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Craig Lord

Carney not worried about closer Turkish ties amid nation's treatment of LGBTQ+ groups

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's not overly concerned about Canada seeking closer ties with Turkey amid criticism that the country has infringed on LGBTQ+ rights. Turkish authorities have targeted multiple LGBTQ+ groups and individuals, detaining dozens of activists, breaking into association offices and raiding popular hangouts. Last month, Ottawa opted against joining Germany, France and others in condemning Turkey’s...

Tonda MacCharles

Tariff-free Canada-U.S. trade not returning, Carney’s top negotiator says

The Canada—U.S. trading relationship is never going back to what it used to be, and U.S. tariffs are a reality of the future even if the continental trade pact is renewed, says Prime Minister Mark Carney‘s lead trade negotiator Janice Charette. The goal now is to get the lowest tariff rates possible on the widest possible range of goods, she...

Elizabeth Thompson

Searches of cellphones, laptops by U.S. customs up more than 32% so far this year

After a record fiscal 2025, customs officers on track to search even more devices. Searches of electronic devices such as phones and laptops of travellers entering the United States are up more than 32 per cent this year and are on track to set a new record, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by CBC News. The...

Kyle Duggan

Military could begin Arctic sensor installations next summer

National Defence plans to install 47 sensor stations across the North starting as early as next summer to bolster Norad's surveillance and early warning abilities, according to recently published regulatory filings. The planned installations would start in Yukon near the Alaskan border and follow along the Arctic coast across the Northwest Territories, reaching as far out as Alert, Nunavut, the...

Lisa Johnson

Referendum fallout: Guthrie says Smith is finished; separatist organizer stays loyal

A former Alberta cabinet minister says Premier Danielle Smith won't survive fallout from the separation referendum, while an independence organizer says she still has his support for now. Legislature member Peter Guthrie, who was removed from Smith's United Conservative Party caucus after criticizing the government over a health-care procurement scandal, now leads the upstart Progressive Tory Party of Alberta. He...

Polls

Curtis Brown, David Coletto

Saskatchewan Party, NDP neck and neck as half of residents say it’s time for a change

Abacus Data is continuing to expand its presence in Western Canada. Following our acquisition of Winnipeg-based Probe Research earlier this year, we are taking the next step in our growth across the Prairies with a renewed focus on Saskatchewan. As part of that commitment, we are launching a new quarterly omnibus survey to regularly track public opinion, political attitudes, and...

David Valentin

Mississauga: Crombie 35%, Tedjo 31%, Parrish 28%

A new Liaison Strategies Mississauga Tracker survey finds Bonnie Crombie leading with 35% among decided and leaning voters, followed by Alvin Tedjo at 31% and Mayor Carolyn Parrish at 28%. Dipika Damerla receives 4%, while 2% choose someone else. Liaison surveyed a random sample of 1,000 Mississauga residents from October 19 to October 20, 2026, using Interactive Voice Recording (IVR)...

Opinion

Michael Fox

The next competitive advantage: why PAIR certification will matter in an Indigenous-owned economy

Susan Delacourt

Danielle Smith was ready for a constitutional fight. But Alberta’s vote showed she has no backup

Danielle Smith wanted to walk into the coming first ministers meeting armed with the tools to start prying open this country’s lock on the Constitution. Alberta voters didn’t give her those tools. With almost all the votes counted, the referendum results show that all of Smith’s proposed constitutional reforms have been rejected. On Senate abolition and on giving the province...

News

Ballots cast on election day in B.C. will be counted by hand, Elections BC says

It's the last full day of campaigning in British Columbia's election ahead of final voting day Saturday, when most ballots will be counted by hand. Elections BC has confirmed that votes cast on election day will be tallied manually, in a departure from 2024, when electronic tabulators were used to count paper ballots for the first time in a general...

