Carney clicked with caretaker convention’s call for restraint, experts say

Mark Carney's Liberal government had few cabinet orders during the election despite criticism that he wasn't adhering to the caretaker convention.

The Privy Council Office issues guidance for ministers and the public service on what they can and cannot do during an election period. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney clicked with caretaker convention’s call for restraint, experts say

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Mark Carney's Liberal government had few cabinet orders during the election despite criticism that he wasn't adhering to the caretaker convention.

Carney clicked with caretaker convention’s call for restraint, experts say

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Mark Carney's Liberal government had few cabinet orders during the election despite criticism that he wasn't adhering to the caretaker convention.

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Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles an uncertain relationship with the United States and some provincial partners.

Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles

Housing could bridge the political divide – if we let it

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

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There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.

There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.

Trump, tariffs, and the economy ‘crushed’ other election issues that can’t be ignored by the government, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The environment, climate change, public transit, Indigenous reconciliation, and Big Tech took a back seat during the campaign, but governing will mandate their attention, says NDP strategist Will Shelling.

The environment, climate change, public transit, Indigenous reconciliation, and Big Tech took a back seat during the campaign, but governing will mandate their attention,

Conservatives spent campaign ‘fending off attacks on all sides’ as Liberals, third parties dominated Meta election ads, says expert

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The five main parties spent more than $5.5-million on Facebook and Instagram ads in the first 30 days of the election campaign, with the Liberals leading the Conservatives by nearly $1-million heading into election day.

The five main parties spent more than $5.5-million on Facebook and Instagram ads in the first 30 days of the election campaign, with the

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OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Will anyone learn anything from the election that was?

Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.

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Is Canada drifting towards a two-party trap?

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Blanchet’s Bloc doesn’t add value to Parliament

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The true election loser? The mainstream press

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And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

NEWS

Conservatives plunge into blame game after election defeat

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre acknowledged his party’s disappointment over failing to form government, but gave no indication in his concession speech that he intends to step down despite losing his own seat.

Conservatives plunge into blame game after election defeat

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre acknowledged his party’s disappointment over failing to form government, but gave no indication in his concession speech that he intends to step down despite losing his own seat.

‘Change takes time’: Poilievre praises ‘major’ Conservative breakthroughs in future-focused concession speech

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Carney revives Liberal fortunes as party secures historic fourth consecutive election victory

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How many questions did federal leaders take at their daily campaign press events?

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Public servants running in record numbers flip partisan assumptions as most offer under Tory banner

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It was an election campaign unlike any other

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Heard on the Hill looks back on the highs and lows of this election campaign which took a sombre tone in its final days due to tragic events in Vancouver.

It was an election campaign unlike any other

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Heard on the Hill looks back on the highs and lows of this election campaign which took a sombre tone in its final days due to tragic events in Vancouver.

McKay to host panel on ‘Rethinking the One China Policy’ on April 30 in Ottawa

POLITICS

Liberals led federal leader stops in snap campaign as parties eye gains in Ontario, Quebec, and B.C.

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

In one week, I voted in two elections, three ballot papers, but had zero democracy sausages in Canada

OpinionBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

If party platforms come after advance voting and leaders’ debates, are they still relevant?

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

A new voting strategy: prevent a Liberal majority

OpinionBY MATT CHILLIAK

In their own words: prime ministers in victory and in defeat

FeatureBY ARTHUR MILNES

When Brian Mulroney won a massive majority in 1984, he thought of his Baie Comeau-paper-mill-working father, his hero; when Jean Chrétien won in 1993, he and Aline, visited his parents graves in Shawinigan, Que., before heading to Ottawa; and when Kim Campbell and the Progressive Conservatives were wiped off the political map in defeat in 1993, she told the crowd, 'I'm glad I didn't sell my car.'

In their own words: prime ministers in victory and in defeat

FeatureBY ARTHUR MILNES

When Brian Mulroney won a massive majority in 1984, he thought of his Baie Comeau-paper-mill-working father, his hero; when Jean Chrétien won in 1993, he and Aline, visited his parents graves in Shawinigan, Que., before heading to Ottawa; and when Kim Campbell and the Progressive Conservatives were wiped off the political map in defeat in 1993, she told the crowd, 'I'm glad I didn't sell my car.'

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Opinion

Trump and Putin are violating the UN charter to which both of their countries signed on: Toronto reader

Opinion

Let’s support a Canada that cares beyond our borders: letter writer

Opinion

BY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

Feds must step up to protect Canada’s natural health product industry

OpinionBY AARON SKELTON

Instead of supporting these businesses, Health Canada is making it harder for them to survive, and is proposing a punitive and discriminatory cost recovery program.

Change is needed when it comes to costed party platforms

OpinionBY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS

Voting is only the beginning of the democratic conversation

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Scrutiny, vigilance, and accountability are also important for all other days of the electoral cycle.

Voting is only the beginning of the democratic conversation

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Scrutiny, vigilance, and accountability are also important for all other days of the electoral cycle.

A cost-effective solution to our family physician access crisis

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, ISG SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA

Gratitude for Pope Francis’ witness to the world

Opinion

EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

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Environment & Climate Change

Collaboration is Canada’s innovation superpower

This approach is hard. It’s slow. It challenges egos and requires patience. But it’s also the only way we’ll achieve systems-level change

BY ANDREA NEMTIN

Why health, environment, and justice must be centred in election platforms

We need parties to commit to preserving and expanding the health benefits and avoided health-care costs of current and proposed environmental regulations.

BY TRIYA TESSA RAMBURN, KRISTINA SWAIN

Recreation and parks: infrastructure Canada can’t afford to ignore

In uncertain economic times, a bold federal push to build and renew recreation infrastructure would fuel economic growth—just like Centennial-era investments did.

