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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the federal budget on April 16 with housing affordability as one of the major pillars. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • Stakeholders unfulfilled by this year’s budget are ‘never going to get a more receptive time with an opposition [party], especially a potential government in waiting, than right now,' says Cam Holmstrom of Niipaawi Strategies.

Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • Stakeholders unfulfilled by this year’s budget are ‘never going to get a more receptive time with an opposition [party], especially a potential government in waiting, than right now,' says Cam Holmstrom of Niipaawi Strategies.
Minister of Public Services and Procurement Jean-Yves Duclos speaks with reporters before the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Oct. 24, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • Mandatory criteria used in ArriveCan application procurement were 'overly restrictive' and 'favoured' GC Strategies Inc. as an existing CBSA supplier, which led to the awarding of a $25-million contract to the company in the centre of misconduct allegations.

Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • Mandatory criteria used in ArriveCan application procurement were 'overly restrictive' and 'favoured' GC Strategies Inc. as an existing CBSA supplier, which led to the awarding of a $25-million contract to the company in the centre of misconduct allegations.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault unveiled the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard on Dec. 19, which sets a national target of 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, with interim targets of at least 20 per cent of all sales by 2026, and at least 60 per cent by 2030. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

High prices, lack of charging infrastructure must be addressed to accommodate 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, say auto industry reps

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • Federal government programs to close the price gap between electric vehicles and gas-powered vehicles are a start, but don't go far enough, according to Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association.

High prices, lack of charging infrastructure must be addressed to accommodate 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, say auto industry reps

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • Federal government programs to close the price gap between electric vehicles and gas-powered vehicles are a start, but don't go far enough, according to Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association.
Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett, left, has called the allegations of misconduct at Sustainable Development Technologies Canada ‘corruption,’ as Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne awaits the results of the latest investigation into the agency’s work. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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.

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.
The RCMP concluded that there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue a criminal probe of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured regarding the SNC-Lavalin affair, according to RCMP records released in September to Democracy Watch. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives want committee study on RCMP decision not to pursue a criminal probe of Trudeau in SNC-Lavalin affair

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A full public inquiry is needed, according to Duff Conacher, the co-founder of Democracy Watch.

Conservatives want committee study on RCMP decision not to pursue a criminal probe of Trudeau in SNC-Lavalin affair

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A full public inquiry is needed, according to Duff Conacher, the co-founder of Democracy Watch.

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