Lauren Krugel

Advocates flag contributions, not costs, of newcomers in Alberta referendum aftermath

A union representative for a beef processing plant south of Calgary is warning of worsening labour shortages if immigration policy proposals that narrowly passed in Alberta's referendum are enacted. "These are tough and high turnover jobs with few candidates lining up to fill them," said Faduma Ahmed, with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 at Cargill's abattoir in...

Politician's Pen

Senator Andrew Cardozo

Memo to Mayoral candidates - We are Ottawa and we need to think big…..much bigger!

Scott Aitchison

After seven years in Parliament, I’ve met a lot of people. There’s one I’ll never forget

Growing up in Huntsville, Ont., I learned early that community is not an abstract concept. It has faces and names. This was not simply something I observed; it was my lived experience. Months before my 16th birthday, determined to chart a path different from the one my parents had envisioned for me, I left home. I had no plan.

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Andrew Coyne

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is targeting immigration. But what do the numbers say?

It wasn’t all bad for Danielle Smith Monday night. True, Albertans voted massively to “remain” a province of Canada, thus depriving her of the bad cop for whatever good-cop, bad-cop routine she might have hoped to play with the rest of the country. And yes, Albertans voted to reject all four of the constitutional proposals the Premier had also put...

Andrew Phillips

As midterms loom, Trump’s desperation intensifies with more threats against Canada

Pete Hoekstra, U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada, is apparently ticked off that no one took his warning about alleged Canadian meddling in the U.S. midterm elections seriously. So he had his embassy issue a profoundly unserious “fact sheet” this week backing up his claim. It’s tempting to brush off the document — a list of nine “FACTS” in...

Christopher Pigott, Thomas Roper, Richard Charney, Craig Munroe, John D.R. Craig, Brian G. Johnston

Canada Labour Code changes are not an attack on workers' rights

If Canadians focused solely on recent commentary from union leaders and their lawyers, they’d be forgiven for thinking the current Liberal government has been engaged in a long battle against workers’ rights, culminating in a final charge against the right to strike.

Don Newman

Carney has Avoided a Constitutional Quagmire. For Now.

The decisive, pro-remain result of 75% in the Alberta referendum has prompted two questions, one in that province and the other in Ottawa. The Alberta question is whether Premier Danielle Smith can remain in office after telling separatist members of her United Conservative Party (UCP) to “join a different party” if they can’t accept the referendum results. “The United Conservative...

Althia Raj

Danielle Smith’s pledge to Canada rests on what Ottawa delivers

Using her toughest words yet, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith decreed to United Conservative Party members Wednesday: get on the federalist train or get off the platform. No candidate, provincial board or constituency association board member would be permitted to publicly argue for anything other than a stronger Alberta within a united Canada, she said. But a parsing of Smith’s words...

Adam Radwanski

Chrystia Freeland’s most interesting insights have more to do with Mark Carney than Justin Trudeau

Amid all the attention paid to her mildly salacious revelations about Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland has been saying stuff that’s much more relevant to our current moment. At every tour stop to promote her new book “Unreliable Boyfriend: An Insider’s View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People,” the former federal cabinet titan has been going...

Justin Ling

The U.S. is accusing Canada of interference. We should take the unintended invitation

A spectre is haunting the United States — the spectre of Canada. At least, that’s according to the American embassy in Ottawa. In a new memo published Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. has directly accused Canada of meddling in their domestic affairs.

Josh Tabish

Helping Canadian Small Businesses Get Found

Tom Mulcair

Don’t be fooled by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is like the arsonist who tries to play the hero because they helped put out the flames of a fire that they started. Don’t be fooled, she’s anything but a hero. She set things in motion towards the potential breakup of Canada, then fought against her own referendum question. She doesn’t deserve any credit. That goes...

Lawrence Martin

Canada mercifully escapes the hard right’s rage

One of the striking things about the Alberta referendum campaign was the media frenzy it triggered: wall-to-wall coverage, over-the-top headlines that declared Confederation was at stake. The outcome was never in doubt. As every poll testified, the result would be a rout. The hard-right separatists had about as much chance of victory as Eddie the Eagle winning the ski jump...

