Focus on service delivery, not where bureaucrats’ work is done
Tinkering with one element of the terms and conditions of employment of public service employees while ignoring the need to evolve the basic service delivery model for Canadians will only lead to greater deterioration of support and confidence in the federal public service overall.
‘There’s power in numbers’: Almost 50 Canadian MPs (so far) have sponsored detained Iranians
More than 70 Iranian men, women, and teens detained by the Iranian regime, many facing death sentences, have been politically sponsored by Liberal, Conservative, and NDP MPs.
Provincial shifts towards health care privatization ‘100 per cent the wrong way to go,’ says NDP MP Davies
Along with concern over Ontario’s announced plan to fund private clinics, Green MP Mike Morrice wants MPs to review loopholes in the current Canada Health Act that enable companies to charge for health services.
Library of Parliament joint committee hasn’t met in nearly four years
Under the Parliament of Canada Act, the Library of Parliament Joint Committee is supposed to help the Speakers of the House of Commons and Senate direct the library’s operations.
Longform Substacks offer MPs like Rempel Garner, O’Toole, a chance to exercise ‘thought leadership’
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner praises Substack as the ‘anti-Twitter,’ but a Carleton journalism professor says MPs could use the platform to avoid direct accountability.
Staff moves in Trade Minister Ng’s office, including Sherban’s return
Plus, Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen and Infrastructure and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc both recently bade farewell to senior staffers.
Does Trudeau have the fire in his belly to stay in the game?
Other than the usual suspects, no one is pushing Justin Trudeau out the door. But it would be refreshing if he could take a deep look inside and tell the rest of us if he still has the fire in his belly to stay in the game—the way New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden did.
Ignoring Danielle Smith is Justin Trudeau’s best strategy as she tries to bait him into a fight leading up to Alberta election
‘The heat in the federal-provincial arena has to do with who’s coming up for re-election and who’s not,’ says pollster Nik Nanos, whose poll recorded the lowest scores on the federal-provincial relationship in 16 years.
Cabinet ministers, MPs should stand up to ‘boys and girls in short pants’ to stop PMO interference, says former Grit MP and cabinet minister Easter
Bill Morneau’s new book has provided proof points to opposition parties questioning Justin Trudeau government’s competence, says pollster Greg Lyle
Former Hill staffer Leslie launches his Conservative nomination campaign for coveted Portage-Lisgar riding, former MP Toet and Winnipeg police officer Caron consider running
Former interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen has not yet resigned from her seat, but already the nomination campaign to succeed in the safe Manitoba Conservative riding of Portage-Lisgar is kicking into high gear where the winner of the contest will almost be guaranteed a seat in the House. Former Hill staffer Branden Leslie officially launched […]
