How will the 45th Parliament work?
A functional relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government is crucial to the country’s future. To put it bluntly: we have no time for partisan games. We need the legislature to do its job of holding the government to account.
‘Cutting red tape,’ mental health and primary care on the health docket this fall
Amid the Liberals’ focus on building a stronger economy, Health Minister Marjorie Michel’s office says that faster access to new medicines and supporting researchers are priorities.
A season of contradictions, focus, and discipline
Mark Carney enters the fall flanked by storms: tariff shocks, fiscal pressures, and sharpened opposition.
Carney’s Trump problem
By putting his elbows down, Mark Carney could end up paying a political price.
On affordable housing, Ottawa should support bottom-up initiatives, not impose top-down solutions
This is a moment of opportunity. Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson should listen to former Toronto mayor David Crombie. Cities are where things actually get done. And solving the afforable housing crisis is surely something that must be done.
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.
‘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.
The Liberal Party must show up locally to win new seats
Nostalgia for 2015, 1993, and 1930, won’t win the next election. The party needs humility, and hard and patient work: person to person, policy by policy, riding by riding.
B.C. Conservative EDA wants end to top-down nominations
The party can choose a fair nomination process or winnable candidates, but it can’t have both, a senior Conservative recently told The Hill Times.
House is back and it’s going to be busy
MONDAY, SEPT. 15 House Returns—The House of Commons returns on Monday, Sept. 15, and it’s expected to be a busy fall sitting. It will sit Sept. 15-19; Sept. 22-26; Oct. 1-3; Oct. 6-10; Oct. 20-24; Oct. 27-31; Nov. 3-7; Nov. 17-21; Nov. 24-28; Dec. 1-5; and Dec. 8-12. That’s 11 weeks left before it breaks […]