Andrew Coyne

Alberta’s separatists lost badly. Danielle Smith might have lost even worse

I believe the correct word is debacle. As in, “comprehensive failure, humiliating defeat, fiasco.” The secessionist campaign that Albertans have, in their wisdom and their mercy, dispatched to the hereafter is far from the only victim of the grotesque pantomime of democracy – 10 questions, none of them of any legal or practical effect – the province’s Premier saw fit...

Robyn Urback

Danielle Smith is in a world of trouble

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith fed a stray cat, in hopes that it would go away. But stray cats don’t do that. They eat until their bellies swell, then saunter away to go sleep it off. The next morning, however, they’ll come back for another meal, screeching by the side door until someone appears with a plate. And then, the next...

Fred Delorey

Alberta separatists didn’t just lose. They were humiliated. This is why

Don Braid

That referendum sure as hell wasn't worth $70 million

Rick Bell

Smith in driver's seat after crushing Alberta separatist referendum loss

The separatists lose huge and now it's how Danielle Smith plays the cards she has in this game of high-stakes political poker

John Ivison

The awakened separatist dragon will not easily go back to sleep

Similar levels of support launched secessionist parties in Quebec and Scotland decades ago, and both are in power today

Susan Delacourt

A win for now, but the Alberta unity question isn’t settled yet

Plenty will be claiming victory now that Alberta has voted against separatism, but the days and weeks ahead will show what’s been lost too with this democracy gambit. The decisive majority — over 75 per cent with most polls reporting — is a clear win for Mark Carney, whose stock in Alberta has only climbed throughout the referendum campaign. The...

James Moore

Alberta’s vote to ‘remain’ is a clear warning to the conservative movement

The referendum results in Alberta should mark a turning point for the relationship between not just Alberta and the government in Ottawa, but for Alberta and all of Canada. Canadians outside Alberta have watched and overwhelmingly hoped that the remain side would win. And, I think it is safe to say, that Canadians were both relieved and rejoiced to see...

Tasha Kheiriddin

Alberta's political drama is far from over

Alberta will remain part of Canada — for now. Ballots are still being counted on the province’s 10 referendum questions, but as it stands, voters rejected the separatist option by roughly three to one. On the other nine questions, they appear to have given Premier Danielle Smith a slim-to-moderate victory, setting the scene for future showdowns with Ottawa over immigration...

Lisa Van Dusen

Thanks, Alberta.

Canadians owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Albertans today. Yes, it may seem as though all they did was answer a much more expensive poll in precisely the same way they’ve been answering polls for months. But this time, they expressed their view with such effort and in such numbers that they averted a national disaster. “Maple Leaf Love...

Éric Blais

Alberta has grievances — that doesn’t make it a distinct society

Albertans have spoken, rather loudly. Roughly three-quarters of voters chose to remain in Canada. The binding referendum some had hoped to trigger will not happen. At least not anytime soon.

Andrew Phillips

A lot at stake for Canada now that Donald Trump has sided with Russia against Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, posted one of those AI-generated memes on social media over the weekend and it speaks volumes about the new world order taking shape before our eyes. It shows a Russian bear and an American eagle, side by side, facing off against a British lion and a European flag. It included this caption...

Joe Oliver

Two questions Mark Carney needs to answer

The media has paid scant attention to two narratives that raise uncomfortable questions about Prime Minister Mark Carney. One concerns what role he may have played in ending Justin Trudeau’s leadership of the Liberal party and the other relates to the sudden reversal of his long-standing concern about man-made climate change.

Michael Harris

Nothing more important in this country’s public life than the events unfolding in Alberta

Nothing is more important in this country’s public life than events unfolding in Alberta. Separatism is once again knocking on Canada’s door. At least some people understand the profound and negative change that separation would bring. Hundreds of doctors have said they would leave the province if it were to become an independent country.

