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Contracting controversies not yet a political pain point for the Liberals, but could develop, say politicos

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• Government corruption or misuse of spending could be a greater concern for the public in a climate of exceptional inflation and slow economic growth, says professor Conrad Winn.

Contracting controversies not yet a political pain point for the Liberals, but could develop, say politicos

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Government corruption or misuse of spending could be a greater concern for the public in a climate of exceptional inflation and slow economic growth, says professor Conrad Winn.

Assembly of First Nations elects Cindy Woodhouse as new national chief

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

PROC study should address ‘politicization of the speakership,’ says former parliamentary counsel

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Former Parliamentarians Association seeks cash injection to boost presence, establish mentorship program

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Arctic security depends on follow-through on NORAD modernization promises, say defence experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

CUSMA and friends? Costa Rican trade minister makes pitch to join North American pact

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How can Ontario achieve net zero, with greater energy reliability and resilience? Roadmap to a clean energy future

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Environmental advocates push back against ‘loopholes’ and ‘false solutions’ at UN climate conference

• BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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Google ‘outplayed and outmanoeuvered Ottawa’ on Online News Act deal, ‘outsourced’ problem of how to divide funding, say observers

• BY IAN CAMPBELL

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Liberal MP McDonald says he’s rebuffed Conservatives’ overtures three times, but won’t rule out crossing the floor or sitting as an Independent

• BY ABBAS RANA

Liberals join social media skirmish as attacks on Poilievre target battleground Ontario

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• In new ads, the governing party has accused the Conservative leader of 'importing far-right American-style politics here to Canada'.

Liberals join social media skirmish as attacks on Poilievre target battleground Ontario

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• In new ads, the governing party has accused the Conservative leader of 'importing far-right American-style politics here to Canada'.

RCMP commissioner to testify as House Ethics Committee probe into SNC-Lavalin decision begins

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Liberals look like a ‘party on autopilot’ headed for ‘a car crash,’ say political players

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

‘Unparalleled opportunity’: Public Policy Forum report urges Canada to take greater leadership on Paris Agreement, global carbon market

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Tenants describe ‘dramatic erosion’ of existing affordable housing, call on feds to take action

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Parliamentary Calendar

Intelligence adviser Jody Thomas talks national security at Dec. 7 panel

Podcast

Basic income: could it work? With Senator Kim Pate

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Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

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Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Podcast

Foreign interference at Canadian universities

‘Goodwill’ remains on both sides in pharmacare talks, despite political pressures facing Liberals and NDP, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

• The NDP doesn’t want to cut talks short ‘just to meet the deadline,’ but remains firm on the issue of universal coverage, says former NDP staffer Mélanie Richer.

‘Goodwill’ remains on both sides in pharmacare talks, despite political pressures facing Liberals and NDP, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

• The NDP doesn’t want to cut talks short ‘just to meet the deadline,’ but remains firm on the issue of universal coverage, says former NDP staffer Mélanie Richer.

Protesters vow continued ‘civil disobedience’ until feds issue call for permanent Israel-Hamas ceasefire

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Partisan clashes cloud implementation of revised Ukraine trade bill as experts pan Tories’ carbon tax complaints

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘Penny wise, pound foolish’: interparliamentary group chairs decry decision to reject funding boost

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Newest India assassination claims validate expansion of public inquiry beyond China, says Thomas Juneau

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Global Affairs missed target of having nearly half of Canadians back diplomatic efforts: department report

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

National aerospace strategy needed to ‘tie it all together’ as industry rebounds from pandemic losses, say sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Parliamentary Calendar

Nova Scotia Premier Houston to deliver speech at Empire Club of Canada in Toronto on Dec. 4

Podcast

The farm fuel carbon tax carveout, with Senator David Wells

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Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023

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Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Podcast

MRP polling: what it is, how it works

Updated: Lagging in the polls, PM Trudeau brings on marketing and branding specialist Valiquette as new executive director of PMO communications

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Max Valiquette will work alongside PMO communications chief Vanessa Hage-Moussa, and Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, who's been promoted to media relations director, according to a government source.

