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No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’

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• The party released six non-negotiable conditions for their support of the budget in October, but finance critic Jean-Denis says meetings with the Liberals were ‘mostly media stunts.’

No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’

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• The party released six non-negotiable conditions for their support of the budget in October, but finance critic Jean-Denis says meetings with the Liberals were ‘mostly media stunts.’

Meeting feds’ ‘ambitious’ RCMP hiring pledge will require ‘imaginative’ ideas, says advisory board chair

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‘A big, big if’: ex-PBO questions Carney’s deficit projections as Liberal spending track keeps being ‘revised upwards’

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Public service job cuts will be ‘compassionate’ and ‘civilized,’ with the impact on people ‘fairly minimal,’ say local Liberal MPs

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Party supporters ‘tapped out’ as post-election donation dip deepens with Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter

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Winners and losers you might have missed in the federal budget

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Will Canada get serious about climate competitiveness?

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‘Very disappointing’: PSPC makes new freelance interpretation procurement rules official

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Petition urges House to introduce foreign ownership rules to protect ‘Canadian sovereignty and journalistic integrity’

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Carney government promises to spend $81.8-billion over five years on defence

Departments to cut billions in spending as budget projects tens of thousands of federal public service job losses by 2029

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 4, 2025

• The federal public service is expected to employ roughly 330,000 people by 2028-29, down 10 per cent and 40,000 jobs compared to 2023-24. The budget says these numbers will be achieved by normal attrition through retirement, voluntary departures, and the Carney government's spending review. 

Departments to cut billions in spending as budget projects tens of thousands of federal public service job losses by 2029

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 4, 2025

• The federal public service is expected to employ roughly 330,000 people by 2028-29, down 10 per cent and 40,000 jobs compared to 2023-24. The budget says these numbers will be achieved by normal attrition through retirement, voluntary departures, and the Carney government's spending review. 

Emissions cap may ‘no longer be required’ as Ottawa favours carbon capture, critical minerals: budget

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Budget forecasts weak economy, rising debt payments

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Tax incentives for companies hiked to attract investments, but economists say budget not ‘transformational’ enough for businesses

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Steel means Food Security for all Canadians

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gives post-budget breakdown in Toronto on Nov. 7

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Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

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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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First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

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No ‘I’ in team: why party discipline has gone too far, with Alex Marland

Carney cuts international student quota in half

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• The budget outlines plans to halve the number of foreign student permits to 155,000 in 2026, 2027, and 2028—down from the past target of 305,900 new arrivals for 2025.

Carney cuts international student quota in half

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• The budget outlines plans to halve the number of foreign student permits to 155,000 in 2026, 2027, and 2028—down from the past target of 305,900 new arrivals for 2025.

‘Game of chicken:’ amid ongoing election speculation, Liberal and Conservative MPs are preparing, just in case

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Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Feds recover $4.1-million from subcontractors who fraudulently over-billed the government

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Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Unions brace for budget’s impact as think tank predicts ‘stealth’ cuts to public-serving programs

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Parliamentary Calendar

Champagne to table federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4

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Heather McPherson on her campaign to lead the NDP

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Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

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This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

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Reviving the NDP, with Peter Julian

Post-election donation dip deepens as Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Despite quarterly fundraising falling to levels unseen since 2022, the Liberals’ overall $23.7-million and the Conservatives’ $41.6-million take for 2025 already represent historic records for their respective parties.

Post-election donation dip deepens as Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Despite quarterly fundraising falling to levels unseen since 2022, the Liberals’ overall $23.7-million and the Conservatives’ $41.6-million take for 2025 already represent historic records for their respective parties.

Women’s groups hail ongoing funding for gender-equality programs, but warn the ‘devil is in the details’

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Some public service pay issues due to management mistakes, not Phoenix pay system, says federal official

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Can Conservative links help Canada in Trump talks?

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canada’s hope to constrain Trump’s tariff agenda shifts to America’s top court 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's use of IEEPA tariffs, there are other levying authorities he can use in their place, say international trade lawyers.

Canada’s hope to constrain Trump’s tariff agenda shifts to America’s top court 

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• Even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's use of IEEPA tariffs, there are other levying authorities he can use in their place, say international trade lawyers.

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

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NDP ‘lost the gut’ of the party, losing working-class voters to Conservatives, say leadership hopefuls looking to rebuild

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NDP ‘lost the gut’ of the party, losing working-class voters to Conservatives, say leadership hopefuls looking to rebuild

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Opposition parties can’t afford to call Liberals’ bluff on budget vote, say pollsters

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Opposition parties can’t afford to call Liberals’ bluff on budget vote, say pollsters

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Politics This Morning

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Canada reacts to the budget

It’s budget day

Champagne goes shoe shopping in Quebec

COVID-19

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

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

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Election

‘A platform to raise my voice’: youth activism at the centre of Sen. McPhedran’s Vote16 bill

Conservatives float electoral reform to combat ‘political prank’ protest group from flooding ballots with names

Advance voting in Canada continues to rise—and it’s changing campaigning

At least three safe Liberal seats poised to open as high-profile contenders line up

Politics

How Bill Gates has shifted the politics of climate change

Fresh faces among Public Works Minister Lightbound’s 16-member team

Budget 2025 and the perfection of managerial politics

Doug Ford needs to be reined in

Foreign Policy

Sudan’s ‘horrifying crisis’: another day, another massacre

Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact

Follow P.E.I.’s lead: Canada needs a national inquiry into China’s influence

It’s time to revive Parliament’s tool to stand up to China with courage

Finance and Budget

Canada’s fiscal pivot: Budget 2025 marks a capital reset

It’s time for Canada to take control of stablecoins

Is now the winter of our economic discontent?

Carney Liberals table long-awaited budget

Lobbying

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

Easter Seals, CFIB lobbying feds to end Canada Post’s strike

Hodgson, Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet ministers last month as energy, environment lead the lobby charts

Legislation

Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade

Justice Minister Fraser unveils bill to tighten Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes

AI study and Senate bills on alcohol warnings and sickle cell disease framework on Senate Social Affairs Committee’s agenda

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

Public Service

An austerity-driven federal budget is a necessary evil

Departments grapple with tracking employee attendance after a year of return-to-office rules

Budget cuts won’t impact RCMP hiring push, says public safety minister 

‘Not-an-option’ changes to freelance contracts may worsen shortage of Hill interpreters, says association

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