The opposition Conservatives will work quickly to pass the Liberal government’s proposed foreign interference legislation, foreign affairs critic Michael Chong said Tuesday, pointing to the tight timeline to get the measures in place before the next federal election. In a letter to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Chong said Conservatives are proposing to move a … Read more
London: Akshata Murty, Britain’s Indian First Lady, has begun getting proactive as her husband hit the campaign trail in a tough race ahead for the governing Conservatives, starting with a supportive message to say she’s with him “every step of the way” hours after a rain-soaked Rishi Sunak announced July 4 as the general election … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 24, 2024 1:56 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong says he is asking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to let him join the Tory caucus, and intends to seek a nomination for the party in a Greater Toronto … Read more
Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Premier Andrew Furey is calling on the federal government to put a pause on its planned increase of its carbon pricing plan next month, and at least two other premiers are voicing their support. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted on X, Furey said that while his government … Read more
LONDON: A prominent former deputy chairman of Britain’s governing Conservatives, who was suspended from the party over accusations of Islamophobia, has defected to the small right-wing populist Reform UK party in a setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The move by Lee Anderson, a former miner who has courted controversy with trenchant views, comes months … Read more
Musk is not alone: other Silicon Valley mavens are also defending conservative causes Silicon Valley: Since his tumultuous takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has made an unabashed turn to the right politically, defying the orthodoxy that Silicon Valley is a citadel of well-heeled liberals beholden to Democrats. Long considered non-identifiable ideologically, Musk’s politics are now … Read more
New figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest there are 2.8 million people classified as not looking for work because of health issues – up from the 2.6 million previously estimated and a one-third increase on the 2.1 million before the Covid-19 pandemic. As the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott, tells Hannah Moore, this … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran began counting ballots on Saturday after a vote for parliament and a key clerical body, with local media estimating a low turnout and conservatives expected to dominate. Friday’s elections were the first since widespread protests triggered by the September 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, an Iranian Kurd. She had … Read more
Lee Anderson is no stranger to controversy. While deputy chair of the Conservative party he earned the nickname “30p Lee” after chastising food bank users for not budgeting well enough and claiming that meals could be made for 30 pence each. He’s called for the reinstatement of the death penalty and told the Daily Express … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 27, 2024 4:20 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservatives have voted in favour of a bill that would ban replacement workers from being used during strikes and lockouts at federally regulated workplaces. It’s the first time Pierre Poilievre’s party has taken … Read more