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Dylan Robertson

Canada working closely with EU on foreign aid as U.S. pulls back, Sarai says

Canada's deepening ties with Europe could help fill some of the massive gaps left behind as the United States pulls back from foreign aid and embraces a "transactional" approach, says the secretary of state for international development. "When we put all our heads together, I think the opportunities are endless," Randeep Sarai told The Canadian Press. He said this effort...

Eleanor Wand

Canada should be ‘careful’ ahead of U.S. midterms, say some political players, but former MP McKay calls interference accusations ‘absurd’

While a new fact sheet from the United States Embassy in Ottawa listing examples of Canadian interference with America’s upcoming midterm elections is being called “absurd” by one former MP, one Senator says the U.S. has a point—“to some extent.” “I, frankly, couldn’t see any activity by [Industry Minister] Mélanie Joly or any other Canadian official that even remotely looked...

Craig Lord

In Ankara, Carney looks to turn the page in Canada's relationship with Turkey

Prime Minister Mark Carney is betting that a promise to deepen Canada's economic and social ties with Turkey will help reset relations between two countries that haven't always seen eye to eye. Canada is forming a three-year "strategic partnership" with Turkey aimed in part at securing a free-trade agreement, Carney announced Thursday after an hour-long meeting with Turkish President Recep...

Vassy Kapelos, Graham Richardson, Marieke Walsh

Canada hasn’t yet closed door on U.S. trade deal ahead of midterms

Canadian officials haven’t ruled out the possibility of a snap trade deal with the United States ahead of next month’s midterm elections, according to sources with direct knowledge of the talks. Though they cautioned that the hope remains faint.

Location of fire on grenade range at Wainwright stymied firefighters: officials

Canada's top soldier Gen. Jennie Carignan says she's "heartbroken" by the tragedy at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright that left four soldiers dead and dozens injured. Officials at a briefing in Edmonton say 27 remain in hospital and 13 are in critical condition. Canadian Forces Provost Marshal Brig.-Gen. Vanessa Hanrahan says 30 military police are on the ground investigating but the...

Nordspace signs $20-million deal with National Defence for rocket launch pad in N.L.

A company hoping to launch rockets from southern Newfoundland says it has signed a $20-million contract with the Department of National Defence. In a news release, Nordspace says the 10-year agreement gives the federal department priority access to a dedicated launch pad at the company's Atlantic Spaceport Complex, which is under construction on Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula. Nordspace says the money...

Anja Karadeglija

Miller says government moving quickly but no timeline for new digital regulator

Culture Minister Marc Miller says while he shares concerns about how long the government's new digital regulator will take to set up, he's unable to say exactly when that will happen. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Miller said the government is moving as quickly as possible on digital safety bill C-16, which includes a ban on social media...

David Baxter

Conservatives call for cuts to permanent residency admissions in immigration plan

The Conservatives are calling on the government to implement temporary resident exit tracking, boost collaboration with the provinces and further reduce permanent residency admissions in the coming immigration levels plan. Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner outlined these and other demands in a press conference today, and blamed government policy for a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment in recent years.

Brian Platt, Josh Wingrove

Canada Bans Its Diplomats From Being Seen With US Candidates

Canadian diplomats working in the US have been directed to stay away from candidates running in the midterm elections, and to keep a low profile to avoid allegations by the Trump administration of political interference, people familiar with the matter said. Under written guidance distributed Tuesday, Canadian officials are barred from meeting with or even being in the same room...

Recount flips Quebec riding to the Parti Quebecois, Liberals refuse to concede

A judicial recount has flipped a riding in the Monteregie region of Quebec from the Liberal Party to the Parti Quebecois by a three-vote margin. However, the Quebec Liberal Party is refusing to concede victory to its rival for now. Liberal candidate Affine Lwalalika had initially been declared the winner of the Vachon riding by a margin of ten votes...