BY MARTIN SAMPSON

Unlocking the economic potential in Canada’s lands, forests, and waters

Natural Climate Solutions provide cost-effective ways to conserve and restore the ability of ecosystems to store carbon at a fraction of the cost of technological alternatives.

BY JASON RASEVYCH, MICHAEL TWIGG, SHAUGHN MCARTHUR

Trump: a suite of global dangers

The DOGE initiative is an ideological wrecking ball set to destroy the U.S. government—arguably the most important government in the world— and threatening the health and security of the majority of Americans, along with multitudes globally.

BY BILL HENDERSON

FOREIGN POLICY

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

An Indo-Pakistan nuclear war would hit the whole world

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

Canada must not join the deregulation race to the bottom

OpinionBY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN, MICHAEL POLANYI

Treat Africa as part of Canada’s trade war response

OpinionBY NDIDI OKONKWO NWUNELI, DOROTHY NYAMBE

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics today.

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics today.

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Exploring the legacy of COVID pandemic panic

FeatureBY JOANNA BARON, CHRISTINE VAN GEYN

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY, STUART BENSON, JONAH GRIGNON

Vote to end gender-based violence

OpinionBY ERIN LEE, JULIE LALONDE, HEATHER MCGREGOR

Intimate partner violence is widely understood to be an epidemic in Canada. It represents a very real threat to our collective safety, and must be addressed as the public health emergency that it is.

Gender-based violence is fundamentally intertwined with public safety, write Erin Lee, Julie Lalonde, and Heather McGregor. Unsplash photograph by Jason Leung

Vote to end gender-based violence

OpinionBY ERIN LEE, JULIE LALONDE, HEATHER MCGREGOR

Intimate partner violence is widely understood to be an epidemic in Canada. It represents a very real threat to our collective safety, and must be addressed as the public health emergency that it is.

Vote to end gender-based violence

OpinionBY ERIN LEE, JULIE LALONDE, HEATHER MCGREGOR

Intimate partner violence is widely understood to be an epidemic in Canada. It represents a very real threat to our collective safety, and must be addressed as the public health emergency that it is.

‘This is a book about gender-based violence, with a focus on intimate partner abuse,’ says Donner-nominated author of And Sometimes They Kill You

FeatureBY PAMELA CROSS

The following is an excerpt from And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence, by Pamela Cross, nominated for this year's Donner Prize, one the best public policy books of the year.

Canada’s sub-standard submarines

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Can the Royal Canadian Navy really lose a capability that it doesn't actually possess?

Canada’s national security depends on a productive economy

OpinionBY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS

Sourcing products from new suppliers, finding new markets for our domestic products, being conscious of foreign investment, and increasing our digital security is not an easy task.

We need to better equip businesses with information, resources, and education to properly store data and prevent attacks, writes CSG Senator Krista Ann Ross. Photograph by Jeremy Barande, École polytechnique

Canada’s national security depends on a productive economy

OpinionBY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS

Sourcing products from new suppliers, finding new markets for our domestic products, being conscious of foreign investment, and increasing our digital security is not an easy task.

Canada’s national security depends on a productive economy

OpinionBY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS

Sourcing products from new suppliers, finding new markets for our domestic products, being conscious of foreign investment, and increasing our digital security is not an easy task.

The Canadian dream doesn’t have to be built, we are already living it

OpinionBY AL ETMANSKI

The basic unit of Canadian democracy is a caring relationship. It’s the ethic of care that unites us. Our elbows are up. Our eyes are open. Our hearts are even wider.

Parties’ housing platforms unlikely to significantly improve affordability: experts

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Policy incentives, increasing supply, and cutting GST all fail to address the core issue of housing affordability—municipal governments

Health care matters at the federal ballot box

OpinionBY JOSS REIMER, ELIZABETH MYLES

Ottawa is also directly involved in health-care delivery for Indigenous patients in some communities, for refugees, and the military. It’s responsible for public health

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Plus: Ralph Goodale gets an award from a U.K. magazine, Charlie Angus gets stylish, Steve Paikin to end 'The Agenda' on June 27, and Canadian-American actor Kim Coates supports the CBC.

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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Day 34: Poilievre returns to Vancouver Island, Carney speaks at First Nations conference on last campaign Friday

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Day 33: Sure, but are they funny?

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‘A very classy man’: Ex-Trudeau and Turner minister Ed Lumley has died

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Canada Growth Summit dives into unleashing country’s potential in Toronto on April 24

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Obed to talk about ‘Charting Canada’s Arctic Future’ in Toronto on April 23

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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Canada’s national security depends on a productive economy

Sourcing products from new suppliers, finding new markets for our domestic products, being conscious of foreign investment, and increasing our digital security is not an easy task.

BY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS

Cost of living, housing the top priority for young voters, not Trump

In a federal election dominated by trade and sovereignty, generation Z is prioritizing affordability when casting their ballots, a recent Abacus Data poll suggests.

BY ELEANOR WAND

Grits lead in polls for new Canadians’ support, but Tories can still gain traction as loyalties remain up for grabs, say researchers

'Newcomers are clearly focused on making ends meet, and building a stable future,' says Daniel Bernhard, CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.

BY IREM KOCA

Real chance of global recession due to U.S. trade war, say economists

U.S. President Donald Trump is ‘playing with matches and gasoline when it comes to trade wars,’ according to Fen Hampson, professor of international affairs with Carleton University.

BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada needs a national strategy for security, trade, and economy to contend with Trump, say political science experts

'A royal commission on securing Canada’s future is not optional. It is essential,' reads a March 24 open letter to the prime minister, signed by almost 100 experts in political science and other fields.

BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.