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Barbara Bal is the candidate of record for Nepean, Ont. She lost the April 2025 election to Prime Minister Mark Carney, after he won nearly 66 per cent compared to Bal's 33 per cent. A Conservative Party candidate who ran against Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa’s Nepean riding in last year’s general election says she’s considering running in Pierre...
A public servant and well-known lobbyist are putting their names forward for the Conservative nomination in Carleton, Ont.—the riding that once belonged to Leader Pierre Poilievre before he lost it in the 2025 election. In interviews with The Hill Times, Sukhu Sekhon, a federal public servant, and Goran Samuel Pesic, a lobbyist and CEO of Samuel Group, confirmed they have...
A former Alberta minister who served in Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet says the recent attacks on Canada’s sovereignty from United States President Donald Trump could spur on federalist sentiments ahead of the province’s referendum vote this fall, amid an escalating trade war. Speaking with Politics This Morning on Aug. 24, Pete Guthrie said the current escalation in the conflict with...
Liberal MPs gathering among 4,000-plus party faithful in Montreal say they are “energized” after the latest floor crossing to their “big tent” puts them in majority territory—and a far cry from the pre-2025 election days when Liberals were “headed to nowhere.” Greeted by a clamouring, cheering group of volunteers and conventiongoers in the upper level of the Palais de congrès...
Women and Gender Equality Canada expects to see its spending cut by 81 per cent by 2027-28, and staffing levels drop from 444 full-time equivalents this fiscal year to 254 on the three-year horizon, according to the department’s latest plan The 2025-26 document for the department, known as WAGE, was released in late June and outlines a $407-million budget this...
Environment Canada’s three-year plan presents a $1.6-billion spending cut with the future of several programs under review, representing losses the NDP’s environment critic warns would be “catastrophic.” Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) 2025-26 departmental plan reveals its planned expenses are down by nearly 50 per cent in 2027-28 to $1.54-billion from the $3.13-billion allocated in 2025-26.