Will the budget kill Carney’s honeymoon?
Watch for provincial governments to attack Carney for not doing enough in the budget. Mind you, none of this means Carney won’t survive the onslaught. It just means, after the budget, he can no longer be all things to all people. He’ll need to decide how to redefine himself.
Champagne to table federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4
MONDAY, NOV. 3 House Schedule—The House of Commons will sit Oct. 27-31; Nov. 3-7; Nov. 17-21; Nov. 24-28; Dec. 1-5; and Dec. 8-12. In total, the House will have sat only 73 days this year. Last year, it sat 122 days, and in 2023, it sat 121 days. In 2022, it sat 129 days, and […]
Thirty years ago last week, Canada’s future hung in the balance
With referendums now being threatened in Alberta and Quebec, the current prime minister and his cabinet should remember what we almost forgot: ‘Les absents ont toujours tort.’
The case for a Christmas election: bring it on
For many Canadians, if an election would rid the country of Pierre Poilievre’s snarky social media hits, his obsessive focus on enemies, his hypocrisy—lamenting the growing number of families using food banks, while living in a taxpayer-funded mansion with chef, driver and domestic help—they could hold the election on Dec. 25.
‘Game of chicken:’ amid ongoing election speculation, Liberal and Conservative MPs are preparing, just in case
There’s no ‘appetite’ for a Christmas election, says Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux.
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.
Unions brace for budget’s impact as think tank predicts ‘stealth’ cuts to public-serving programs
The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union that represents a large swath of the public service, said returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels could mean 70,000 job losses.
Post-election donation dip deepens as Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter
Despite quarterly fundraising falling to levels unseen since 2022, the Liberals’ overall $23.7-million and the Conservatives’ $41.6-million take for 2025 already represent historic records for their respective parties.
Carney’s budget challenge: govern for the many, or manage for the few?
The prime minister’s first budget won’t be judged by the numbers, but by whom they lift up, and whom they leave behind.
Auditor General to probe Canada Revenue Agency’s phone system contract
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s scathing report on CRA’s call centres mostly focused on long wait times, unanswered calls, and inaccurate tax information provided to Canadians, but also found a lack of oversight for the phone system’s vendor invoices.
