The NDP leadership race: continuity, rupture, or reinvention?
As the party prepares for its March 2026 convention, the question isn’t who will lead but what purpose the NDP will serve in Canadian politics.
A look at PM Mark Carney’s current senior PMO staff lineup
A slate of former cabinet chiefs of staff are now filling senior roles in Mark Carney’s office, including deputy directors of policy Shaili Patel and Katharine Heus.
U.S. politicians are barking up the wrong tree
If Americans want Canadians to embrace them again with open arms, then it’s not the Canadian choir that needs to hear the preaching.
Senator Harder wants to legislate how the feds handle the notwithstanding clause—his colleagues have some concerns
Ontario Senator Peter Harder’s Bill S-218 follows a motion last Parliament that sought to foster reflection on use of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ notwithstanding clause.
G7 Speakers to gather in Ottawa in September
Canada hosted the first Group of Seven summit of Lower House Speakers during its 2002 presidency.
Wildfire response needs to improve before another national park burns, says Alberta MP McPherson
A review of the Municipality of Jasper’s 2024 wildfire response is causing tension between the provincial and local governments. Alberta Senator Paula Simons says she doesn’t blame people for pointing fingers, as ‘hearts were broken’ by the blaze that burned more than 32,000 hectares of the national park.
From chatbots to translation: how the public service is using AI
The Canada Revenue Agency, Public Services and Procurement Canada, and Shared Services Canada are among the departments using the technology in their daily work, which they say helps with productivity.
Environment Minister Dabrusin taps Matthew Paisley as policy director
Plus, Kieran Steede has been named director of operations and international affairs, and former PMO spokesperson Jenna Ghassabeh is communications director.
Where to begin: restarting a failed access-to-information system
We need a better deal that actively puts transparency back more fully into the picture, and we can start by changing the decades-old, decrepit Access to Information Act.
Carney Liberals moving to the right opens up a potential opportunity for the NDP
With Carney’s Liberals now competing with the Conservatives for right-of-centre voters in the next election, the left-of-centre voters are open to the NDP to grab.
