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Feds are ‘silencing’ an agent of Parliament by leaving post vacant, says ex-budget watchdog Giroux

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• Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie says the PBO is 'unable to do its job of providing government oversight.' But another former budget watchdog Kevin Page says the prime minister has 'deep respect for the legislative budget offices,' adding that the next PBO will be faced with 'enormous challenges' in the months and years ahead and will be playing a critical role.

Feds are ‘silencing’ an agent of Parliament by leaving post vacant, says ex-budget watchdog Giroux

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• Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie says the PBO is 'unable to do its job of providing government oversight.' But another former budget watchdog Kevin Page says the prime minister has 'deep respect for the legislative budget offices,' adding that the next PBO will be faced with 'enormous challenges' in the months and years ahead and will be playing a critical role.

Some NDP leadership candidates’ policies ‘not terribly viable,’ says McPherson, who denies she’s running a centrist campaign

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Canada ‘abandoning’ international law with support for U.S. strikes on Iran, say former diplomats

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Failed asylum-seeker motion shows Conservatives ‘smelled blood in the water’ with minister, immigration as wedge issue, say politicos

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New policy adding nurse practitioners to public health-care plans will go ahead April 1

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Prime Minister Carney and his cabinet should rely on deputy ministers—not political staff—for fearless policy advice, say leading governance experts

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Canada’s Wildlife Is Sounding the Alarm. We Still Have Time to Act.

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‘A fundamental shift’: new strategy an opportunity to grow domestic industrial base, say lobbyists

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‘We’re getting closer’: religious groups lobbying feds say they’re hopeful of progress on stalled Liberal anti-hate bill

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‘Once you get a carveout from one province, it’s game over’: Ottawa-Alberta MOU draws advocates with economic and environment concerns

Ottawa unsure how to regulate AI chatbots after Tumbler Ridge report, as Solomon says ‘all options are on the table’

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• A recent bombshell report revealed OpenAI internally flagged and banned the shooter's profile on the startup’s chatbot, ChatGPT, months ago, but elected not to inform legal authorities in Canada.

Ottawa unsure how to regulate AI chatbots after Tumbler Ridge report, as Solomon says ‘all options are on the table’

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• A recent bombshell report revealed OpenAI internally flagged and banned the shooter's profile on the startup’s chatbot, ChatGPT, months ago, but elected not to inform legal authorities in Canada.

Ongoing grievance over public service health-plan switch an ‘interesting’ case, says labour lawyer

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To be shielded from nomination challenges, incumbent Liberal MPs must meet conditions by Labour Day: new rules

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Carney should call for extradition of Indian officials linked to Nijjar killing, says ex-Liberal minister Dhaliwal

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The Year of Resilience: What 2026 Will Demand From Canada’s Cyber Leaders

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McGuinty, Anand to speak at Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence March 4-5

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‘We knew there was something coming’: how a Canadian charity has been sending aid into Ukraine

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

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Who’s backing the NDP leadership contenders?

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Sole Quebec NDP MP Boulerice says potential provincial run has ‘absolutely nothing to do with’ party’s status

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• The NDP’s last remaining 2011 ‘Orange Wave’ Quebec MP says he is considering a provincial run with Québec Solidaire ‘more seriously now than ever.’

Sole Quebec NDP MP Boulerice says potential provincial run has ‘absolutely nothing to do with’ party’s status

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• The NDP’s last remaining 2011 ‘Orange Wave’ Quebec MP says he is considering a provincial run with Québec Solidaire ‘more seriously now than ever.’

Liberals ride wave in federal polls as widening gender, age gaps squeeze Conservatives’ coalition

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Carney’s ‘bridge’ between the EU and the Pacific Rim trade deal likely to stop short of merging blocs, say observers  

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‘This is our home, so we need to be part of the solution’: Inuit-led university to strengthen Canada’s Arctic, say Senators

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U.S.-proposed critical minerals trading bloc a ‘difficult sell,’ say natural resources experts

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‘Voters have short memories’: delayed elections commissioner report puts damper on accountability, says political scientist Alex Marland

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Carney breaks with tradition in selecting Charette as chief negotiator for U.S. trade

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Parliamentary Calendar

Liberal MP Kayabaga to talk unlocking growth in Africa and the Caribbean during Empire Club event on Feb. 26

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The ‘ambitious’ Defence Industrial Strategy, with Mark Norman

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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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Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

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Tumbler Ridge shooting upends the agenda: The week in review

‘Dangerous’ Bill C-12’s immigration changes give too much power to cabinet and department: Sen. McPhedran and legal rights groups

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• The bill's proposal for a new timeline for refugee applications that would be in effect starting in 2020—more than five years prior to the bill even being passed—and the power to cancel large numbers of immigration documents at once are causing concerns.

