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The federal budget’s $1.7-billion investment to hire 1,000 RCMP personnel is being met with optimism from the union and the RCMP advisory board, but the chair says meeting that pledge will require “iconoclastic ideas” from leadership as the force faces an officer vacancy rate that nearly doubles the numbers the government is tasking them with hiring in the coming years.
A House committee’s recently concluded study of the government’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan is shedding little light on the Liberals’ forthcoming climate focus, with Liberal MPs championing clean energy transitions amid climate policy backtracking from Prime Minister Mark Carney. “Electricity has been demonstrated to be up to three times more efficient than fossil fuel, and is increasingly affordable and accessible...
With United States President Donald Trump declaring another pause in trade talks with Ottawa, a former Canadian negotiator says the move is just a tactic being used by the American leader to advance his trade agenda. In a late-night post on Truth Social on Oct. 23, Trump announced that “all trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated” in response to...
A slate of new leadership means the tone in the Senate has shifted with an eye to efficiency, says Senator Scott Tannas, as his colleagues champion collaboration while they gear up to tackle the government’s ambitious legislative agenda and hotly-anticipated fall budget. “There’s a new tone being struck,” said Tannas (Alberta), the leader of the Canadian Senators Group. “There’s a...
Canada is joining nearly 160 United Nation members in recognizing the state of Palestine—a move that marks a “significant” foreign policy shift, say two former UN ambassadors, marking a departure from the American approach as Republican politicians warn of repercussions. “I think, from a Canadian perspective, it’s about time that we get there,” said Gilles Rivard, a former deputy permanent...
The Bloc Québécois is less likely to collaborate with the governing Liberals while backing the staunchly sovereigntist Parti Québécois ahead of next year’s provincial election, says one political scientist, but the federal party insists strong provincial ties won’t alter their actions in the House. “It’s just natural and normal that because it’s a brother—PQ and Bloc are two brothers—we work...
The Liberals’ Major Projects Office is now up and running, and two Nunavut project proponents are eager to make the cut for the prime minister’s prized national interest list, but one executive is raising concerns about minimal communication from the government as it eyes a port project in northern Manitoba.
Former NDP staffer Cam Holmstrom says New Democrats need a moderate leader who can ‘counterbalance’ the further-left bent of the party and speak to Canadians’ everyday issues.
The author of a recent report is sounding the alarm on the lack of candidate coverage in the 2025 federal election, where she said some MP hopefuls escaped scrutiny from local media outlets, pointing to the need for more funding, innovation, and data collection to revitalize the shuttering news scene. “I think we can officially say that in some communities...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Priorities and Planning Cabinet Committee—what strategists are calling his “sounding board” and “inner circle”—is under pressure to produce results and successfully orient cabinet to deliver on the Liberal leader’s campaign pledges in a minority Parliament.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is striking “the right balance” with his single public cabinet mandate letter, departing from his predecessor’s “unfocused,” “rambling,” public relations approach that observers say neutralized the priorities meant to direct ministers and keep them—privately—accountable. In a break from former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s tradition, Carney (Nepean, Ont.) released a sole letter to his 28 ministers on...
With the fewest seats ever won, the NDP is destined for a leadership race—something some political players say presents an opportunity for the party to reposition itself in light of a devastating election defeat.