Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as the bureaucracy now begins to shrink for the first time in over 10 years, these groups could be disproportionately impacted.

Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali presented the latest annual report on employment equity in the public service on May 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as the bureaucracy now begins to shrink for the first time in over 10 years, these groups could be disproportionately impacted.

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as the bureaucracy now begins to shrink for the first time in over 10 years, these groups could be disproportionately impacted.

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Liberals propose fast-tracking motion for major projects bill

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Bill C-5 would come to a final vote on June 20 under the terms of the motion.

Liberals propose fast-tracking motion for major projects bill

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Bill C-5 would come to a final vote on June 20 under the terms of the motion.

When grain farmers grow, Canada grows.

‘These events are big challenges’: Carney faces tough road to G7 joint communiqué in Kananaksis

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

As leaders from the Group of Seven gather in Kananaksis, Alta., the chief task will be to mitigate any upheaval from the 'Trump circus,' say summit experts.

As leaders from the Group of Seven gather in Kananaksis, Alta., the chief task will be to mitigate any upheaval from the 'Trump circus,'

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA

The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile the list of the top 50 foreign policy influencers.

The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile

Enlisting Coast Guard to buoy defence spending expected to hit choppy waters, say analysts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Military policy expert James Boutilier says it doesn't matter who's in charge of the Coast Guard, as long as the feds move 'with urgency' to meet the overdue NATO commitment.

Military policy expert James Boutilier says it doesn't matter who's in charge of the Coast Guard, as long as the feds move 'with urgency'

POLITICS THIS MORNING

Will Parliament wave the white flag?

Plus, Carney chooses a new clerk.

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OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Seven ways Carney’s agenda can advance gender equality

The bottom line? Investing in women is good policy and good politics.

BY SUZANNE ZACCOUR

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

Will Carney’s moonshot become cannon fodder?

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Public safety or public suppression?

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

Visions of a gold rush in expanded oil exports fly in the face of a decades-old reality

Opinion

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Can Rodriguez dodge the ‘Anyone But Pablo’ movement developing in Quebec’s Liberal race?

NEWS

The art of the deal: Ambassador Kirsten Hillman a deft hand in navigating Canada’s relationship with Trump

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. has performed ‘heroically’ as she works to deliver the country’s message to a White House set on upending its relationships with allies, say former envoys.

The art of the deal: Ambassador Kirsten Hillman a deft hand in navigating Canada’s relationship with Trump

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. has performed ‘heroically’ as she works to deliver the country’s message to a White House set on upending its relationships with allies, say former envoys.

Bitumen skepticism not a blanket ‘no’ to pipelines, says B.C. Liberal MP Greaves

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Highlights from ‘fast-track’ Carney’s major defence pledge

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Ottawa’s climate adaptation plans ‘incomplete,’ and ‘neither systematic nor comprehensive,’ says Environment Commissioner DeMarco

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Discover Domaine du Vieux-Port: a waterside community in the heart of Gatineau

World leaders converge on Alberta for G7 summit June 15-17

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The return of Parliament, with Sheila Copps

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

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Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

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Carney’s missing budget, with Mostafa Askari

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uOttawa names Marie-Eve Sylvestre new president and vice-chancellor

CCGA is seeking a Vice-President, Government & Industry Relations

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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Hill media flock to Carney’s first Rideau Cottage garden party

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

Prime Minister Mark Carney hosted his debut garden party for Hill media on June 11 and more than 100 journalists, Liberals, and their staff came out.

Hill media flock to Carney’s first Rideau Cottage garden party

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

Prime Minister Mark Carney hosted his debut garden party for Hill media on June 11 and more than 100 journalists, Liberals, and their staff came out.

Report cards are out

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

POLITICS

Conservative MP Hoback shows compassion comes first in a crisis

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Spending spree

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Conservatives support extra money for military, says Poilievre

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Joly to deliver speech at Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal on June 11

Carney trails predecessors in initial approval ratings, but Angus Reid says it’s a good start: ‘six months ago, very few Canadians even knew who he was’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Mark Carney's first approval rating (57 per cent) falls six points behind his predecessor Justin Trudeau's (63 per cent) and four points below Stephen Harper's (61 per cent), but Angus Reid also says nobody knew who Carney was before March. Some 29 per cent disapprove of Carney, and 15 per cent are unsure.

