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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• The DST has long been a sticking point in Canada-U.S. relations, after the Liberals tried to close what they saw as a loophole for American firms raking in millions of dollars in Canada without paying taxes.

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• The DST has long been a sticking point in Canada-U.S. relations, after the Liberals tried to close what they saw as a loophole for American firms raking in millions of dollars in Canada without paying taxes.

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

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• BY STUART BENSON

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

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• BY MARLO GLASS

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

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• The Upper Chamber has six openly 2SLGBTQIA+ Senators for the first time ever, but they warn that progress is 'fragile' and that Canadians must continue 'to push' to protect equal rights.

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• The Upper Chamber has six openly 2SLGBTQIA+ Senators for the first time ever, but they warn that progress is 'fragile' and that Canadians must continue 'to push' to protect equal rights.

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

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

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Calgary Stampede kicks off on July 4

Podcast

A military spending spree, with David Perry

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

The crisis of Canadian democracy, with Andrew Coyne

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

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• All members of the military alliance but Spain agreed to a new five-per-cent of GDP spending target at the June 25 and 26 summit at The Hague.

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

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• All members of the military alliance but Spain agreed to a new five-per-cent of GDP spending target at the June 25 and 26 summit at The Hague.

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

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Parliamentary Calendar

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

Podcast

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

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

List

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

Podcast

The return of Parliament, with Sheila Copps

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Amid the roiling conflict in the Middle East, Canada’s influence is largely limited to de-escalation and aiding Canadians in the region.

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Amid the roiling conflict in the Middle East, Canada’s influence is largely limited to de-escalation and aiding Canadians in the region.

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

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

• The Conservative Party’s national council has internally established an ad hoc committee to review party nomination rules for the next election cycle, say Conservative sources.

‘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

• The Conservative Party’s national council has internally established an ad hoc committee to review party nomination rules for the next election cycle, say Conservative sources.

‘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

Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Politics This Morning

Under pressure

McPherson fans launch website to support her NDP leadership bid

Carney to trigger the Alberta byelection

What comes next on Canada-EU defence pact?

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

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

Turning goals into results

‘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

All three levels of government must play their part in building up Canada’s supply chains

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

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

Carney’s sweeping, omnibus bills called both undemocratic, and meeting the moment

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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