Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister
‘By the time we’re actually seeing money coming through, our own estimates of our projects are sometimes six months to a year old,’ says Northwest Territories Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek.
The North: different by design, essential by nature
Our governments are already moving together on the projects that matter most. But we cannot build them alone. The Northwest Territories and our Indigenous partners are ready. Now it’s Ottawa’s turn to match that readiness with firm, long-term commitments.
A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made it clear she would see anything but a go-ahead from Ottawa as a powerful accelerant for the smouldering Alberta separatist movement.
A peek into the Rock’s political race
Newfoundland and Labrador voters will go to the provincial ballot box on Oct. 14, but all is quiet on the polling front.
Q&A | The legal battle over the ‘notwithstanding’ clause, explained
‘The scope of Sec. 33 must be understood keeping in mind the unwritten constitutional principle of respect for or protection of minorities,’ argues University of Ottawa law professor Natasha Bakht.
Bloc eyes provincial PQ win, but says it won’t affect strategy in the House: ‘our goal has always been the same’
The Bloc Québécois is supporting the sovereignty-focused Parti Québécois in the next provincial election, which could mean the federal party is less likely to collaborate with the minority Liberal government, says political scientist Eric Montigny.
Premier Legault’s cabinet shuffle takes his party nowhere
There are times Quebec politics can have national and even international importance. This is not one of those times.
An autumn of contrasts in Parliament, and the Bloc Québécois will make its mark
The last parliamentary session right after the election was short and intense, but committees were not yet meeting. This fall, with the committees back in operation, the Bloc will be able to engage in targeted discussions with both the Conservatives and the Liberals.
Define ‘Canadian’: questions loom over Carney’s ‘protectionist’ procurement policy push
‘It’s the equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot. But it’s popular politically,’ says financial policy expert Ian Lee of the prime minister’s move tapping into nationalist sentiment.
Uncertainty surrounds assessments plans for national interest projects
Selected projects represent high hopes and deeply invested political capital. But they also follow a long history of unnecessarily costly and failed efforts that began with political enthusiasm and proceeded with unsupported confidence.
