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When it comes to provincial elections, Canada’s smallest province doesn’t often make headlines, but Prince Edward Island’s 2019 election delivered change in several ways.  For the first time since 2007, the Progressive Conservative Party under Dennis King will form a government with twelve seats.  For the first

In convincing style, Albertans voted overwhelmingly for change last night by electing United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney as the next Premier of Alberta. Kenney’s UCP won 63 of 87 seats and 55% of the popular vote. Outgoing Premier and NDP Leader Rachel Notley won 24 seats

Any government’s first budget is intended to blaze a trail for the remainder of its mandate, and the first PC budget in 15 years did just that. Finance Minister Vic Fedeli set out the path to a balanced budget that is reasonable and designed to fulfill many

Islanders head to the polls after Easter Weekend for a potentially consequential election. Liberal Premier Wade MacLauchlan announced the election, claiming PEI could be a “beacon.” However, his claim may be more valid than he intended. MacLauchlan hopes to set PEI history with the Liberals’ fourth-straight election

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Election season in Canada kicked off in Alberta with the announcement by Premier and NDP Leader Rachel Notley that Albertans will head to the polls for a twenty-eight-day campaign on Tuesday, April 16.  This election call was expected given that fixed-election date laws require an election to

“Liberal times are good times,” the Grits are fond of saying, and Trudeau’s government has indeed been blessed with quarter after quarter of economic good fortune. Now, in the economic cycle’s waning days, Finance Minister Morneau is seeking to leverage Canadians’ remaining sense of prosperous times into

For the third time in 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shuffled his Cabinet, promoting Parliamentary Secretary Joyce Murray to the role of President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government. Today’s shuffle follows Jane Philpott’s resignation from Cabinet on March 4. Since then, Public

The Ford government has introduced its health system legislation, The People’s Health Care Act, 2019. As its centerpiece, the legislation will merge 20 major health care provincial agencies, including the 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) into a single agency called Ontario Health (“the Agency”), and lead to

Last Thursday’s announcement of the resignation of political veteran Scott Brison from his Treasury Board portfolio prompted today’s mini-shuffle of the Cabinet. Brison’s departure also required the Liberals to highlight a new face from Nova Scotia at the Cabinet table.   This could be the last shuffle