Mackenzie Gray

Ottawa gives Stelco 15 days to reverse Hamilton layoffs or face lawsuit

Industry Minister Melanie Joly has written to Canadian steel maker Stelco warning if they do not reverse the layoffs of up to 500 workers at their Hamilton steel plant within 15 days, the federal government will start legal action against the company, according to a letter obtained by Global News.

Jim Bronskill

Supreme Court of Canada to hear federal appeal over use of Emergencies Act in 2022

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear federal arguments about the government's legal justification for using the Emergencies Act to quell protests in the nation's capital and at key border points four years ago.

Simon Tuck

Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum a 'disaster' for the U.S., think tank report says

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum have been a "disaster" for the U.S. economy because they've fuelled inflation and failed to spur the promised growth in those industries, a new think report has found. The Montreal Economic Institute report, to be released Thursday, found that steel and aluminum prices in the U.S. market have soared since Trump...

Some of Canada's top scientists push for changes to Carney's new major projects bill

More than 50 of Canada's leading scholars and scientists are urging Parliament to make major changes to a signature bill from Prime Minister Mark Carney's government in an effort to avoid irreversible environmental harm for the sake of fast-tracking projects. In an open letter sent Thursday, 56 fellows of the Royal Society of Canada propose six significant amendments to Bill...

Allison Jones

Ontario to table fall fiscal update next week with 'disciplined' spending approach

Ontario's finance minister says he will table his government's fall economic statement next week, on Oct. 29. Peter Bethlenfalvy announced in a breakfast speech to the Canadian Club today that the document will provide an update on the province's finances and outline the next phase of his plan. He did not divulge any details, but says it will continue with...

Some referendum questions flip to 'no' as the count continues in Alberta

More of the constitutional questions in Alberta's historic referendum have flipped to "no" with votes still being counted. Alberta voters went to the polls on Monday and were asked 10 different questions. The key question was on separation and roughly 75 per cent of votes backed staying in Canada, but it has taken longer to count votes on the nine...

Judy Trinh

CAF could take ‘9-12′ months to investigate fatal grassfire at Alberta military base

The Canadian Armed Forces says that completing its comprehensive Board of Inquiry investigation into the tragedy at CFB Wainwright could take up to a year to complete. The CAF says the Boards of Inquiry (BOI) is a “fact finding investigation which will try to determine how an incident came about and what lessons can be learned to prevent recurrence.”

Alex Binkley

Food infrastructure receives a $1 billion boost

Jack Farrell, Lisa Johnson

Alberta Premier Smith tells UCP separatists to toe pro-Canada line or find new party

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party is a pro-Canada party and that any members who want to stump for separation need to leave. Smith said Wednesday it can’t risk a split in the ranks that would open the door to an Opposition NDP win in next fall’s general election. “The United Conservative Party is not an independence...

Spencer Van Dyk

PM Carney, Trump talk trade as U.S. officials accuse Canada of interfering in elections

As U.S. officials accuse Canada of interfering in American elections, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday morning, and added when asked specifically that they discussed “issues around trade.” With the highly consequential U.S. midterm elections fast approaching and amid a protracted trade war between the two countries, Canada has yet to reach a...

Luca Caruso-Moro

Bill Clinton praises PM Carney, says Trump has treated Canada like ‘dirt’

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton considers Mark Carney a longtime friend and called the prime minister “about the most well qualified leader in the world.” Clinton made the remarks Tuesday evening during a campaign event in Florida for David Jolly, the Democratic nominee for governor.

Carney, Ford unveil $9B plan to support industries hit by tariff war

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled an $8.7-billion joint plan on Parliament Hill Wednesday to help tariff-affected industries in the province battered by the trade war. Ford called it “transformative” and said the top priority is to protect manufacturing in a range of industries. A new “joint steel action fund” that includes $3.5 billion in funding...

