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• The Liberal’s newest MP appeared at a campaign event for Avi Lewis only days before crossing the floor. There's a 'big gap' between Lewis and the prime minister's policies, says former MP Matthew Dubé.

New Liberal MP Lori Idlout crossed the floor from the NDP on March 10, dropping the party’s caucus to only six MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Timing of ex-NDP MP Idlout’s exit ‘surprising’ in wake of speech at Lewis leadership event, say strategists

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• The Liberal’s newest MP appeared at a campaign event for Avi Lewis only days before crossing the floor. There's a 'big gap' between Lewis and the prime minister's policies, says former MP Matthew Dubé.

Timing of ex-NDP MP Idlout’s exit ‘surprising’ in wake of speech at Lewis leadership event, say strategists

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• The Liberal’s newest MP appeared at a campaign event for Avi Lewis only days before crossing the floor. There's a 'big gap' between Lewis and the prime minister's policies, says former MP Matthew Dubé.

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• Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon says the floor-crossing MPs are responding to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s strategy for the country.

‘Floor crossings are nothing new’: Liberal MPs cheer Idlout’s decision to join their party, defend party’s efforts to get a majority without a general election

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• Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon says the floor-crossing MPs are responding to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s strategy for the country.

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• The mandated review of the Access to Information Act, includes proposals from the government that are 'super regressive,' says veteran journalist Dean Beeby. 'It’s

A court challenge has put the Streaming Act on hold—but some U.S. companies are still sending money to Canadian funds, and no one knows why

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• Several companies are in court fighting a CRTC order that would require all firms with annual revenues over $25-million to allocate five per cent of

Former politicians hope to see efforts to tackle MP-to-MP harassment resurrected

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Iran war underscores Canada’s vulnerability when it comes to the U.S.

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Canada’s position on Iran war is discombobulating and rudderless

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‘Talking is also action’: feds face pressure to clarify stance on Iran conflict amid shifting posture

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• The Canadian government's response to the U.S.-Israeli strikes in the Middle East has shifted since its initial support on Feb. 28, raising questions about the country's actual position.

‘Talking is also action’: feds face pressure to clarify stance on Iran conflict amid shifting posture

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• The Canadian government's response to the U.S.-Israeli strikes in the Middle East has shifted since its initial support on Feb. 28, raising questions about the country's actual position.

Poilievre’s international excursion a chance to challenge Carney, find ‘sea legs’ on global stage amid polling slump: politicos

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• Plus, PMO senior adviser Alexandre Boulé recently announced his decision to leave 80 Wellington St.

Carney meets his caucus, and Lori Idlout crosses the floor to join the Liberals

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Carney’s back in town

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Hodgson to talk about Canada’s energy sector on March 9 at the Rideau Club in Ottawa

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‘It’s reconciliation’: Green Leader May endorses feds’ agreement with Musqueam Nation as minister clarifies private property concerns

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Down with the filibuster

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February social chill snaps as March roars onto the Hill

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• Plus: The U.S. ambassador wants an apology from The Globe and Mail, Graham Richardson is returning to journalism to lead CTV's Hill bureau, and David Frum will speak in Ottawa next month.

Five takeaways from Pierre Poilievre’s interview with Peter Mansbridge

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• Plus: The U.S. ambassador wants an apology from The Globe and Mail, Graham Richardson is returning to journalism to lead CTV's Hill bureau, and David Frum will speak in Ottawa next month.

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Carney’s absence from Iran debate was a missed opportunity

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Recognition of an essential industry shouldn’t be confined to one day per year, say plumbing and mechanical contracting reps

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Senate must reject U.S.-style asylum rules and power grabs with Bill C-12 vote

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Canada’s trade ambitions rest on a food system we’re dismantling

• The assumption appears to be that fewer experts can somehow do more with less—an impossibility in a system already stretched past its limits.

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Ongoing grievance over public service health-plan switch an ‘interesting’ case, says labour lawyer

• The Public Service Alliance of Canada says its members have had prolonged issues since the federal government transferred the Public Service Health Care Plan from Sun life to Canada Life in July 2023.

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Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor

• Joss Reimer says she wants to tackle misinformation and disinformation, and place more emphasis on the social determinants of health and preventative health. She's also keeping a close eye on H5N1, also referred to as the bird flu, to ensure that Canada has an influenza pandemic plan in place. 

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Union warns pay system may not be able to handle layoffs, early retirements 10 years after start of Phoenix problems

• The Phoenix pay system has cost the government more than $5-billion to date, and the current backlog of pay issues stands at around 238,000 transactions.

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Bringing investment banking rigour to Ottawa

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Carney’s deputy minister shuffle raises national security questions

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‘What’s going on?’: Canadians wonder why Conservatives losing MPs, says Nanos of Carney’s growing popularity

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• But pollster Nik Nanos also says he thinks Iran is 'the new wildcard' in public opinion. He will be looking to see if it has changed Canadians' perceptions of Prime Minister Mark Carney or if it's led to more concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump's actions.

