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Strategists expect bilateral health deals after premiers meet so feds can tailor to provincial, territorial needs

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL
  • In a major shift toward a more decentralized federation, the meeting will produce a 'core foundation' to serve as a framework for bilateral deals to follow, says Liberal strategist Scott Reid.
Clockwise from bottom left: Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, and Quebec Premier François Legault, along with 10 other provincial and territorial first ministers, will join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Feb. 7 for a high-stakes meeting on health-care. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Jake Wright

Strategists expect bilateral health deals after premiers meet so feds can tailor to provincial, territorial needs

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL
  • In a major shift toward a more decentralized federation, the meeting will produce a 'core foundation' to serve as a framework for bilateral deals to follow, says Liberal strategist Scott Reid.

Strategists expect bilateral health deals after premiers meet so feds can tailor to provincial, territorial needs

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL
  • In a major shift toward a more decentralized federation, the meeting will produce a 'core foundation' to serve as a framework for bilateral deals to follow, says Liberal strategist Scott Reid.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, Quebec Premier François Legault, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford will join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Feb. 7 for a high-stakes meeting on health-care. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Jake Wright

THE LATEST

NDP, CPC MPs take joint Manitoba riding-redraw appeal to PROC

NDP MP Niki Ashton, left, and Conservative MP James Bezan raised joint concerns over proposed boundary changes affecting First Nations communities in northern Manitoba at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Feb. 2. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
  • The Procedure and House Affairs Committee recently heard MPs' objections to the final proposed new maps for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with NDP MP Daniel Blaikie making pitches for both provinces.

NDP, CPC MPs take joint Manitoba riding-redraw appeal to PROC

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
  • The Procedure and House Affairs Committee recently heard MPs' objections to the final proposed new maps for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with NDP MP Daniel

Dominic Barton: training in the federal civil service is ‘weak’

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH
  • The former McKinsey head and ambassador to China told the OGGO Committee that it should be looking at how to improve training and capacity within the civil service.
  • The former McKinsey head and ambassador to China told the OGGO Committee that it should be looking at how to improve training and capacity
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Politics This Morning: Money for something

  • Plus, MPs dig into cyber warfare, election interference.

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Justin Trudeau, Tom Brady,

In politics and pro-leagues, true leaders must know when to go

  • If the polls have it right, running for a fourth time to remain prime minister may be a bridge too far for Justin Trudeau.
Opinion

Putin’s Stalingrad analogy is lost in translation

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NEWS

Lawrence Toet, left, former Conservative MP; Cameron Friesen, Manitoba Finance Minister; Branden Leslie, a former ministerial staffer; Réjeanne Caron, a former Conservative candidate and currently a Winnipeg Police Officer; and former provincial Tory staffer Liz Reimer are seeking the Conservative nomination in Portage-Lisgar, Man. Photographs courtesy of House of Commons, Cameron Friesen, Twitter, Linkein and handout.

With former Conservative MP Toet entering the nomination contest, field of high-profile candidates in Portage-Lisgar, Man., is growing

NewsBY ABBAS RANA
  • Because of the hotly contested nomination, Portage-Lisgar could have one of the highest memberships in the country by the end of contest, says Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett.

With former Conservative MP Toet entering the nomination contest, field of high-profile candidates in Portage-Lisgar, Man., is growing

NewsBY ABBAS RANA
  • Because of the hotly contested nomination, Portage-Lisgar could have one of the highest memberships in the country by the end of contest, says Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett.

Politics This Morning: Governor General heads to Finland to signal support for stalled NATO bid

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

MPs push back against ‘stunning’ riding boundary, name changes in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: ‘these symbols are important’

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN
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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Parliamentary Calendar

Prime Minister Trudeau to host first ministers’ meeting on health care in Ottawa on Feb. 7

Podcast

The return of Parliament, with Sheila Copps

Inside Directories 2023

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Flavio Volpe lobbies and advocates on behalf of Canada's autoparts manufacturers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Project Arrow and the switch to electric vehicles: a Q&A with Flavio Volpe

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW
  • The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association weighs in on the switch to zero-emission vehicles.

Project Arrow and the switch to electric vehicles: a Q&A with Flavio Volpe

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW
  • The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association weighs in on the switch to zero-emission vehicles.
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POLITICS

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THE HILL TIMES NEWSPAPER

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OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Truckers arrested in Freedom Convoy should have bail revoked, too, writes Edmonton reader

Opinion
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EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

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  • De Adder’s Take: 01-30-2023

Environment & Climate Change

COP 27 and a glass half full

  • After the inevitable all-night negotiations at the United Nations climate conference, countries managed to agree on a new fund that will recompense poor countries that suffer 'loss and damage' from extreme climate events.

FOREIGN POLICY

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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured with one of her parliamentary secretaries, Liberal MP Maninder Sidhu, said on Jan. 24 that peace talks are 'always messy and take time.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadian-facilitated Cameroon peace process right approach, but fraught with challenges, say analysts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • The Cameroonian government said it hasn't 'entrusted' a foreign country with a mediation role in the peace process days after Canada said it has accepted the mandate.

Canadian-facilitated Cameroon peace process right approach, but fraught with challenges, say analysts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • The Cameroonian government said it hasn't 'entrusted' a foreign country with a mediation role in the peace process days after Canada said it has accepted the mandate.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

Then-U.S. president Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 8, 2018, at the G7 meeting in Quebec. Twitter has assumed a centrality of place in the political theatre, becoming over the span of a few short years, the main stage on which the cut and thrust of partisan duelling plays out. Photograph courtesy of Global Affairs Canada

Bill Fox digs into how social media, online journalism have completely transformed the way we do politics

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN
  • Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth is an extended meditation on what has become of political discourse in the 21st century, when the news media of old—beggared by changed circumstances—are denigrated as yesterday’s gatekeepers, while the one thing the shouting match of social media will not tolerate is a gatekeeper.

Bill Fox digs into how social media, online journalism have completely transformed the way we do politics

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN
  • Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth is an extended meditation on what has become of political discourse in the 21st century, when the news media of old—beggared by changed circumstances—are denigrated as yesterday’s gatekeepers, while the one thing the shouting match of social media will not tolerate is a gatekeeper.
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Policy

Policy

Speech is free, but lies cost: misinformation and health systems reform

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER
  • As federal, provincial/territorial discussions on health care proceed over the next months, it is necessary that they include how to effectively identify and address health misinformation.
Canada must rapidly create, develop and deploy a politically independent and trusted pan-Canadian health information authority 'that has been informed by our infodemic health misinformation experience,' writes Senator Stan Kutcher. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Speech is free, but lies cost: misinformation and health systems reform

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER
  • As federal, provincial/territorial discussions on health care proceed over the next months, it is necessary that they include how to effectively identify and address health misinformation.

Speech is free, but lies cost: misinformation and health systems reform

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER
  • As federal, provincial/territorial discussions on health care proceed over the next months, it is necessary that they include