The Carney Liberals should use the upcoming byelections to recruit some young talent to strengthen their caucus and front bench, says pollster Darrell Bricker.
‘The Liberals are burning bridges with the labour movement faster than an express-post delivery,’ says Brock University professor Larry Savage.
Civil liberties groups are urging the need for greater penalties for corporate non-compliance, and for recognition of the human right to privacy in new legislation.
The Conservative Party has criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for not getting a more tangible result during his recent trip to Mexico.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Sept. 21 announcement comes on the heels of an open letter from U.S. Republican representatives who say the move may ‘invite punitive measures.’
NDP MP Leah Gazan says the federal government is ignoring concerns over its ‘totally inadequate’ disability benefit.
Also, NDP MP Gord Johns is a forestry champion, Minister Rebecca Chartrand attends opening of the Nature Museum’s new Inuit-led exhibit, and former Canadian diplomat Bhupinder S. Liddar gets married in B.C.
Perrin Beatty and David Suzuki say they are worried the chilling effect on free speech in the United States will cross the border into Canada.
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Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public trust eroding if such data is stored outside of the country.
Chief Data Officer Stephen Burt says he recently received a draft of the public service’s first AI registry, representing 400 cases being used across government, from helping Indigenous language preservation to screening air cargo.
Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
Twenty-nine departments and agencies reported hundreds of ways they plan to improve regulatory efficiency by ‘speeding up decision-making and streamlining processes to increase productivity’ in the Sept. 8 update.
Canada has spent much of its history seeking to cement close ties with the U.S. while failing to seek opportunities elsewhere. We’ve failed to develop the Canadian-controlled firms with the scale and scope to serve world markets with unique products and services.
Rookie Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy says he decided to run against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ‘because someone needed to.’ He also had the help of more than 500 volunteers who flooded the riding.
Pro-Palestine protesters routinely face specious allegations of hate that conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
Although Canada ranked in the top 30 for the percentage of women in Parliament at the start of the millennium, we’ve since dropped to 71st place in the world.
In a wide-ranging interview, U.K. High Commissioner Rob Tinline discusses his country’s renewed relationship with Canada, what happens next on trade, and the decision to recognize a Palestinian state.
Newfoundland and Labrador voters will go to the provincial ballot box on Oct. 14, but all is quiet on the polling front.
I’d be less confident about saying ‘no’ to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t figure out how people would choose sides. In the U.S., unfortunately, I can.
True reconciliation means advancing the legislative priorities of Indigenous Peoples, as well, and recognizing that we are equally sovereign.
If Canada is serious about building an economy rooted in dignity and human rights, the Liberals must ensure that Indigenous women and girls are given a seat at the table, that our voices are heard, and that our lives are safeguarded.
ISG Facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain says a change in Conservative leadership and Senators’ ‘realistic analysis’ of the political arena means there’s now a ‘collegial climate’ in the Upper Chamber.
The Hill Times subscribers are not your average Canadians, they don’t just want to read the headlines, they want the full back story, the context and the implications.
Subscribe todayPublic opinion analysts say Canadians are not in a partisan mood—they want Mark Carney to succeed. Yet unlike in ordinary times, when politics fades in between elections, Canadians are paying close attention now because their economic livelihoods are at stake. For Carney, the time for promises is over. He must begin delivering tangible results—before it’s too late.
The MPO is the front door that co-ordinates financing and accelerates regulatory approvals so that top-tier projects can get to ‘yes’ faster, with Indigenous partnership built-in from the start.
A new report projects the deficit will ‘increase sharply’ from $51.7-billion in 2024-25 to $68.5-billion in 2025-26, thanks to the combination of economic weakness, tax cuts, and planned spending.
Because our country lacks the incentives needed to secure Canadian financial backing, success stories like Come From Away mean millions of dollars go to international investors instead of into Canadian theatres, artists, communities, and jobs.
The Carney government has much riding on the reaction to its fall budget. So, too, do Canadians as they wait to see what the future holds.