Updated: Lagging in the polls, PM Trudeau brings on marketing and branding specialist Valiquette as new executive director of PMO communications

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Max Valiquette will work alongside PMO communications chief Vanessa Hage-Moussa, and Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, who's been promoted to media relations director, according to a government source.

Liberals 10 points behind in the 34 ridings that helped bring them to power in 2015 and have kept Conservatives out ever since, according to a new poll

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Canadian government must legislate to promote online safety, says Facebook whistleblower

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Temporary Israel-Hamas truce unlikely to pave way for longer ceasefire, say foreign policy experts, as hostage-prisoner exchange begins

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Senators caught in the middle as government and opposition dig in their heels on carbon tax exemption for farmers

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Lagging in the polls, PM Trudeau brings on marketing and branding specialist Valiquette as new executive director of PMO communications

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Max Valiquette will work alongside PMO director of communications Vanessa Hage-Moussa, and Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, who has been promoted to the position of media relations director, according to a government source.

Lagging in the polls, PM Trudeau brings on marketing and branding specialist Valiquette as new executive director of PMO communications

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Max Valiquette will work alongside PMO director of communications Vanessa Hage-Moussa, and Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, who has been promoted to the position of media relations director, according to a government source.

Departmental staffing projections signal ‘pivot to restraint’ in public service, but next budget to be best signal of what’s to come, say experts

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Departmental staffing projections signal ‘pivot to restraint’ in public service, but next budget to be best signal of what’s to come, say experts

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY, MIKE LAPOINTE

‘Salvation’ through ‘solutions’: Liberals must deliver results from economic statement in order to turn political tide, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

‘Salvation’ through ‘solutions’: Liberals must deliver results from economic statement in order to turn political tide, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Conservatives in no rush to pick at Liberal-NDP anti-scab legislation

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Conservatives in no rush to pick at Liberal-NDP anti-scab legislation

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Politics This Morning

Politics This Morning: Miller gets tough on foreign student program

Politics This Morning: Tories to trigger marathon voting 

Politics This Morning: AFN votes on a new national chief

Politics This Morning: Update on sexual misconduct in the CAF

COVID-19

Canada needs an inquiry into COVID-19’s lessons

Lessons from COVID-19: we need long-term investment in research

Canadians deserve a pandemic inquiry

We need a forensic examination of Canada’s COVID-19 response

Election

With deep divisions on Israel-Hamas war, could foreign policy become a ballot-box issue?

Dogmatism an existential threat to Liberals’ political fortunes in Atlantic Canada, say pollsters

Riding redistributions complete, Liberals start consulting EDAs on divisive issues of resource allocation

For first time since 2015, next election expected to be a referendum on Trudeau’s leadership, say political players

Politics

A dive into Public Safety, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Democratic Institutions Minister LeBlanc’s 28-member office

Poilievre’s miscues won’t save Trudeau

Senate mulls covering social media subscriptions

Poilievre tests the limits of populist flim-flam with his pitch to Canada’s workers

Foreign Policy

Indigenous human rights are not second-class rights

China: has the moment arrived?

Salmon in the Yukon and Alaska is a disappearing way of life

Shaken, then stirred: wardrobe malfunctions during a natural disaster

Finance and Budget

To address the affordability crisis, Parliamentarians should support Bill C-56 and back unions to counterbalance corporate power

Missing the point of Freeland’s what-have-we-got-to-lose mini-budget

Trudeau government keeps violating self-imposed fiscal rules

It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid

Lobbying

Environment lobbying leads in October in advance of feds’ anticipated oil and gas cap

‘Vague’ decision by ethics office in conflict of interest case needs more details to guide MPs going forward, say public law experts

Vehicle armour firm leads economic development advocacy in September

‘Over-prudent’ Breakfast Club of Canada removes hundreds of superfluous lobbying reports

Legislation

Gun control is a women’s issue

Our government is failing Canadians regarding their end-of-life rights

Bill C-27 lacking transparency for private-sector, AI privacy intrusions

The reformed Senate in the eye of the storm over Bill C-234

Public Service

Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake

Red Chamber assigns help for Senators, staff navigating ‘horrendous’ health-plan transfer

Do you want ChatGPT to decide if you get your government benefits?

‘Tough working environment’ for Canadian foreign service members leading evacuations, consular support in Middle East

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