Category: Liberal Party

Liberal Party in Talks to Reintegrate MP Han Dong: Report

A Liberal cabinet minister says he will meet with now-independent MP Han Dong in the coming weeks in order to evaluate his potential return to the party caucus. “I’m still going through the process. It’s something the prime minister asked me to do (and) I want to do it properly,” Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc…


Ottawa’s Promise to Plant 2 Billion Trees Without Provinces’ Help Not ‘Realistic’: Environment Commissioner

Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco said on June 13 that the Liberal government needs to implement more “realistic” initiatives, saying the 2019 promise of planting two billion trees can not be done without the provinces’ participation. “They need to concentrate much more on results,” DeMarco testified at the House of Commons natural resources committee. “This is a…


Johnston Says Global News’ Allegation Against MP Dong is ‘False’ Due to ‘Misinterpretation’ of Intel

The intelligence used by Global News to report that MP Han Dong advised the Chinese consulate to keep the two Michaels in detention was “misinterpreted,” Special Rapporteur David Johnston told a committee. Johnston, who was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March to review foreign interference, published his report on May 23, saying a…


Liberals’ Plan to Fast-Track Gun Control Bill Condemned by the Tories

Conservative MPs are criticizing a government motion seeking to speed up the adoption of Bill C-21, which contains similar elements the Liberals had abandoned under pressure a few months ago. And while the Tories had support from the NDP late last year to defeat two Liberal amendments to the gun control bill, this time the…


Liberals Reject Balanced Budget and Mandatory Voting as Official Policy

OTTAWA—The federal Liberal party embraced an expansion of affordable housing, building high−speed rail between Ontario and Quebec, and a basic guaranteed income as their three−day policy convention wrapped up in Ottawa Saturday. But they rejected the ideas of campaigning on a promise to balance the budget or making voting mandatory. The event was the first…


Hillary Clinton to Attend Upcoming Liberal Party Convention

Hillary Clinton will be attending the Liberal Party’s 2023 national convention and will be joining Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in a keynote discussion. Freeland announced on Twitter that the former first lady of the United States and the country’s 67th secretary of state is slated to attend the event on May 5, the second…


Liberal MPs Urged to Listen to Polls on Voice Support

A former Morrison government minister has issued a warning to his ex-colleagues ahead of a Liberal Party meeting to discuss the Indigenous voice proposal. Ken Wyatt, the first Indigenous Australian elected to the House of Representatives, said a lack of support from the Liberals for the voice could have consequences for the party in future…


Dutton Vows Liberals to Rebuild in Wake of Aston By-election

Leader of the opposition Peter Dutton has vowed his party will come together and rebuild after a historic by-election loss in the eastern Melbourne electorate Aston. The Liberals’ candidate for Aston, Roshena Campbell, conceded defeat to Labor’s Mary Doyle on Saturday night, with Labor predicted to take the seat with a swing of more than…


Australia Politics: A Conservative-Free Zone?

Commentary Pollster Graham Young recently predicted that the last centre-right Liberal government on the mainland looks set to fall in the upcoming New South Wales election. If his prediction comes true, all states and territories on the mainland will have centre-left Labor governments. It is sometimes argued, in the right-of-centre press, that this development is…


Australian Politics: A Conservative-Free Zone?

Commentary Pollster Graham Young recently predicted that the last centre-right Liberal government on the mainland looks set to fall in the upcoming New South Wales election. If his prediction comes true, all states and territories on the mainland will have centre-left Labor governments. It is sometimes argued, in the right-of-centre press, that this development is…