Feds should appoint ‘eminent person’ to head Leaders’ Debates Commission, says Green Leader May
The independent body has been without a commissioner for two years and is on its final year of approved funding.
Carney’s fiscal plans put the public service at risk
Austerity masked as modernization has a history. Former Conservative PM Stephen Harper offers the real lessons for navigating the balance between fiscal targets and institutional capacity.
Summer recess is a pivotal time for national parties
During the break, the Liberals should try to sway opposition MPs to their benches, which would be a challenge to Pierre Poilievre’s leadership; and the NDP should bring back former leader Tom Mulcair, with his name recognition and gravitas.
Minister Champagne brings some fresh faces to finance file
Staffers currently leading Champagne’s policy team previously worked for the ministers of international trade, innovation, and housing.
This moment in our history calls all Canadians: reflections from a first-time Senator
The role of the Senate is to look beyond the headlines, to resist reactive politics, and to legislate for a Canada that thrives across generations.
Action must follow Canada’s tone shift on Gaza
History will judge Canada’s response over Gaza; it will not be enough to point to statements of concern, or empty ultimatums.
Is Plamondon a wolf in expensive clothing?
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon could be Quebec’s next premier. What does that mean for Canada?
Winning the legislation lottery: MPs eye causes that hit close to home for fall bills
‘I’m very excited about it,’ says Liberal MP Ahmed Hussen, who’s among the first set of MPs to get a crack at proposing legislation this Parliament after being ineligible to do so since 2017.
‘A critical mistake’: former Grit ministers call out what they say is Carney’s capitulation to Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘elbows up’ approach to U.S. President Donald Trump has evolved into public fawning and a major trade concession with seemingly little gained, say observers.
Pancake flops and a looming byelection: MPs dress the part at Stampede for ‘lobbying highlight of BBQ season’
As Mark Carney struggled at the griddle, Pierre Poilievre was busy pitching himself as an Albertan returned ‘home’ at the festival where Alberta Senator Daryl Fridhandler says everyone is ‘on the same level.’
