‘All-hands-on-deck’ fall session as Liberals face pressure to deliver, say lobbyists, pollsters
Conservatives will face pressure since the Liberals have ‘effectively stolen’ some policy directions, such as increased defence spending and building energy infrastructure, says pollster Nik Nanos.
Carney ‘did the right thing’: feds’ new support for national pharmacare ‘positive,’ but evolving stance surprises advocates
Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sept. 11 that his government will continue to negotiate bilateral agreements, contradicting an earlier stance that it would only honour the four deals signed before the April 2025 election.
Liberals need to get it together on pharmacare
A strong government instills confidence in the country’s people and its businesses. This government’s waffling on pharmacare does none of that.
For Poilievre’s Conservatives, home is where the votes are
Canadians have extended considerable grace and patience to Prime Minister Carney, but the cracks are starting to show.
Third-period politics: history’s lesson for Carney and Canada-U.S. relations
History would suggest Canada is not entirely in uncharted waters.
A season of contradictions, focus, and discipline
Mark Carney enters the fall flanked by storms: tariff shocks, fiscal pressures, and sharpened opposition.
NDP keep fighting as new Liberal government’s honeymoon period comes to a close
To meet the eye-popping military spending commitment of five per cent of Canada’s GDP, there will be deep cuts to programs and services to Canadians.
Upcoming budget critically important to meet challenges, cost of living, and unemployment, head on
This is Mark Carney’s first budget as prime minister, and it is the first federal budget since U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term.
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.
Revive CBC’s Cold War mission, but train it on Trump’s America
The CBC speaks to Canadians, but the broadcaster must start speaking up for our country in the United States as American propaganda challenges shared priorities.
