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.
From chatbots to translation: how the public service is using AI
The Canada Revenue Agency, Public Services and Procurement Canada, and Shared Services Canada are among the departments using the technology in their daily work, which they say helps with productivity.
Environment Minister Dabrusin taps Matthew Paisley as policy director
Plus, Kieran Steede has been named director of operations and international affairs, and former PMO spokesperson Jenna Ghassabeh is communications director.
Where to begin: restarting a failed access-to-information system
We need a better deal that actively puts transparency back more fully into the picture, and we can start by changing the decades-old, decrepit Access to Information Act.
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.
Pierre Poilievre is riding the wrong horse
The Conservative leader is having trouble getting support, especially from women, partly because he is seen to be too much of an attack dog. If he is going to be successful, that approach must soften.
Carney faces storm clouds ahead
Essentially, when the dark clouds gather, Carney will have to convince Canadians he’s making the best decisions he can based on the realities he faces.
Carney’s fall budget could be the toughest one Canadians have ever faced in peacetime
Mark Carney will still face a domestic economy with weak growth prospects while having no choice but to act quickly to bring fiscal discipline to the federal government with deep spending cuts to programs prized by many Canadians, catalyze a huge and disruptive transition to a more competitive and productive economy less dependent on the U.S., and undertake a massive boost to defence and infrastructure spending.
Americans need to wake up, wise up, and stand up to Trump
In his recently passed and so-called Big Beautiful Bill, Trump gave ICE a whopping $75-billion in new funding. That will enable the force to hire 10,000 new agents. When that happens, ICE will be larger than all the other U.S. federal law enforcement agencies combined.
The path forward on reconciliation and building infrastructure
Elevating living standards and opportunities in Indigenous communities is perhaps the ultimate “national interest” project.