U.S. embassy accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford both disputed the suggestion of Canadian interference in the U.S. midterms, after the U.S. embassy in Canada released a list of quotes from Canadian politicians which it claims indicate "plans to influence American politics." Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is quoted five times in the list the embassy released Wednesday. It includes...

Catherine Morrison

Some government websites taken down in response to security risk: AI minister

Some government websites have been taken down temporarily as a precaution against a security risk, says Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon. In a social media post, Solomon says the websites went dark to protect government systems and Canadians' information following guidance from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

Kyle Duggan

Carney isn't ruling out a Quebec-style immigration deal for Alberta

Prime Minister Mark Carney did not rule out Wednesday giving Alberta more authority over immigration along the lines of a deal Ottawa signed with Quebec in the early 1990s. When reporters outside the weekly Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill asked the prime minister if Ottawa could reach an agreement on immigration powers with Alberta similar to the one with...

Jack Farrell, Lisa Johnson

Alberta's Smith tells UCP members to get on team Canada or find new party

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if members of her United Conservative Party can't get behind a pro-Canada position they should hand in their memberships. In a social media video Wednesday, Smith said her party can't afford to be split over the issue and risk losing next year's provincial election to the Opposition NDP. Her comment comes after Albertans voted in...

Catherine Morrison

Federal union announces strike votes for 120,000 federal public servants

Canada's largest federal public service union says 120,000 workers will take part in nationwide strike votes starting next month after contract talks with the federal government broke down. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says voting will take place from Nov. 16 to Jan. 22. The union and Treasury Board have been in contract negotiations for a year and a...

Ottawa will 'not budge' from 'sustainable' immigration levels: Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa will "not budge" from its goal of making immigration intake numbers sustainable and the federal government is "getting them to that level now." Carney says he's been in talks with the provinces about getting immigration "to the right levels" as well about how new Canadians can be most effectively distributed across the country and...

Abigail Bimman

‘Alarm and concern’: Canada’s Armenian population reacts to PM’s trip to Türkiye

Mark Carney’s trip to Türkiye Wednesday marks the first ever bilateral visit to the country by a Canadian prime minister. Carney will sit down with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara Wednesday, before heading to Istanbul for a series of business meetings. His office is not releasing who else he plans to meet with ahead of the trip. While...

Anja Karadeglija

The Liberal government says while its proposed digital safety legislation might affect freedom of expression, the bill itself is consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Bill C-34 would ban social media access for kids under 16 and experts have warned it is likely to face a constitutional challenge. The government included the analysis in a Charter statement, a...

US Poli

Dan Gelston, The Associated Press

Trump blasts 76ers star LeBron James as 'disgrace' for not standing still during national anthem

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States after the NBA star appeared to continue his warmups while the national anthem was performed before Philadelphia's season opener on Tuesday.

David Fischer, The Associated Press

Lawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president's $10 billion defamation case

MIAMI (AP) -- Lawyers for the BBC and for Donald Trump were tussling in court Thursday over whether former special counsel Jack Smith should be deposed in the president's $10 billion defamation case against the broadcaster -- a possibility that Trump strongly opposes.

The Associated Press

The Latest: Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting

Voter turnout is soaring compared with the last midterm election in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis of early voting two weeks before Election Day.

David A. Lieb, The Associated Press

Advocates for greater voter identification requirements are pursuing a new approach in some states: a mandate to place driver's license or partial Social Security numbers on mail-in ballots.

International

Craig Lord

Carney not worried about closer Turkish ties amid nation's treatment of LGBTQ+ groups

Craig Lord

In Ankara, Carney looks to turn the page in Canada's relationship with Turkey

Brian Platt, Josh Wingrove

Canada Bans Its Diplomats From Being Seen With US Candidates

U.S. embassy accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections

Abigail Bimman

‘Alarm and concern’: Canada’s Armenian population reacts to PM’s trip to Türkiye

Think Tank

William R. White

Improving Macrofinancial Stability in Canada

In a previous commentary, I suggested that the Bank of Canada replace its near-term inflation targeting framework (maintaining two per cent inflation over a horizon of approximately two years) with a macrofinancial stability framework. This new regime would focus on ensuring price stability over a longer-term horizon, allowing policy interest rates to “lean” against financial booms and busts. In this...