Carney trails predecessors in initial approval ratings, but Angus Reid says it’s a good start: ‘six months ago, very few Canadians even knew who he was’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Mark Carney's first approval rating (57 per cent) falls six points behind his predecessor Justin Trudeau's (63 per cent) and four points below Stephen Harper's (61 per cent), but Angus Reid also says nobody knew who Carney was before March. Some 29 per cent disapprove of Carney, and 15 per cent are unsure.

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Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

Time to ban destructive practice of bottom trawling

Opinion

BY CASSIE BARKER

Diversified trade and strong pollution laws work together

Opinion

BY SANDRA SCHWARTZ

Nation building isn’t just about speed—it’s about vision

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

We are a maritime nation, and it is vital that oceans feature prominently in our nation-building in ways that benefit the entire country.

The urgency of confronting a warming world remains

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

How will the Carney government navigate between fighting climate change and bending to corporate priorities? Only time will tell

OpinionBY BRUCE CAMPBELL

A 2024 UN Environment Program report concluded, under a status quo scenario, Earth is on track to reach an approximate 2.7°C increase in planetary warming by 2100. There is a possibility that the world could experience 2°C before the end of this decade according to the World Meteorological Association.

How will the Carney government navigate between fighting climate change and bending to corporate priorities? Only time will tell

OpinionBY BRUCE CAMPBELL

A 2024 UN Environment Program report concluded, under a status quo scenario, Earth is on track to reach an approximate 2.7°C increase in planetary warming by 2100. There is a possibility that the world could experience 2°C before the end of this decade according to the World Meteorological Association.

Canada can be a resource superpower if we build the road to get goods to market

OpinionBY GARY MAR

Let Canada’s telecom builders keep building

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

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Public Service

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as the bureaucracy now begins to shrink for the first time in over 10 years, these groups could be disproportionately impacted.

BY MARLO GLASS

Federal government doesn’t know how many offices sit empty: AG

Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number of public servants using office space on a daily basis.

BY MARLO GLASS

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile the list of the top 50 foreign policy influencers.

BY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA

Canada Post is a dying dinosaur, Parliament must lead a strategic exit

The choice before Parliament is binary: strategic reinvention or fiscal drift. It's time to stop pretending this business model can be modernized with enough public cash injections. It can't. The smarter move is a managed exit—structured, deliberate, and designed to maximize public value.

BY RAM MATHILAKATH

GC-OS: why the Government of Canada should develop its own software

It is no longer inconceivable that the U.S. could exert its regulatory powers over America-based software companies to threaten or punish rivals.

BY AIDAN WAKELY-MULRONEY

FOREIGN POLICY

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

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

The cost of coming home: are tariffs and trade deficits really so bad?

OpinionBY LUIS NAPOLES MEDINA

The high price of a handshake: Carney’s G7 Modi invite

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Canada’s international balancing act

OpinionBY THOMAS LIU

Wait and see is Europe’s best tactic with Trump as war rhetoric ramps up

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada should not join Trump’s Golden Dome

OpinionBY ELISABETH GOSSELIN-MALO

Joining the Golden Dome initiative would reinforce a common Canadian pattern of leaving the country’s protection against adversarial threats to other states. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. has proven to be an unreliable and uncertain partner for Canada.

