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As Canada feels the strain of U.S. trade war, pressure heats up on innovation sector

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• As border tensions create investment uncertainty, innovation in Canada should look at trade diversification and focusing less on commodities, say innovation experts.

As Canada feels the strain of U.S. trade war, pressure heats up on innovation sector

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• As border tensions create investment uncertainty, innovation in Canada should look at trade diversification and focusing less on commodities, say innovation experts.

Senate exempt from Carney’s spending review, but opts to launch own program audit 

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‘Not-an-option’ changes to freelance contracts may worsen shortage of Hill interpreters, says association

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Federal procurement watchdog finds risk of ‘bait and switch’ in government contracts

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Feds’ new industrial strategy falls short on ambition, needs clearer objectives for defence procurement, say experts

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Anand’s trip to India and China part of ‘diplomatic reset’ as Canada pursues new trading partners

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Farmers urge informed, responsible dialogue around seasonal workers

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‘Culture is not on the table’ in trade talks amid film tariff threats and domestic digital policy uncertainty, says Guilbeault

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Q&A | NDP leadership contender Heather McPherson on rebuilding the ‘party of big ideas’

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New border bill cuts controversial measures, keeps powers to tighten immigration

House Trade Committee needs to be ‘respectful’ of Carney’s approach to Trump talks, says Liberal chair

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• The government has released few details about the state of negotiations with the U.S., seemingly at odds with its acknowledgement that Canadians have concerns over a lack of transparency in trade talks.

House Trade Committee needs to be ‘respectful’ of Carney’s approach to Trump talks, says Liberal chair

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• The government has released few details about the state of negotiations with the U.S., seemingly at odds with its acknowledgement that Canadians have concerns over a lack of transparency in trade talks.

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

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Complementary, but limited: how Carney’s use of ‘personal’ envoys can boost the foreign service

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Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

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CSE chief Xavier to deliver keynote on cyber resilience at Vancouver Security Summit on Oct. 17

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Heather McPherson on her campaign to lead the NDP

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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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This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

PM Carney risks trouble without loyal ‘palace guard,’ say political players

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• Every new prime minister eventually faces turbulence, and that’s when a strong and trusted palace guard is ‘essential,’ says political historian and former Liberal MP John English. But at a critical time in Canadian history, Carney’s team is going to have to learn fast.

PM Carney risks trouble without loyal ‘palace guard,’ say political players

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• Every new prime minister eventually faces turbulence, and that’s when a strong and trusted palace guard is ‘essential,’ says political historian and former Liberal MP John English. But at a critical time in Canadian history, Carney’s team is going to have to learn fast.

Easter Seals, CFIB lobbying feds to end Canada Post’s strike

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‘Get back into shop floors’ and contrast Carney’s ‘lurch to the right,’ say NDP leadership hopefuls of party’s path forward 

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Recent health spending comes from Trudeau era, but fits with current Liberal focus on health prevention, lowering costs, consultants say

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It would be ‘idiotic’ for any party to topple government on budget vote only seven months after election, say some Liberal MPs

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Canada has not spoken to South Koreans about building new submarines at home, says embassy

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Military justice reform bill ‘a major step forward,’ but needs work at committee, say Bloc MPs as Tories favour more debate

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Parliamentary Calendar

Chief of Defence Staff Carignan to speak at Ottawa Mayor’s Breakfast on Tuesday, Oct. 14

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Reviving the NDP, with Peter Julian

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The notwithstanding clause, and the Supreme Court’s big decision

Canada’s submarine purchase has new ‘sense of urgency’ with possible selection by end of year, says German envoy 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, IREM KOCA

• The clock is ticking to replace the aging Victoria-class submarines before they are taken out of the water in the 2030s, leaving the Canadian Navy without a submarine capability.

Canada’s submarine purchase has new ‘sense of urgency’ with possible selection by end of year, says German envoy 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, IREM KOCA

• The clock is ticking to replace the aging Victoria-class submarines before they are taken out of the water in the 2030s, leaving the Canadian Navy without a submarine capability.

Conservatives float electoral reform to combat ‘political prank’ protest group from flooding ballots with names

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Hegseth’s attack on rules of engagement could limit Canadian operations with ‘lawless’ U.S. military, says former House Defence Committee chair McKay 

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Prime Minister Carney’s $5M Liberal leadership war chest fuelled by billionaires, bankers, and Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods

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Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts

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‘It’s a new lens’: Champagne unveils new budget framework that splits operating from capital spending

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• The finance minister also committed to a new fiscal cycle, with a fall budget as the new timeline going forward, and spring economic and fiscal update.

‘It’s a new lens’: Champagne unveils new budget framework that splits operating from capital spending

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• The finance minister also committed to a new fiscal cycle, with a fall budget as the new timeline going forward, and spring economic and fiscal update.

Q&A | Reviving a ‘bold and unapologetic’ NDP after a ‘timid’ 2025 platform, with Peter Julian

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Q&A | Reviving a ‘bold and unapologetic’ NDP after a ‘timid’ 2025 platform, with Peter Julian

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‘I doubt if I’ll ever cross the U.S. border again in my lifetime’: Trump’s annexation talk, Hoekstra’s remarks draw fire from former MPs, political players

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‘I doubt if I’ll ever cross the U.S. border again in my lifetime’: Trump’s annexation talk, Hoekstra’s remarks draw fire from former MPs, political players

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Grits’ honeymoon may be over, but Carney’s personal one continues as pressure mounts to deliver results, say political players

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Grits’ honeymoon may be over, but Carney’s personal one continues as pressure mounts to deliver results, say political players

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Politics This Morning

Securing them borders

Premier Ford takes his woes to PM Carney

Next stop: Singapore

Canada eyes more agriculture trade with Mexico

COVID-19

Union raises alarm over pending Public Health Agency job cuts

Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert

Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Election

Advance voting in Canada continues to rise—and it’s changing campaigning

At least three safe Liberal seats poised to open as high-profile contenders line up

The NDP race is on

‘Sunshine is what is needed’: 2025 election, foreign interference issues on deck for PROC this fall

Politics

Canadian foreign policy as performance art

Youth are not a monolith: Canada’s chance to lead in global democracy

MP Genuis pitches youth jobs plan

Skill development must be Canada’s national project

Foreign Policy

Handling Canada-China relations in an age of weaponized supply chains

American contempt for Latin America on full display

Canada can lead global efforts in tackling hunger

Slovakia marks artful national day

Finance and Budget

It’s always do or die on budget day

Liberal government’s decision to deliver all future budgets in the fall is significant

The battery that can supercharge Canada’s economic future

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

Lobbying

Hodgson, Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet ministers last month as energy, environment lead the lobby charts

Struggling auto sector promises deep engagement as wheels set to turn on CUSMA consultations

Carney ‘did the right thing’: feds’ new support for national pharmacare ‘positive,’ but evolving stance surprises advocates

Build Canada Homes must prioritize ‘right’ kind of housing, affordability and green energy, say advocates

Legislation

Quebec’s new ‘constitution’ bill is an affront to democracy

Canada must keep its promises to protect animals

Canada Strong and Free fundraising emails using ‘crisis rhetoric,’ to stoke distrust in government and media, say comms experts, pollsters

Bill C-8’s moment of truth: draw the line on what’s ‘critical’

Public Service

MPs press officials on underused office space as feds struggle to standardize tracking 

Committees opt to hear secret testimony on border security, sexual misconduct in the military

Public servants urge data sovereignty in recent survey, while AI minister says ‘data isn’t gold in Fort Knox’

Top bureaucrats say AI is ‘art of the possible’ in the public service

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