House clerk selection process wrongly attacked
It is in the government’s best interest to appoint a competent and impartial clerk. We don’t have an American-style Congress which operates as a fully autonomous institution independent of the executive.
Conservative MPs press intelligence officials on allegations of foreign interference in past federal elections
Liberal MPs say repeating unproven allegations of interference ‘does China’s bidding’ by undermining public confidence in Canadian institutions.
Immigration Minister Fraser has a new head of policy
The minister will also soon have a new chief of staff, with Mike Maka set to arrive from Transport Minister Omar Alghabra’s office later this month.
We need to protect the National War Memorial
It would be much more practical to give the jurisdiction for Wellington Street from Bank Street to Sussex Drive to the PPS and extend it to Confederation Square.
Secretive bureaucrats tight-lipped on two prime ministerial promises
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still hasn’t established a Canadian Centre of Peace, Order and Good Government, and he still hasn’t banned the export of live horses for slaughter.
‘The tail wagging the dog’: Senate Rules Committee stuck on question of privileges for non-partisan Senate groups
Conservative Senators are looking to maintain special status and privileges granted to the opposition and not currently available to other recognized groups that have formed in recent years.
Planning the post health-care summit to-do list
The big cheques and the hopeful political communications that will flow in the days ahead can’t be enough to satisfy us.
Cabinet support for Uyghur resettlement motion a ‘solemn promise’ to implement plan, says sponsor
The Liberal cabinet’s Feb. 1 support of M-62 is the first time it has voted in recognition of the plight of the Uyghurs.
‘High-velocity’ fundraising to end 2022 will validate a ‘hyper-toxic’ atmosphere as parties take election footing: Nanos
‘There’s an energy in the political system right now, and the choices over the next election are becoming clearer,’ says pollster David Coletto.
Canada can’t afford to ‘miss the boat’ on blockchain industry, says Bloc MP Lemire
Comparing the emerging blockchain industry to the advent of the internet in the 1990s, MPs on the House Industry and Technology Committee say the government should avoid partisan attacks on crypto and instead prepare Canada for the economy of the future.
