Minister Fraser adds operations director to justice team, and more
Plus, Hill Climbers has an update on Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand’s office.
Bill to create modern treaty commissioner wins Bloc, NDP, and Green support
With the Conservatives opting to keep Bill C-10 in House debate, Green Leader Elizabeth May warned against making it a ‘political football’ when it represents a ‘small step for reconciliation.’
‘The funniest speech I’ve ever seen a leader give’: how Don Davies’ gallery dinner speech struck the perfect chord
‘Without a shadow of a doubt, his [speech] is the funniest speech I’ve ever seen a leader give. A tight eight minutes of stand-up comedy gold,’ says veteran political speechwriter Scott Reid.
MPs approve House admin spending trim, but overall budgets still on the rise
Despite planned cuts to administration spending, the House’s overall main estimates ask for 2026-27 is still up by 1.9 per cent. The Senate’s budget is also set to jump by 1.5 per cent.
Will Poilievre find the right thread to pull, or will his coalition unravel in 2026?
OTTAWA—It was one year ago that federal politics changed dramatically. Then-deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland wrote her poison pen letter to then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, stepped away from cabinet, didn’t deliver the planned fall economic statement, and set in motion a chain of events no one could have foreseen. Within a few […]
‘Something’s gotta give’: Liberal agenda needs a majority to make progress in 2026, says Grit strategist Joe Jordan
With only two substantive bills receiving royal assent since the spring, Conservative strategist Ashton Arsenault says the Liberals’ legislative performance this fall would be an ‘embarrassment’ under any other Parliament.
Senators to get earlier look at documents, hear more budget requests publicly after CIBA practices questioned
The Senate’s executive committee has set out new processes for the sharing of documents, and the handling of requests for exceptions to its office management policies.
Carney is shifting the goal posts in bid to redefine voter coalition
The Liberals appear to have made the calculation that securing new voters from the Conservative base is far more advantageous than strictly appealing to the existing coalition that re-elected his party.
Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year
Titles and reference numbers for memos prepared for a cabinet minister or deputy head must be proactively released by law, but are becoming ‘less obtainable’ as government entities exploit a ‘loophole,’ say transparency advocates.
2026: Another year on the edge for Carney and Canada
For all the Liberals’ high points since they dodged what was shaping up as certain electoral defeat, the year ahead looms as an even more difficult minefield.