Mark Musselman

A covenant, not a grant: Canada’s citizenship process asks too little in return

Canada cannot afford to treat citizenship as paperwork to process rather than a covenant worth keeping.

Amanda Clarke, Étienne Charbonneau

Dismantling Ottawa’s Costly Web of Rules: How to Build a Functioning Federal Accountability Regime

The federal government’s internal accountability regime continues to grow more complex. Public service leadership is detached from policy implementation and socialized to avoid risk. Public servants should be evaluated on the rules they remove and services delivered. Those with delivery experience should be rotated periodically into roles that establish internal processes and policies. Improving the federal accountability regime requires simplifying...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Steven Staples

Why Trump will lose his bet on Alberta leaving Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ad-lib brought down the house at Thursday night’s Forever Canadian rally in Calgary. “They’re a little touchy down there at the moment,” he added, to roars from a crowd of about 5,000.

Dean Beeby

Bravery medals coming soon for RCMP officers in N.S. mass murder

RCMP officers who responded to the April 2020 mass murders in Nova Scotia will receive bravery medals from Governor General Louise Arbour. An announcement is expected “imminently,” says an Arbour spokesperson. The medals follow 23 awards for excellence quietly distributed last year by RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme to RCMP members and employees who managed the grisly incident, in which 2...

Dean Beeby

24 Sussex needs rehab, not a grand redesign

Prime Minister Mark Carney has finally charted a course out of the morass that is 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of Canada’s prime ministers since 1951. Carney’s June announcement of a private-sector competition to “modernize” the decrepit building, abandoned in 2015 and later put into mothballs, was welcomed by heritage advocates as an end to a political impasse. A...

Podcasts

The Numbers: Alberta’s vote and the battle for BC

As the polls had predicted, the Remain side won the Alberta referendum in a landslide, as Albertans opted for the status quo in their province. But in next-door British Columbia, voters might be about to back a change of a different kind.

Danielle Smith on the ropes

Alberta’s referendum is over. Danielle Smith’s fight inside her own party is just beginning. Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric discuss what’s next for a premier who’s made all sides furious. Plus, Mark Carney is back on the road — and Ottawa’s budget is only weeks away.

Storm Clouds on the Horizon

David Herle, Scott Reid, Jordan Leichnitz, and Kory Teneycke provide insights on the latest in Canadian politics.

Danielle Smith's post-referendum problem

Alberta has decided its fate remains within a united Canada. More than 75% of voters in Monday's historic referendum struck down the idea of separating from the country, a result Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's 'thrilled' about. As the results continue to roll in for the other nine questions, however, the conversation surrounding the province's future is far from...

Carney not worried about closer Turkish ties amid nation's treatment of LGBTQ+ groups

Tariff-free Canada-U.S. trade not returning, Carney’s top negotiator says

Searches of cellphones, laptops by U.S. customs up more than 32% so far this year

Military could begin Arctic sensor installations next summer

Referendum fallout: Guthrie says Smith is finished; separatist organizer stays loyal

Polls

Saskatchewan Party, NDP neck and neck as half of residents say it’s time for a change

Mississauga: Crombie 35%, Tedjo 31%, Parrish 28%

Opinion

The next competitive advantage: why PAIR certification will matter in an Indigenous-owned economy

Danielle Smith was ready for a constitutional fight. But Alberta’s vote showed she has no backup

News

Ballots cast on election day in B.C. will be counted by hand, Elections BC says

Advocates flag contributions, not costs, of newcomers in Alberta referendum aftermath

Politician's Pen

Memo to Mayoral candidates - We are Ottawa and we need to think big…..much bigger!

