Freeland resigns from cabinet after a decade as key Liberal minister for role as envoy for Ukraine
Six months after Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped his Liberal leadership rival to lead internal trade, Chrystia Freeland says she’s ‘turning the page on this chapter’ in cabinet, and while she will remain on as an MP, she will not be running in the next election.
Public service cuts by attrition are ‘passive, lazy, and random,’ warns ex-Privy Council Office clerk Wernick
Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
MPs are back in action
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The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department
Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 9.2 days in 2023-24 compared to 5.9 in 2020-21, marking a rise in days claimed by employees in every department and agency in the core public service since the onset of the pandemic. The Hill Times reported on the Treasury Board Secretariat’s most […]
A rundown of the humans behind AI Minister Solomon’s shop
Michael Paramathasan has been hired as a director of policy to the minister, while Peter Wall is in place as director of communications.
Government House Leader MacKinnon calls for co-operation, but criticizes Poilievre’s ‘angry rhetoric’ as House resumes
‘We are a minority government, yes, but we believe that we have a mandate to proceed with major policies,’ says Steven MacKinnon.
An autumn of contrasts in Parliament, and the Bloc Québécois will make its mark
The last parliamentary session right after the election was short and intense, but committees were not yet meeting. This fall, with the committees back in operation, the Bloc will be able to engage in targeted discussions with both the Conservatives and the Liberals.
Charlie Kirk’s murder: what has gone wrong in America?
The rash of more recent shootings is partially explained by a deadly change in U.S. politics. There was a time when political opponents were just that: competitors seeking political power with different ideas of what to do with it. But that is no longer the case.
High-stakes fall sitting ‘first real test’ for Carney and cabinet who have ‘zero latitude for error,’ say Liberal MPs, political players
‘Carney still hasn’t defined himself in the House of Commons. His style, it’s going to be interesting,’ said one Liberal MP.
For Poilievre’s Conservatives, home is where the votes are
Canadians have extended considerable grace and patience to Prime Minister Carney, but the cracks are starting to show.