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• The Defence Industrial Strategy outlines a clear ‘ambition and intent,’ as well as efforts to ‘wean ourselves off of dependencies,’ particularly on the United States, says the former vice-chief of the defence staff.

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• The Defence Industrial Strategy outlines a clear ‘ambition and intent,’ as well as efforts to ‘wean ourselves off of dependencies,’ particularly on the United States, says the former vice-chief of the defence staff.

The Coutts Diaries is the most revealing book ever written about Canadian politics

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‘Don’t be indifferent’: Iranian-Canadian author shares story of his life inside infamous Tehran prison in new book

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‘Treating politics as a system of balance, not battle’: new book brings fresh insights into Mackenzie King and lessons for today’s leaders

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First Nations are ‘ready’ to move beyond the Indian Act, but time’s running out, says author Bob Joseph

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It’s time to process what we grow

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• The public opinion in this area is clear: Canadians see agriculture and food production as central to our economic future. They want stronger domestic supply chains.

As global demand for protein and functional ingredient rises, so does Canada’s potential to capture new trade opportunities, writes Tyler Groeneveld. Image courtesy of Protein Industries Canada

It’s time to process what we grow

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• The public opinion in this area is clear: Canadians see agriculture and food production as central to our economic future. They want stronger domestic supply chains.

It’s time to process what we grow

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• The public opinion in this area is clear: Canadians see agriculture and food production as central to our economic future. They want stronger domestic supply chains.

Feds mum on wilting conservation program funding as nature spending dips 62 per cent

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Think of the children when reforming Canada’s drug approval system

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• By embedding children’s needs more explicitly within regulatory decision-making, we can ensure that medicines proven safe and effective in comparable jurisdictions can reach Canada’s kids faster.

New Democrats will always support and defend supply management

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• Supply management is not a loophole. It is not a handout. It is a deliberate public policy choice that has kept family farms viable, food local, and rural communities strong for more than 50 years.

Supply management is one of the few tools Canada has that keeps production aligned with need, preventing overproduction, and protecting rural communities from price volatility, writes NDP MP Gord Johns. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

New Democrats will always support and defend supply management

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• Supply management is not a loophole. It is not a handout. It is a deliberate public policy choice that has kept family farms viable, food local, and rural communities strong for more than 50 years.

New Democrats will always support and defend supply management

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• Supply management is not a loophole. It is not a handout. It is a deliberate public policy choice that has kept family farms viable, food local, and rural communities strong for more than 50 years.

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Main estimates set out $502.8-billion for 2026-27 as National Defence tops voted spending

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Carney threads the needle of support for American-Israeli attacks on Iran

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• Most Canadians believe that Trump cannot be trusted on the trade file. That same fear will heat up as the war escalates. No one seems to know what the end game is. If regime change involves simply swapping out the murderous Ayatollah for his son, Canadian appetite for this war effort will quickly fade.

Ottawa discourages health-care innovation, and patients pay the price 

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• The federal government approach of discouraging and even penalizing provincial innovations that fall outside federal preferences has helped ensure the overpriced and under-performing status

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• This year’s estimates include $1.38-billion in funding for the CBC, representing a marked decrease from the $1.58-billion allotted to the public broadcaster during the 2025-26 fiscal year.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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With seven Upper Chamber vacancies, PCO won’t say how new Senators will be appointed as Senate advisory board loses more members

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Public Servants

We need far more political staffers, not fewer

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

Feds offering ‘white glove’ treatment for laid off public servants receiving severance, says PSPC official

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Women, Gender, & Diversity

Unlocking women’s potential is Canada’s economic advantage

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In a fractured world, women peacebuilders are essential 

‘It’s not my bill, it’s our bill’: Senator Henkel and 50 advocacy groups push for law calling for women’s health framework

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Indigenous Relations

First Nations leaders unveil artifacts returned to Canada from Vatican City

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Urban Indigenous funding cutbacks threaten ‘backbone’ of Friendship Centre services, says Ontario federation head

‘This is our home, so we need to be part of the solution’: Inuit-led university to strengthen Canada’s Arctic, say Senators

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Party Central

End of an era: Van Dusen signs off with a song

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Poilievre a ‘Nerd Prom’ no-show, Trudeau’s jokes more funny in ‘original German’

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‘We’re hurt, too’: U.S. envoy counters Canadians’ outrage over annexation threats

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Agriculture to be included in interim trade pact, says Indian envoy

Wary of reciprocity: some embassies are raising concerns over diplomatic security in Ottawa

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Carney can’t use the clock to avoid questions

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Carney’s India sojourn comes without safety net for threatened Canadians

Think big: Senate Building should be turned into high-speed rail hub in 2037

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