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

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• The previous Liberal government told provinces and territories early last year that they would have to cover medically necessary services by non-physicians and gave them 14 months to prepare. Health Minister Marjorie Michel’s office has confirmed it will move forward.

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• The previous Liberal government told provinces and territories early last year that they would have to cover medically necessary services by non-physicians and gave them 14 months to prepare. Health Minister Marjorie Michel’s office has confirmed it will move forward.

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

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS, PETER MAZEREEUW

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Canadian sovereignty is at risk if we don’t act decisively on the economy  

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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

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• 'We're obviously in a stage where people treat American trade deals with skepticism,' says Heather Exner-Pirot, director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's energy, natural resources, and environment program.

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

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• 'We're obviously in a stage where people treat American trade deals with skepticism,' says Heather Exner-Pirot, director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's energy, natural resources, and environment program.

‘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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‘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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Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy – Time to Build.

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

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

NewsBY MARIA COLLINS

• Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has previously said he expects to table his new AI strategy in the first quarter of 2026.

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

NewsBY MARIA COLLINS

• Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has previously said he expects to table his new AI strategy in the first quarter of 2026.

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

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

FeatureBY JUSTIN S. CAMPBELL

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

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

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Parliamentary Calendar

SecState Fuhr to talk about Canada’s new era in defence investment on Monday, Feb. 23, in Montreal

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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

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• National Defence's most recent departmental plans reduced the readiness target for the air fleet to 70 per cent, down from 85 per cent. The new Defence Industrial Strategy has reversed that decrease just eight months later.

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• National Defence's most recent departmental plans reduced the readiness target for the air fleet to 70 per cent, down from 85 per cent. The new Defence Industrial Strategy has reversed that decrease just eight months later.

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Former Conservative MP Jeneroux ‘couldn’t sit on the sidelines,’ crosses floor to join Liberals

NewsBY STUART BENSON, MARLO GLASS

Sudanese refugees waiting to come to Canada face deportation risk from Egypt

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Liberals hope ‘national unity’ council quells divisions after scrapping Islamophobia and antisemitism envoys

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Senators ‘hopeful’ for shifting tide in Congress as U.S. lawmakers rally to Canada’s cause

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• The U.S. Congress has largely abandoned its jurisdictional authority over trade to the Trump White House, but Canadian engagement has continued while waiting for the 'pendulum' to swing back.

Senators ‘hopeful’ for shifting tide in Congress as U.S. lawmakers rally to Canada’s cause

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• The U.S. Congress has largely abandoned its jurisdictional authority over trade to the Trump White House, but Canadian engagement has continued while waiting for the 'pendulum' to swing back.

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

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

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

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

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

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Politics This Morning

Carney touches down in Mumbai

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

Koreans come calling

A grim anniversary

COVID-19

‘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

Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert

Election

The road ahead on foreign interference

An aging democracy needs youth voices

Preparing for a possible early election, Conservatives closing first batch of 16 riding nominations this month: sources

Canadian expats in the U.S. dominate international voting stats: data

Politics

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

Jobs, guns, and the GDP: selling defence as economic policy

Secretary of State Long adds director, and others to team

Bringing investment banking rigour to Ottawa

Foreign Policy

As Canada redefines its place in the world, rare disease patients are still looking south

Why Canada can bridge the EU and CPTPP trading blocs

Trump’s steady coarsening of public life threatens democracy

UAE marks its national day

Finance and Budget

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

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

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

Bill C-15 is one of the biggest threats yet to Canada’s rule of law 

Lobbying

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

‘It’s like molasses in January’: pharmacare implementation stalled, say health-care groups, but others argue time needed to get deals right

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

Stories from the past should not help separatists

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

New in-office mandate could send more public servants out the door, union says

Early retirement offer to federal public servants causing ‘chaos’ in public service: union

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