil inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women
Joan Friesen, whose family member Donna Navvaq Kusugak died in 2003, wipes her eyes during the announcement of the inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women at the Museum of History in...
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Limo company owner defends Philpott
A long-time Liberal supporter who runs a Toronto-based limo company that provided thousands of dollars worth of services to Health Minister Jane Philpott is vowing to reimburse taxpayers, while taking...
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Limo definition in question as Philpott tries to fend off luxury car controversy
Health Minister Jane Philpott says she will repay taxpayers just over $3,700 after it was revealed her office paid thousands to a luxury vehicle service owned by a Liberal supporter, but her office...
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