Canada

As Canadians prepare to vote in a federal election during a period of global instability marked by trade disruptions, economic uncertainty, and armed conflict, the country’s political leadership remains notably traditional in one key respect: gender.

All of Canada’s major political parties are currently led by men, and Canada has never elected a woman as prime minister. Kim Campbell briefly held the office in 1993 after Brian Mulroney’s resignation as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. Her short tenure ended with a historic electoral defeat for the Conservatives.

With global tensions rising and Canada facing unprecedented uncertainties, it may seem easy to overlook the lack of women on election ballots. But strong, inclusive leadership is a practical necessity in these uncertain times.

A growing body of research and real-world examples are challenging longstanding assumptions about what makes an effective leader. In times of crisis, traditional leadership styles marked by dominance and rigidity — usually associated with men — often fall short.

Instead, leadership styles marked by empathy, flexibility, and open communication — usually associated with women — are proving to be both effective and essential. This kind of leadership helps steady teams when emotions run high and the path forward is unclear — exactly the kind of qualities Canada may need in the near future.

One of the most persistent stereotypes in leadership is the idea that women are “too emotional” to lead effectively. But new research on leadership from the COVID-19 pandemic turns that assumption on its head.

Today in The Conversation Canada, Ivona Hideg and Winny Shen from York University and Tanja Hentschel from the University of Amsterdam explain their findings from a study examining how men and women leaders responded emotionally during the crisis.

They found that men in leadership positions were more likely to let emotions drive their behaviour during the pandemic than women were. In contrast, women leaders were more emotionally consistent, offering support for staff and refraining from lashing out.

Yet despite these findings, women are still underrepresented in leadership roles, especially in politics. The authors write: “When we consistently overlook those who lead with compassion, we risk losing out on exactly the kind of leadership that could help countries navigate the turbulent waters ahead.”

Suburban Toronto candidate known for his opposition to Chinese government

This is not a good sign, given the recent threats of annexation coming from the U.S.A. It might be not a "mistake".

15. Parliament, the Courts and the Charter

The Conservative Party believes that Parliament, rather than the courts, is the law-making body of Canada. We support the establishment of a parliamentary judicial review committee to prepare an appropriate response to those court decisions that Parliament believes should be addressed through legislation. We re-affirm the legitimacy of the entire Charter of Rights and Freedoms including section 33 (notwithstanding clause). We support legislation to remove authority from the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to regulate, receive, investigate or adjudicate complaints related to section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Most Canadians do not want a housing market "comeback". We need a crash, with the federal and provincial governments lowering costs by building. And tax changes to decommidify housing.

“It feels like the best case for housing is five or 10 years where price growth tracks sideways and you get the relief coming through income growth,” Mr. Doyle said.

“But the risk is things spiral with this trade war and we’re into a stagnation environment where it’s not a sideways movement any more, it’s a sharp downturn.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadas-housing-market-was-poised-for-a-comeback-then-a-trade-war/

CRCL, pronounced “circle,” was previously known as the Peer Assisted Care Team program. It offers people 13 and older help during mental health crises, in Metro Vancouver’s North Shore, Victoria, New Westminster, Comox Valley, Prince George and Kamloops.

Since January 2023 five teams have responded to nearly 10,000 calls. Ninety-nine per cent of those calls were resolved without involving police, Kim Mackenzie, director of policy at the Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. division, told The Tyee. The Kamloops team is just launching now, she added.

In some communities, Mackenzie said, police officers will refer calls to CRCL. And if a call involves a life-threatening situation, CRCL will escalate it to police, she added.

But this happens very rarely. In the last two years, about one per cent of calls CRCL responded to needed to involve police, she said.

According to virtually all the polling, that choice is between Liberal Mark Carney and Conservative Pierre Poilievre. One wants to bring back fiscal prudence; the other, plastic straws.

Remarkably, the Liberals have held a five-to-seven-point lead in the polls from the beginning of the campaign, which they carry into the last, mad dash to the finish line.

In fact, according to the latest Nanos Research survey, Carney now leads Poilievre by six points. Several other polls, including on 338Canada, CBC/The Writ and Mainstreet Research, project a Liberal majority government of between 178 and 189 seats.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dodged questions Sunday about whether he would repeal the federal government's handgun ban, a measure brought in to tamp down on the diversion of legal firearms into the hands of bad actors.

Poilievre hasn't said much during this campaign about what he would do with the Liberal firearms legislation he voted against while in Parliament, but he has blasted the last government's "assault-style" firearm buyback program as a "gun grab" that he would scrap.

Gun control advocates say any legislation to curb the flow of firearms is a worthy measure to try and reduce incidents of crime and violence. Firearms rights advocates meanwhile say the Liberal suite of policies only punish lawful gun owners who play by the rules.

The black concrete walls outside Saskatoon’s only safe consumption site show the wake left by the city’s drug crisis.

The names of those who’ve died, most from drug poisoning, are scrawled on the Prairie Harm Reduction building. Kim Randall, the director of support services, points to the name of a woman who went by Baby Sis. She died in January.

Data from Saskatoon's emergency operation centre shows firefighters have gone to 901 drug poisoning calls since January, with more than half of those occurring in March. At this time last year, they went to 352.

Young, who was born in Ottawa and worked in puppetry for over 50 years, produced Under the Umbrella Tree from 1987 to 1993 and portrayed Gloria Gopher, one of the show's main characters.

Proposed cap is a 5% non-permanent resident cap, and a cap of 1% annual population growth (416k). A 14% cut from last years numbers, a 53% increase over 2015.