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Champagne to table federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4

Champagne to table federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4

Champagne goes shoe shopping in Quebec

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

All eyes on the Carney-Xi meeting

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

‘Trump can’t see Canada from his house when it comes to his net popularity,’ says CNN on new Pew Research poll

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Steel connects Canada’s Energy Sector

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Opinion

• BY JAMIE CARROLL

What lessons can be drawn from Doug Ford’s adventures in advertising?

Opinion

• BY GERRY NICHOLLS

Will the budget kill Carney’s honeymoon?

Opinion

• BY SHEILA COPPS

Thirty years ago last week, Canada’s future hung in the balance

Hodgson and Dabrusin host G7 counterparts in Toronto

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Lena Diab defends her immigration bill at committee.

Hodgson and Dabrusin host G7 counterparts in Toronto

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Lena Diab defends her immigration bill at committee.

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

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

Will Canada get serious about climate competitiveness?

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Parliamentary Calendar

Former top doc Theresa Tam delivers Monique Bégin Lecture at uOttawa on Oct. 30

Podcast

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

News

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

List

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

Podcast

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

Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

OpinionBY ALONSO MUñOZ SANCHEZ

• Canada can’t close its productivity gap while a generation of young workers loses out to automation. Delivering an AI plan that protects youth is a test of political credibility. Will Carney’s government pass it?

Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

OpinionBY ALONSO MUñOZ SANCHEZ

• Canada can’t close its productivity gap while a generation of young workers loses out to automation. Delivering an AI plan that protects youth is a test of political credibility. Will Carney’s government pass it?

Unseated from the outside: how Hébert’s forecast is playing out for Pierre Poilievre

OpinionBY ZACH BATTAT

Unseated from the outside: how Hébert’s forecast is playing out for Pierre Poilievre

OpinionBY ZACH BATTAT

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

An awkward evening in Gyeongju

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

An awkward evening in Gyeongju

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Parliamentary Calendar

Wernick to talk ‘beyond dogma: rethinking state capacity to drive national productivity’ at C.D. Howe dinner on Oct. 28 in Toronto

Podcast

Heather McPherson on her campaign to lead the NDP

News

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

News

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

Podcast

Reviving the NDP, with Peter Julian

Taiwan celebrates 114

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Taiwan celebrates 114

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

South Korea party draws crowd to Sir John A.

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Outrage sells: with Poilievre, it’s got nothing to do with attracting moderates

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

The Conservative ‘come-to-Jesus’ moment is past due

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

The recipe for dealing with Trump: a stiff spine and a stiff drink

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

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Is Canada an ‘illegitimate country’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• The thesis of Confederation as illegitimate has gained credence among Parti Québécois supporters.

Is Canada an ‘illegitimate country’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• The thesis of Confederation as illegitimate has gained credence among Parti Québécois supporters.

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Q&A | ‘Treachery’ and ‘troublemaker’ MPs: why going against party leaders is verboten in Canadian politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Q&A | ‘Treachery’ and ‘troublemaker’ MPs: why going against party leaders is verboten in Canadian politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Carney in Singapore

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Carney in Singapore

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Politics This Morning

Carney remains in Malaysia, Trump heads to Japan

PM Carney makes his Asia debut

Fraser unveils his crime bill

Carney to deliver ‘live address’ on fall budget tonight

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The 100 most influential people in federal politics and government to watch in 2024

Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023

Post-election heavy hitters: the top 100 most influential people to watch in federal politics in 2022

Pandemic edition: Top 100 most influential people to watch in 2021

all politics poll: best & worst of the year in politics

Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll

Poilievre doubles as most valuable, least valuable politician in 2022 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll

Anand named most valuable politician, climate change voted most important issue in The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual All Politics Poll

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll

The Politically Savvy Survey

Poilievre voted best public speaker, most quotable, hardest-working, and biggest self-promoter in The Hill Times’ 29th Annual Politically Savvy Survey

Poilievre sweeps a suite of categories in the 27th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Freeland, LeBlanc, Morneau voted most influential ministers in 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Goodale voted Best Cabinet Minister in QP, Scrums in The Hill Times’ 25th annual Politically Savvy Survey

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

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Indigenous Relations

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

Senators must amend Bill S-2 to stop the legislative extinction of First Nations

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

political parties

If Poilievre goes down as party leader, it will be due to external pressure, not caucus dissent, say senior Conservatives

Poilievre still isn’t selling hope, just nastiness

Poilievre’s Trumpian language to appease some supporters risks his losing the rest of the country

NDP leadership candidates pitch ‘straight-talk’ solutions, ‘valuing the base,’ and inclusion to labour leaders at first forum

Women, Gender and diversity

The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

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

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

Conservative attacks on DEI are nothing new, but fighting past battles risks future growth, say politicos

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