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Carney benches Trudeau’s ‘Hallmark card’ mandate letter format, opts for broad priority list for all ministers 

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• Prime Minister Mark Carney's public across-cabinet missive is short and broad, outlining only seven priorities for all 28 ministers, and departing from his predecessor's lengthy directions to each minister.

Carney benches Trudeau’s ‘Hallmark card’ mandate letter format, opts for broad priority list for all ministers 

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• Prime Minister Mark Carney's public across-cabinet missive is short and broad, outlining only seven priorities for all 28 ministers, and departing from his predecessor's lengthy directions to each minister.

Feds set out $486.9-billion in spending in 2025-26 main estimates

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Minister McGuinty faces challenge to modernize military under unstable U.S. relationship: defence experts

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‘We’re hurt, too’: U.S. envoy counters Canadians’ outrage over annexation threats

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Pakistan wants South Asian stability to be a top issue on G7 communiqué

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Feds can’t continue to delay ‘heavy lifting’ on foreign interference response, says NDP MP Jenny Kwan

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Advocates to push accountability for diversity, inclusion after lack of focus in Carney’s cabinet, mandate letter

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Big dig under Centre Block has begun as project spending reaches $1.2-billion

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King Charles says Canada faces a ‘critical moment’ in historic Throne Speech

The Throne Speech transcript, read by the King

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• A 'confident Canada' can seize the moment 'by recognizing that all Canadians can give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away,' the monarch said in his opening remarks.

The Throne Speech transcript, read by the King

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• A 'confident Canada' can seize the moment 'by recognizing that all Canadians can give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away,' the monarch said in his opening remarks.

Francis Scarpaleggia vows to keep ‘sticks on the ice’ as new House Speaker

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Top 10 most influential Liberals in Carney’s government

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New Parliament likely more cordial, but not much time for House committee work this spring, say strategists

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Peek Behind the Curtain of Canada’s Legislative and Regulatory Process

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Former top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo opens CANSEC as conference returns to Ottawa May 28-29

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The return of Parliament, with Sheila Copps

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

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Meet Mark Carney’s 38-member senior team

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Carney’s missing budget, with Mostafa Askari

Top 10 most influential Conservatives in federal politics

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• Jenni Byrne, the former Conservative campaign director and a close confidante of Pierre Poilievre, is facing criticism for the party’s failure to win the April 28 election. It remains unclear whether Poilievre will choose to part ways with her.

Top 10 most influential Conservatives in federal politics

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• Jenni Byrne, the former Conservative campaign director and a close confidante of Pierre Poilievre, is facing criticism for the party’s failure to win the April 28 election. It remains unclear whether Poilievre will choose to part ways with her.

Middle-class tax cut and trade barriers to form top priorities in early Carney government

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Bloc Québécois slam Carney for inviting ‘foreign’ King to open Parliament, opt out of attending Throne Speech 

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In the face of insolvency and strike action, what does Canada Post’s future look like?

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At least seven Liberal and Conservative MPs running for coveted House Speaker’s post

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First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders lay out major asks for re-elected Liberal government

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Now-eliminated mental health and addictions cabinet post ‘shone a brighter light’ on issues, but also caused some confusion, stakeholders say

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Parliamentary Calendar

Ailish Campbell to talk about Canada and the EU in a shifting world order on May 26 at the C.D. Howe Institute

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‘Ally is a verb’: How to do your part for reconciliation, with Rose LeMay

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The salaries of Carney’s cabinet and secretaries of state

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‘This really is an intergovernmental struggle’: The view from Alberta, with Jared Wesley

Federal public service cut by nearly 10,000 jobs, new data shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED May 23, 2025

• The 2.7 per cent dip as of March 2025 represents the first time the public service hasn't grown since 2015, which experts say isn't surprising given the Liberal government's 2024 budget forecast the population to shrink by attrition.

Federal public service cut by nearly 10,000 jobs, new data shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED May 23, 2025

• The 2.7 per cent dip as of March 2025 represents the first time the public service hasn't grown since 2015, which experts say isn't surprising given the Liberal government's 2024 budget forecast the population to shrink by attrition.

Senators prepare for busy session with a dozen rookies and two new leaders in the mix

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‘It makes a lot of things easier’: ex-staffers turned MPs say Hill experience proving a boon

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Don’t mistake new Conservative media tone for policy shift, say Tory pundits

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New housing minister’s ‘first-week jitters’ on home values needs clarification, says policy expert Mike Moffatt

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Indigenous Services Minister Gull-Masty says she’s eager to ‘succeed’ under ‘huge pressure,’ as Indigenous leaders welcome ‘progress’ in cabinet picks

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• Indigenous Services Canada is being headed by an Indigenous person for the first time ever—something Mandy Gull-Masty says adds to the ‘pressure’ to succeed, as she feels out her new role under the weight of ‘a lot of eyes watching.’

Indigenous Services Minister Gull-Masty says she’s eager to ‘succeed’ under ‘huge pressure,’ as Indigenous leaders welcome ‘progress’ in cabinet picks

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• Indigenous Services Canada is being headed by an Indigenous person for the first time ever—something Mandy Gull-Masty says adds to the ‘pressure’ to succeed, as she feels out her new role under the weight of ‘a lot of eyes watching.’

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

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Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

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‘Really scared, anxious, and horrified’: advocates decry lack of voice for Canadians with disabilities in cabinet

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‘Really scared, anxious, and horrified’: advocates decry lack of voice for Canadians with disabilities in cabinet

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Many MPs could start new Parliament without Hill offices

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Many MPs could start new Parliament without Hill offices

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Politics This Morning

Internal trade ministers meet

Leaders debate reply to the Throne Speech

Who’s ready for Throne Speech Bingo?

The Royals come to Ottawa with a bang

COVID-19

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

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

A reluctance for post-pandemic learning

Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark

Election

Recount survivors displayed grace under political fire

Riding electoral outcomes reveal regional life expectancy trends

To limit critics’ time to organize against Poilievre, some senior Conservatives explore moving convention to this fall

‘Feeling forgotten’ and ‘left behind’: why more young men are voting Conservative

Politics

NDP identity crisis calls for a return to party’s roots

In 50 years, the G7’s never had a summit like the one Carney is hosting next month

Carney is already short-changing transparency

King’s Speech from the Throne offers challenges

Foreign Policy

European Union celebrates at the gallery

G7 leaders should shape technology with trust 

Add America to the no-go list for many journalists 

How to preserve NORAD? All action, and absolutely no talk

Finance and Budget

Shrinking the bureaucratic behemoth

The future of Canada depends on Indigenous leadership

The backstory on equalization

Federal disability benefit welcome, but its red tape will tax health system

Lobbying

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

Poilievre’s ethics pitch more about framing Carney as a ‘corrupt politician’ than attempt at reform, but some ideas are good, say observers

No ‘perfect’ solution in Carney asset disclosure calls, say law and political science experts

Legislation

Rebuilding Canada’s fisheries for climate and economic security

Time for the Liberals to protect Canadian voices as promised

Prioritizing privacy is good for Canada

Parties’ housing platforms unlikely to significantly improve affordability: experts

Public Service

GC-OS: why the Government of Canada should develop its own software

‘When we hear government efficiency from Carney, we’re worried we’ll see DOGE-lite’: public service unions react to new ministers Lightbound and Ali

Former top bureaucrat Jocelyne Bourgon calls for bold public service reform to match Carney’s economic plan

From first impressions to policy planning, public servants await new cabinet, new Parliament

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