Questions loom over Liberals’ environment plans with Canada ‘off path’ to meet emissions targets

The government is expected to release its climate competitiveness strategy with the federal budget on Nov. 4.
NDP ‘lost the gut’ of the party, losing working-class voters to Conservatives, say leadership hopefuls looking to rebuild

Three of the leadership contenders took part in an Oct. 28 panel before party faithful gathered for the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation event.
‘There’s no industry without U.S. access’: struggling auto sector renews call for trade deal amid latest tariff woes

Conservatives MPs and auto industry heads are calling for a full repeal of the EV sales mandate as the sector grapples with growing uncertainty and renewed tariff threats from the United States.
‘Complex, blow-your-brains-out expensive, and extraordinarily technical’: MPs urged to study Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ as feds say they’re in talks with U.S.

‘What is desperately needed is a non-partisan statement in Parliament that all parties recognize the need to defend Canada as a core national interest,’ says Andrea Charron, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies.
First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

Two Liberal MPs—Terry Beech from British Columbia, and Peter Fragiskatos from Ontario—spent the most at over $150,000 each.
NDP leadership candidates pitch ‘straight-talk’ solutions, ‘valuing the base,’ and inclusion to labour leaders at first forum

Union leader Rob Ashton positioned himself as a voice for the working class and NDP MP Heather McPherson pitched expanding the NDP umbrella so more Canadians feel welcome in the party.
‘Get back into shop floors’ and contrast Carney’s ‘lurch to the right,’ say NDP leadership hopefuls of party’s path forward

With four people vetted for the NDP leadership race, the candidates are keying in party unity, labour ties, and cost-of-living solutions.
Van Koeverden strikes gold again at Bike Day on the Hill

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

Both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada-U.S. Relations Minister Dominic LeBlanc have conflict-of-interest screens in place.
Q&A | MP Sodhi on forming a Liberal youth caucus and bringing ‘back that youth vote’

‘There’s nobody better to represent youth than a young person themselves,’ says Amandeep Sodhi, one of four MPs who make up the party’s youth caucus.