After seven years in Parliament, I’ve met a lot of people. There’s one I’ll never forget

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is targeting immigration. But what do the numbers say?

As midterms loom, Trump’s desperation intensifies with more threats against Canada

Canada Labour Code changes are not an attack on workers' rights

Carney has Avoided a Constitutional Quagmire. For Now.

Danielle Smith’s pledge to Canada rests on what Ottawa delivers

Chrystia Freeland’s most interesting insights have more to do with Mark Carney than Justin Trudeau

The U.S. is accusing Canada of interference. We should take the unintended invitation

Helping Canadian Small Businesses Get Found

Don’t be fooled by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

Canada mercifully escapes the hard right’s rage

Alberta’s separatists lost badly. Danielle Smith might have lost even worse

Danielle Smith is in a world of trouble

Alberta separatists didn’t just lose. They were humiliated. This is why

That referendum sure as hell wasn't worth $70 million

Smith in driver's seat after crushing Alberta separatist referendum loss

The awakened separatist dragon will not easily go back to sleep

A win for now, but the Alberta unity question isn’t settled yet

Alberta’s vote to ‘remain’ is a clear warning to the conservative movement

Alberta's political drama is far from over

Thanks, Alberta.

Alberta has grievances — that doesn’t make it a distinct society

A lot at stake for Canada now that Donald Trump has sided with Russia against Ukraine

Two questions Mark Carney needs to answer

Nothing more important in this country’s public life than the events unfolding in Alberta

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Canada working closely with EU on foreign aid as U.S. pulls back, Sarai says

Canada should be ‘careful’ ahead of U.S. midterms, say some political players, but former MP McKay calls interference accusations ‘absurd’

In Ankara, Carney looks to turn the page in Canada's relationship with Turkey

Canada hasn’t yet closed door on U.S. trade deal ahead of midterms

Location of fire on grenade range at Wainwright stymied firefighters: officials

Nordspace signs $20-million deal with National Defence for rocket launch pad in N.L.

Miller says government moving quickly but no timeline for new digital regulator

Conservatives call for cuts to permanent residency admissions in immigration plan

Canada Bans Its Diplomats From Being Seen With US Candidates

Recount flips Quebec riding to the Parti Quebecois, Liberals refuse to concede

Ottawa gives Stelco 15 days to reverse Hamilton layoffs or face lawsuit

Supreme Court of Canada to hear federal appeal over use of Emergencies Act in 2022

Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum a 'disaster' for the U.S., think tank report says

Some of Canada's top scientists push for changes to Carney's new major projects bill

Ontario to table fall fiscal update next week with 'disciplined' spending approach

Some referendum questions flip to 'no' as the count continues in Alberta

CAF could take ‘9-12′ months to investigate fatal grassfire at Alberta military base

Food infrastructure receives a $1 billion boost

Alberta Premier Smith tells UCP separatists to toe pro-Canada line or find new party

PM Carney, Trump talk trade as U.S. officials accuse Canada of interfering in elections

Bill Clinton praises PM Carney, says Trump has treated Canada like ‘dirt’

Carney, Ford unveil $9B plan to support industries hit by tariff war

U.S. embassy accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections

Some government websites taken down in response to security risk: AI minister

Carney isn't ruling out a Quebec-style immigration deal for Alberta

Alberta's Smith tells UCP members to get on team Canada or find new party

Federal union announces strike votes for 120,000 federal public servants

Ottawa will 'not budge' from 'sustainable' immigration levels: Carney

‘Alarm and concern’: Canada’s Armenian population reacts to PM’s trip to Türkiye

Social media ban for under-16s consistent with Charter, government says

US Poli

Trump blasts 76ers star LeBron James as 'disgrace' for not standing still during national anthem

Lawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president's $10 billion defamation case

The Latest: Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting

Voting-related measures on November ballots include a voter ID push targeting mail-in ballots

International

Carney not worried about closer Turkish ties amid nation's treatment of LGBTQ+ groups

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