‘Dangerous’ Bill C-12’s immigration changes give too much power to cabinet and department: Sen. McPhedran and legal rights groups

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• The bill's proposal for a new timeline for refugee applications that would be in effect starting in 2020—more than five years prior to the bill even being passed—and the power to cancel large numbers of immigration documents at once are causing concerns.

‘He comes from our side’: Writers’ Union CEO calls Solomon an AI ‘cheerleader,’ asks him to slow down strategy

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‘Everyone should feel the hit’: ministerial offices and PMO should be cut, too, say some leading public policy experts

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Union warns pay system may not be able to handle layoffs, early retirements 10 years after start of Phoenix problems

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He ‘was like the Hollywood casting version of the crusty news editor with a heart of gold’: friends, colleagues, former j-school students remember Elly Alboim

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Lack of trade infrastructure, insufficient supports for small business among realities of trade-war woes, say experts

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• Canada has 'baseline difficulties in building new trade assets,' says Carlo Dade, director of International Policy and the New North America Initiative at the University of Calgary.

Lack of trade infrastructure, insufficient supports for small business among realities of trade-war woes, say experts

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• Canada has 'baseline difficulties in building new trade assets,' says Carlo Dade, director of International Policy and the New North America Initiative at the University of Calgary.

Questions loom over NDP’s voter verification process as leadership contest enters final stretch

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Questions loom over NDP’s voter verification process as leadership contest enters final stretch

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New strategy outlines ‘ambitious’ defence readiness objective months after downgrading air fleet target

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New strategy outlines ‘ambitious’ defence readiness objective months after downgrading air fleet target

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NDP leadership candidate Ashton attacks Lewis on provincial relationships, energy projects in final debate

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NDP leadership candidate Ashton attacks Lewis on provincial relationships, energy projects in final debate

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Politics This Morning

Carney Down Under

Carney regroups with Modi in New Delhi

Carney touches down in Mumbai

Poilievre speaks on Canada-U.S. relations in T.O.

COVID-19

Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor

‘Diseases do not recognize borders’: U.S. decision to leave WHO ignores reality of how diseases spread, says Liberal MP Powlowski

CUSMA must do more than protect trade—it must secure Canada’s life sciences future

Union raises alarm over pending Public Health Agency job cuts

Election

The road ahead on foreign interference

A snap election still possible, despite potential Liberal byelection wins and more rumoured floor-crossings, say some pollsters

Influence registry will deter few foreign agents without independent enforcement, say national security experts

An aging democracy needs youth voices

Politics

Can Carney reconcile his Davos goals with complicity in the Iran war?

Senator’s anti-non-disclosure agreement bill faces roadblocks      

Northern, Arctic Affairs Minister Chartrand has a new chief of staff

Liberals and Conservatives get it wrong on nominations in held ridings, yet again

Foreign Policy

Netanyahu makes a sucker out of Trump with Iran attack

It’s time to prioritize Canada’s media sovereignty and democratic resilience

Mining a collective defence against Trump’s threats

Feds’ defence industrial strategy promises much potential for Canada, but it will need public and private-sector champions

Finance and Budget

With global hegemony attacking the world order, what are middle powers like Canada to do?

‘All about’ NATO: bulk of feds’ $5.4-billion spending request boosts defence programs

Canada faces ‘an emergency of extraordinary proportions’ with Trump, say foreign affairs and trade experts

Building a more innovative Canadian economy won’t be easy, but it will be worth it

Lobbying

Liberals see path forward for budget bill, but Conservatives still have ‘huge concerns’ with cabinet’s ‘regulatory sandbox’

Ottawa’s lowered lobbying registration thresholds will reshape government relations

‘Unprecedented’ 2025 for canola industry, with record-breaking economic lobbying

Libya was a warning, Venezuela is the test

Legislation

Pipelines or a national power grid: what should Canada build now?

Canadians can’t afford to wait for Right to Repair legislation 

The water emergency in Kashechewan must spur action on federal legislation

Federal parties dismiss ‘bogeyman’ privacy concerns baked into affordability bill, as Senators consider major amendments 

Public Service

Bringing investment banking rigour to Ottawa

Stories from the past should not help separatists

Cost of public servants continues to rise, though growth of bureaucracy began to slow in 2024-25: PBO

Ottawa MPs Sudds, Fanjoy urge changes to return-to-office order for public servants, as MPs debate ending hybrid Parliament

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