Author: Cam Holmstrom

There are many saying and idioms that we have when we talk about Canada, our politics and just how we usually go about things. Some are cliches but others are usually held to a higher respect, even included in our founding governing documents. One such phrase is one that most

Well all of political Canada has watching Parliament Hill this morning, as all parties held their respective caucus meetings. With all due respect to all parties, we all know which caucus meeting we were paying the most attention to; the Conservative caucus. With the drama of the past 48 hours

It’s been quite the 24 hours in #cdnpoli, but not for the reason why we expected at the start of yesterday. With a move to try to give Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole the boot finally made, the attention of Political Ottawa turned from the “protests” on the street in front

I’ve seen a lot of comments lately about how this has felt like a very long January, and I can’t help but concur. Between Omicron, snowstorms, deep cold and now the antics of the past week that have descended on Ottawa, a lot of us have been looking forward to

Yesterday in this space I gave a summary of the awful things that happened in Ottawa on Friday and Saturday, where a group of self-proclaimed “peaceful protesters” settled into the streets of our Nations Capital. As the sun rose on Sunday, and more of their actions came to light, one

In the past I’ve written some of these “Morning After” pieces to discuss elections, debates or more normal political things. It was an approach I always felt worked well for those things. Yet this morning I was racking my mind as to how to talk about yesterday in Ottawa, because

The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Andrew Leslie, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode we talk about the return of Parliament after the winter break, what we are watching for as the House returns

Today the small cars, passenger trucks and a much smaller number of transport trucks than advertised started to roll into downtown Ottawa. Yes, the moment is before us, and after the disturbing turn of events from last night involving Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, a moment of truth appears to be

Having not written in almost two months, I hadn’t pictured that I’d end up writing again twice in the same day the first time back. Yet things are moving fast tonight and there has been a couple developments that have come out regarding the protests heading to Ottawa. I’m going

This space has been a bit quiet for a while, mostly because I’ve been quite busy and haven’t had the time to write. It’s not that I haven’t had anything to say, it’s just been more of a matter of not having enough time to say it. And to be

This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Josh Zanin. We discussed the arrival of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, how Canada should respond to it, the continued flooding in BC & the need to address the infrastructure deficits this

Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Akshay Tandon for the “Political Pulse” panel along with Marcel Wieder and Maureen Harquail. We reviewed the first week of the return of Parliament, the move towards continuing with a hybrid Parliament, why that’s the right move and more. You can check it

We’re coming to the end of the first week of Parliament and it’s been nice to see the place up and running again. But there has been another development that hasn’t been as welcomed to see and is honestly more of a concern for things going forward. And if I

Today was the day that the 44th Parliament got back to the nitty gritty of work. After a five-month break for the summer, an election, and another two months to recover from the election (no other reasonable excuse has been given, so maybe that’s it?) the House got back to

We are living in very tense times, there is no doubting that. The past 20 months of COVID has raised all of our anxieties, and on top of that you can layer on other issues that haven’t gone away, operating in that anxious environment. It’s all making for a lot

This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the disastrous flooding taking place in British Columbia, the devastating impact it is happening, how it has further exposed weaknesses in our infrastructure and ability to respond

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything in this space, mostly because I’ve been taking some time to disconnect and take some time for myself and my family. At some point I knew I would come back to the charge and to commenting on what is happening around us

The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Susan, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode we talk about the last week of the 44th General Election campaign, the state of the race, what the parties need

The latest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast is now live. In this episode, Cam & Alise talk about the latest developments from the 44th General Election, the last leaders’ debates, how they went down, the tone of the campaign as we enter the final week and a couple last

Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Akshay Tandon for the “Political Pulse” panel along with Colin MacDonald and Maureen Harquail. We reviewed the fourth week on the campaign trail, the release of the NDP’s platform costing, what we are looking for in the last week and more. You can