Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 23, 2016 Fresh off a field trip of sorts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to be making all kinds of new friends on the playground, friends like Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Trudeau recently returned from a diplomatic trip to China, where he and his government attempted to mend fences with a Chinese government that had grown used to the icy reception often ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 16, 2016 For Tom Mulcair, the next 13 months of his political career may very well be the most trying time of his years in public office. Although garnering enough support from the NDP caucus to hold on to his waning leadership, party members maintain that their “top dog” will still be shown the door next October — a stance that leaves ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition September 9, 2016 The Conservative Party of Canada is continuing to cobble together a plan for their new captain. Although still in doubt as to whether some of the big players, such as former Tory defence minister Peter McKay, will step into the ring, much has been said by some of the smaller names to come forward. None more so than Ontario PC ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 26, 2016 It took less than a year but Brian Pallister may already be facing his Kobayashi Maru. Admittedly, this is likely to be the first time anyone of my craft has endeavoured to tie the Manitoba premier with the fictional world of “Star Trek,” but for a moment or two please humour me. There is a plot line in “Star Trek ...
Republished from Brandon Sun Print edition Aug. 13. 2016 Elizabeth May could be the most powerful leader ever to represent a party of one. Since she was first elected in 2011, the 62-year-old American-born Green Party leader has carved a niche for herself, and the Green Party movement in the House of Commons. Although unable to secure some familiar faces within the ranks of the Green Party in the 2015 ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun Print edition July 30, 2016 American journalist Don Lemon once said “there is a degree of deception in silence.” Deception was front of mind for the residents of Churchill this week after learning American rail company Omnitrax was cutting the balance of their ties with the northern community. The company’s response, or lack thereof, following the layoff of its workforce and scaling back of rail ...
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