MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26
The office expense budget for MPs has increased by $5-million this fiscal year compared to 2024-25.
‘Baptism by fire’ for new MPs out on the ‘barbecue circuit’: riding events prime time for summer schmoozing
Rookie MPs are busy setting up their offices and meeting with constituents, while others are training for charity rides and retreating to the mountains.
Wildfire response needs to improve before another national park burns, says Alberta MP McPherson
A review of the Municipality of Jasper’s 2024 wildfire response is causing tension between the provincial and local governments. Alberta Senator Paula Simons says she doesn’t blame people for pointing fingers, as ‘hearts were broken’ by the blaze that burned more than 32,000 hectares of the national park.
Carney Liberals moving to the right opens up a potential opportunity for the NDP
With Carney’s Liberals now competing with the Conservatives for right-of-centre voters in the next election, the left-of-centre voters are open to the NDP to grab.
Winning the legislation lottery: MPs eye causes that hit close to home for fall bills
‘I’m very excited about it,’ says Liberal MP Ahmed Hussen, who’s among the first set of MPs to get a crack at proposing legislation this Parliament after being ineligible to do so since 2017.
Pancake flops and a looming byelection: MPs dress the part at Stampede for ‘lobbying highlight of BBQ season’
As Mark Carney struggled at the griddle, Pierre Poilievre was busy pitching himself as an Albertan returned ‘home’ at the festival where Alberta Senator Daryl Fridhandler says everyone is ‘on the same level.’
House and Senate steering committee members named
All but four parliamentary committees have chosen their chairs. Of the 26 House committees, Liberal MPs are chairing 21 and Conservatives are heading four.
MPs ‘utterly subservient’ to leaders, says Globe columnist Andrew Coyne who offers a path away from Canada’s anti-democratic system in his new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy
In his new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, Andrew Coyne unpacks how parties choose their leaders, how the leaders control their MPs, and how the shortcomings in Canada’s electoral system are putting a squeeze on democracy. It’s not pretty.
PM Carney, Minister Valdez raise Pride flag
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New bills, tariff surprises, and wildfires drive MPs’ discussions this week
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