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‘Early days’ to grade Carney’s climate policies, say advocates who point to ‘welcome’ campaign pledges

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• While some environmental groups ‘welcome’ Liberal platform pledges on climate, Green Leader Elizabeth May says the government’s proposed pipeline plans are ‘outrageous.’

‘Early days’ to grade Carney’s climate policies, say advocates who point to ‘welcome’ campaign pledges

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• While some environmental groups ‘welcome’ Liberal platform pledges on climate, Green Leader Elizabeth May says the government’s proposed pipeline plans are ‘outrageous.’

Digital services tax retreat risks showing ‘Canada will fold’ in Trump trade talks, warn experts

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Finance Canada to boost spending 10 per cent by 2027 as debt costs, transfers rise

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Feds tighten grip on consultant contracts with new procurement rules, $20M cap on time-based work

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Spy agency threat assessment singles out China for ‘aggressive cyber program’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS, RIDDHI KACHHELA

House and Senate steering committee members named

ListBY PETER MAZEREEUW

PSPC’s three-year $17.5-billion spending plan lacks clear roadmap to future goals, say insiders

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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PCO forecasts $64-million cut, dropping 64 staff over next three years

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‘What is being promised?’: NDP, labour call for more transparency in trade talks with Trump 

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• BY NEIL MOSS

New DND plan gives extra seven years to meet army and navy readiness targets, lowers air force aims

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Competing analyses are providing new ammunition in the debate over the link between sea lice, B.C.’s coastal salmon farms, and the feds' upcoming 2029 open-net ban.

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Competing analyses are providing new ammunition in the debate over the link between sea lice, B.C.’s coastal salmon farms, and the feds' upcoming 2029 open-net ban.

Report forecasts ‘worst cuts to public service in modern history’ to meet Carney’s campaign pledge

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘They’re never going to silence me’: Red Chamber marks Pride month with historic number of openly queer Senators 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Frustrated with party’s nominations process, former Alberta Conservative national councillor mulls comeback: ‘the worst I saw was in Calgary Skyview’

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Calgary Stampede kicks off on July 4

Podcast

‘Everything is negotiable at all times’: a Trump trade update, with Eric Miller

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

Podcast

A military spending spree, with David Perry

Canadians like what they hear so far on affordability and U.S. trade war, but Carney will have to deliver results soon, say pollsters

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• The coming six months will be critical for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to regain lost political ground, says Nik Nanos, chief data scientist for Nanos Research.

Canadians like what they hear so far on affordability and U.S. trade war, but Carney will have to deliver results soon, say pollsters

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• The coming six months will be critical for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to regain lost political ground, says Nik Nanos, chief data scientist for Nanos Research.

Carney could ‘weed out bad apples’ with his high expectations for federal public service

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

NATO summit ‘not a disaster’ on the Trump front, but a ‘piece of theatre’ otherwise

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Senate passes Carney’s controversial nation-building bill, citing ‘trust’ in the government

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Saskatchewan Senator pushes for a national emergency response agency to fight wildfires

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Large shuffle to public service expected once Sabia takes PCO reins

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

More cash and new alliances show Ottawa is serious about defence, say observers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Parliamentary Calendar

Well, look who’s turning 158: Happy Canada Day, eh!

Podcast

The crisis of Canadian democracy, with Andrew Coyne

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

List

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

Podcast

Making sense of the ‘Building Canada Act’, with Elizabeth May

‘They were emphatic in their foolishness’: Senate defers to House on Bloc supply management bill despite concerns

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Barring supply management concessions in trade talks is widely politically popular, but has been subject to vocal criticism in trade circles.

‘They were emphatic in their foolishness’: Senate defers to House on Bloc supply management bill despite concerns

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Barring supply management concessions in trade talks is widely politically popular, but has been subject to vocal criticism in trade circles.

‘Action, not words’ needed to cool potential long, hot One Canadian protest summer, says Liberal strategist

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canada ‘kind of in the dark’ on Middle East conflict, says former Liberal MP McKay

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Senate Conservative ranks could continue to grow, says caucus leader Housakos

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Dong settlement gives closure, but little clarity on foreign interference, say national security and intelligence experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Carney’s quiet public service revolution

NewsBY KATHRYN MAY

• The public service is being retooled piece by piece to meet the demands of delivery. The changes may outlast the agenda that sparked them.

Carney’s quiet public service revolution

NewsBY KATHRYN MAY

• The public service is being retooled piece by piece to meet the demands of delivery. The changes may outlast the agenda that sparked them.

PSPC using an AI bot named ‘Ava’ to help clear Phoenix pay system backlog

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

PSPC using an AI bot named ‘Ava’ to help clear Phoenix pay system backlog

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Very, very unhappy’ with his party’s handling of nominations, former Conservative Senate leader Plett not ruling out running for national council

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

‘Very, very unhappy’ with his party’s handling of nominations, former Conservative Senate leader Plett not ruling out running for national council

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

‘Too many rules’: AG urges feds to streamline procurement, reduce outsourcing

NewsBY IREM KOCA

‘Too many rules’: AG urges feds to streamline procurement, reduce outsourcing

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Politics This Morning

Leaders Stampede to Calgary

Under pressure

McPherson fans launch website to support her NDP leadership bid

Carney to trigger the Alberta byelection

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

MPs ‘utterly subservient’ to leaders, says Globe columnist Andrew Coyne who offers a path away from Canada’s anti-democratic system in his new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

Piggybacking changes to privacy laws ‘has nothing to do with affordability,’ say critics of Bill C-4

Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity

Recount survivors displayed grace under political fire

Politics

Queer Senators now outnumber MPs on Pride Caucus, as group looks to include allies

Turning goals into results

The failed $5-billion program the feds can’t shake

‘No apologies for that one’: recently retired Senator Marc Gold talks nine years in the Chamber

Foreign Policy

Today Tuvalu, tomorrow the world

Certainly in chaos: Canada’s path to unshakable leadership

Carney’s China challenge requires a foreign policy reset

Ecuador: from chaos to sustained growth

Finance and Budget

Q&A | New five-per-cent NATO target ‘achievable’ if Canada is ‘smart about it,’ says David Perry

Breaking down C-5: Carney’s ‘build, baby, build’ bill draws support from business sector, but heavy pushback from environmental, Indigenous groups

Canada’s government and banks are stuck on oil—and this is a problem

Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May

Lobbying

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way

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

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

Legislation

Canadians’ right to a healthy environment is already being tested

Carney ‘buries Caesar’ by admitting his own mistakes

Government’s border security bill draws heavy criticism from civil rights groups

‘Survivors are waiting for it’: Sen. Boyer reintroduces bill to criminalize forced, coerced sterilizations

Public Service

Here are some ways to revolutionize the federal government for tomorrow’s challenges

F-35 audit a costly reminder to make bureaucrats accountable

Carney’s Privy Council Clerk Sabia a ‘relentlessly focused’ changemaker

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

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