Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract
Mandatory criteria used in ArriveCan application procurement were ‘overly restrictive’ and ‘favoured’ GC Strategies Inc. as an existing CBSA supplier, which led to the awarding of a $25-million contract to the company in the centre of misconduct allegations.
Release of records on appointment of interim ethics commissioner likely to be delayed until June
Selection process for ethics commissioners ‘needs to be more independent,’ says York University assistant professor in Canadian public law Ian Stedman.
Environment advocacy dominates in record-breaking 2023 for lobbying
Draft regulations of the Liberal government’s oil and gas emissions cap are expected to be published in mid-2024.
High prices, lack of charging infrastructure must be addressed to accommodate 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, say auto industry reps
Federal government programs to close the price gap between electric vehicles and gas-powered vehicles are a start, but don’t go far enough, according to Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association.
New year, old problems for Trudeau
If you are the prime minister, what you do is viewed from many different lenses, some of them highly partisan and critical.
Global trade disruptions and election fever contribute to ‘unpredictable’ 2024 for advocacy, say lobbyists
Pharmacare and Bill C-234, an act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, are likely to be top issues for government relations this year.
Gun control and affordability legislation provides much-needed ‘arrow in the quiver’ for Liberals going into 2024, say political strategists
Bills that received royal assent on Dec. 15 as the House wrapped up its work for 2023 include Bill C-21, the Liberals’ gun control legislation; and Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act.
Greater investment needed in municipal infrastructure to accommodate housing demand, says FCM
A local infrastructure investment of about $600-billion will be needed to handle construction of 5.8 million housing units by 2030, according to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
‘Are the Mounties next?’: Tory MPs push for RCMP probe into billion-dollar green fund controversy
Conservative calls to involve the RCMP came amid a series of committee hearings on Sustainable Development Technology Canada last week where a whistleblower testified that employees’ complaints about perceived conflicts of interests to upper management ‘were always swept under the rug.’
‘Inundated with emails’: Calkins’ private member’s bill to repeal new natural health products regulations follows months-long opposition campaign
MPs have received hundreds of emails and flyers related to the regulations which tighten labelling and reporting rules for the natural health product sector.
