Legislation

Moving forward on game-changing gun legislation

OpinionBY WENDY CUKIER

• Despite the recent media debates, misrepresentations, and polarized demands for more or less regulation, C-21 is a critical step forward.

Moving forward on game-changing gun legislation

OpinionBY WENDY CUKIER

• Despite the recent media debates, misrepresentations, and polarized demands for more or less regulation, C-21 is a critical step forward.

New UN report another ‘tool’ for advocates in fight for justice for Indigenous women

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

New AI safety institute limited by legislative vacuum: NDP innovation critic Brian Masse

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Balanced approach needed on right-to-repair bill, protecting IP rights and public safety

OpinionBY DON STICKNEY

Feds must reject advance requests for MAID

OpinionBY DANIEL ZEKVELD

Liberals back away from MAID debate with Quebec, not wanting to ‘butt heads’

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Opinion

• BY DAMIAN COLLINS

In the age of dangerous disinformation, it’s time to get serious about online harms

Opinion

• BY JEROME GESSAROLI

Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices

Opinion

• BY RANDALL ZALAZAR

It’s not too late to course correct on what ails Canada’s transportation sector

Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

• The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.

Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

• The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.

Closing housing gap ‘not going to happen’ by 2030, but steps being taken in right direction, says Canadian Home Builders’ Association CEO

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘Enough is enough’: Black federal civil servants, unions accuse Liberals of ‘wasting’ time on tackling anti-Black racism

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Rise of Bluesky may create progressive ‘echo chamber,’ say observers as more MPs join

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Calendar

Minister Joly digs into feds’ new Arctic policy for Montreal audience on Dec. 13

Podcast

The sales tax holiday, with Corinne Pohlmann

News

Poilievre voted best public speaker, most quotable, hardest-working, and biggest self-promoter in The Hill Times’ 29th Annual Politically Savvy Survey

List

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

Podcast

How to lower housing prices, with Carolyn Whitzman

House paralysis due to privilege debate has put Senate focus on private members’ bills, say Senators

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• CSG Senator Scott Tannas says the Red Chamber has ‘enough business to keep us busy’ as the privilege debate drags on in the House, stalling legislation such as Ways and Means Motion No. 26.

House paralysis due to privilege debate has put Senate focus on private members’ bills, say Senators

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• CSG Senator Scott Tannas says the Red Chamber has ‘enough business to keep us busy’ as the privilege debate drags on in the House, stalling legislation such as Ways and Means Motion No. 26.

‘It’s inviting retaliation’: Bloc supply management bill will have Canada bracing for U.S. response, say trade watchers

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Bill C-20 is a missed opportunity for real accountability

OpinionBY FAISAL KUTTY

Put nature first, not politics

OpinionBY SALOMé SANé, ANNA JOHNSTON

New group seeks to determine national scope of forced sterilization of Indigenous people in Canada

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Government’s ambition on newly updated environmental law falls flat

OpinionBY ELAINE MACDONALD

Trudeau government should reject Bloc plan, and raise OAS age of eligibility

OpinionBY BEN EISEN

Parliamentary Calendar

Tourism Minister Martinez Ferrada to deliver speech in Montreal on Monday, Dec. 9

Podcast

How dirty money gets into Canadian politics, with Jessica Davis

News

The 100 most influential people in federal politics and government to watch in 2024

List

How would Canadians vote in the U.S. election? Survey shows a bent towards blue

Podcast

Lots of cash, no strings attached: Jerry DeMarco on the Net Zero Accelerator program

The Bloc, Ballantyne, and the new Official Languages Act

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• The new legislation deliberately avoids providing the same boost for English speakers in Quebec as it does for francophones in the rest of Canada.

The Bloc, Ballantyne, and the new Official Languages Act

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• The new legislation deliberately avoids providing the same boost for English speakers in Quebec as it does for francophones in the rest of Canada.

Time is running out for Canada to harmonize copyright for all music creators

OpinionBY LOU RAGAGNIN

Attitudes on use of notwithstanding clause have changed, and Senate’s approach should, too: Senator Harder

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Driving out deepfakes: Canada can lead on responsible AI innovation

OpinionBY PATRICK ROGERS

Canada needs pharmacare now 

OpinionBY BEA BRUSKE, JASON MACLEAN, DOUG ROTH

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Senate study of supply management bill imperils Bloc deadline

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Senators say a substantial committee study will be required to review Bill C-282, and their work won't be affected by the Bloc's Oct. 29 deadline.

Senate study of supply management bill imperils Bloc deadline

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Senators say a substantial committee study will be required to review Bill C-282, and their work won't be affected by the Bloc's Oct. 29 deadline.

Disability Benefit regulations show feds don’t care about institutionalized Canadians 

OpinionBY KENDAL DAVID, MEGAN LINTON

Disability Benefit regulations show feds don’t care about institutionalized Canadians 

OpinionBY KENDAL DAVID, MEGAN LINTON

House votes on non-confidence motion

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

House votes on non-confidence motion

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Policy action is critical as Canada recognizes FASD Awareness Month

OpinionBY AUDREY MCFARLANE, INDEPENDENT SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA

Policy action is critical as Canada recognizes FASD Awareness Month

OpinionBY AUDREY MCFARLANE, INDEPENDENT SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA

Politics This Morning

Finlandization in the nation

PBO adds up housing action

Banking on it

Supply and confidence

all politics poll: best & worst of the year in politics

Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll

Poilievre doubles as most valuable, least valuable politician in 2022 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll

Anand named most valuable politician, climate change voted most important issue in The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual All Politics Poll

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll

Election

Rural ridings will decide which party forms government after the next election, says Liberal MP Robert Morrissey

Unions warn non-permanent public servants will be first on chopping block as feds look to cut costs

Read the room. Know your audience. Get a grip

Turnout for what?

Politics

Here’s a look at the current employment team under Minister Petitpas Taylor

Côté marks her half-century on the Hill as Long Service Awards are doled out

‘He’s let it go too long’: wait builds for a Poilievre visit south of the border

Confederation sit-in cranks security concerns as MPs debate balance of right to protest with parliamentary privilege

Foreign Policy

Superstitious peasants

Canada can spur momentum in Africa with a cohesive strategy and key alliances

Trump lights a proverbial fire north of the border

A new dawn: reflections on the end of the Syrian war

Finance and Budget

The Disability Tax Credit is a barrier to the Canada Disability Benefit

With one post, Trump has scrambled Canada’s political agenda

Former Indigenous procurement auditor calls pledge to examine the program ‘hypocritical’ after feds were warned of issues for years

Dear Minister Champagne, Canada needs all the help we can get

Lobbying

Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs pose ‘existential crisis’ for Canada, with risks even if not enacted, says Unifor president

Most-lobbied Grit MPs hear push for health accountability measures, most-lobbied Tory MPs hear push for environment, trade issues

Trudeau’s reset options dwindle as government puts itself above Parliament

October environment lobby tackles energy concerns, hydrogen, and push-back on emissions cap

Legislation

Polls apart: concern for Quebec municipal election clash if federal date moved back

Doubt grows that feds’ promise to boost forced labour ban will materialize as House committee deplores ‘inaction’  

CRTC says decision on Google’s Online News Act exemption expected this fall

Could the House’s procedural impasse set the stage for a federal election?

Public Service

Some departments ‘stopping the clock’ to prevent contract workers from becoming permanent public service staff

Trudeau could offer change by proposing a bold, structural overhaul of Canada’s political system

DND and CAF ‘exempt’ from further spending cuts, says Blair after department was asked to find $900-million a year in savings

PCO clerk subject of human rights complaint over Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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