Canada should not join Trump’s Golden Dome

OpinionBY ELISABETH GOSSELIN-MALO

Joining the Golden Dome initiative would reinforce a common Canadian pattern of leaving the country’s protection against adversarial threats to other states. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. has proven to be an unreliable and uncertain partner for Canada.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

Reconciliation starts local, says author of guide book for non-Indigenous allies

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'

Reconciliation starts local, says author of guide book for non-Indigenous allies

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'

Poilievre is a ‘classic political ripper,’ says author of new bestselling biography

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Bruce Fanjoy, the man who broke Poilievre’s spell on Carleton, Ont., says he won by door knocking and listening

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Q&A | Unpacking the ‘astonishing’ swing in federal polls with Frank Graves

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Internal trade a complement, not a solution, to reduced trade with U.S., say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government tabled much-anticipated legislation on June 6 intended to remove interprovincial trade barriers, ease labour mobility, and help expedite major projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured June 5, 2025, on the Hill. He and the country’s premiers gathered for a first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon on June 2, which included discussions about removing internal trade barriers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Internal trade a complement, not a solution, to reduced trade with U.S., say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government tabled much-anticipated legislation on June 6 intended to remove interprovincial trade barriers, ease labour mobility, and help expedite major projects.

Internal trade a complement, not a solution, to reduced trade with U.S., say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government tabled much-anticipated legislation on June 6 intended to remove interprovincial trade barriers, ease labour mobility, and help expedite major projects.

Despite the hype, transforming the Canadian economy requires more than modest reform

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER COTTON

If Canada is serious about boosting long-term growth, we need to go further, pairing the targeted regulatory cleanup now underway with big-lift reforms and investments that will have a more substantial impact.

From Haiti to the PMO to cabinet: Canada’s new Health Minister Michel reflects on her front-row seat in politics

FeatureBY TESSIE SANCI

Before becoming involved in Canadian politics, Marjorie Michel was the daughter of a Haitian prime minister. Politics is 'not really a privilege, it's like a duty,' she says.

More trade, not less protection for workers

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

Lower trade barriers cannot mean lower standards. If we harmonize, aim high or don’t bother.

Federal Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu said, 'To build one Canadian economy, we need to make it easier for workers in every province and territory to find good jobs,' in a May 28 Employment and Social Development Canada press release. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

More trade, not less protection for workers

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

Lower trade barriers cannot mean lower standards. If we harmonize, aim high or don’t bother.

More trade, not less protection for workers

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

Lower trade barriers cannot mean lower standards. If we harmonize, aim high or don’t bother.

Why the right to repair needs to be a priority for the new government

OpinionBY EMILY HOLTBY

At the forefront of keeping repair costs low and accessible is ensuring drivers have the right to repair their vehicles at the shop of their choice.

Where does Israel imagine starving Palestinians can go?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to be 400.

Carney can make a huge difference on climate change, and he should make it a priority

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

Waking up and transforming our economy must mean powering down, not biz lust to be an energy superpower, sufficiency not abundance, a managed decline, not

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Opposition day in the House

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney gives a defence and security update.

Opposition day in the House

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney gives a defence and security update.

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

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

All eyes on unemployment numbers

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

New bills, tariff surprises, and wildfires drive MPs’ discussions this week

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

‘A big get’: PM Carney’s chief of staff pick Blanchard lauded across partisan lines

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Return of P&P Cabinet Committee signals Carney’s ‘government by cabinet’ with an ‘inner circle,’ say strategists

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

This just in: longtime CBC producer Sharon Musgrave to retire end of June

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

MPs dive into the government’s spending plan

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

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Cutest pets on the Hill earn their stripes at June 4 gala

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‘Ally is a verb’: How to do your part for reconciliation, with Rose LeMay

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The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

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

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Finance & Budget

Liberals propose fast-tracking motion for major projects bill

Bill C-5 would come to a final vote on June 20 under the terms of the motion.

BY PETER MAZEREEUW

Highlights from ‘fast-track’ Carney’s major defence pledge

BY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Liberals sneak privacy law exemption into tax cut bill

Plus, the Liberals bring back an immigration bill identical to legislation introduced by the Trudeau government in the last Parliament.

BY PETER MAZEREEUW

Internal trade a complement, not a solution, to reduced trade with U.S., say economists

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government tabled much-anticipated legislation on June 6 intended to remove interprovincial trade barriers, ease labour mobility, and help expedite major projects.

BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

Ron Bedard, president and CEO of ArcelorMittal Dofasco, the top company that lobbied the government in the first quarter, says the U.S. tariffs represent an 'existential threat to the Canadian steel industry.'

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

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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.

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.