Political observers said the burst of endorsements from Liberal politicians for John Tory is unusual, but may be a play against Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Much ink has been spilled about the Ford government's tactics for muzzling the media, but there were some signs of progress at a recent presser, according to a Queen's Park journalist.

'Norm! You want to come against me? Come and get it my boy,’ says former eight-term Liberal MP Karygiannis.

Government and Hill spokespeople ducked questions about moving controversial statues on Parliament Hill.

Two ridings are officially vacant—Outremont, Que., and Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ont.—and two more, in Burnaby South, B.C. and York-Simcoe, Ont., will be by the end of September.

A Federal Court ruling could end up seriously curtailing a big source of funding for Canada's art museums.

Mr. Scheer has almost ignored the issue of climate change altogether, with little consequence so far, even as wildfires, floods, and soaring temperatures have become the norm in Canada.

The House of Commons is refusing to say if there will be any penalties for Darshan Kang after and a legal panel recently 'affirmed' that he had violated the House's harassment rules.

Canada's first prime minister separated First Nations children from their parents, calling them 'savages' who had to be 'civilized.'

The Trudeau government does not need realignment at the ballot box. It needs to take its 2015 promises and start delivering results, writes Hill Times publisher Jim Creskey.

A public figure can use Autopen, a signing machine, to offer the aura of personal touch without actually providing it.

The feds should bite the bullet and contract General Dynamics to build a light armoured vehicle fleet for the Canadian military instead.

Ontario faces a lot more serious choices on problems affecting millions of its residents than beer prices.

Also, Amitpal Singh has left the Prime Minister’s Office to join Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s team as a special assistant for policy.

Now without the MRIA, a lack of oversight will turn the industry into a ‘wild west,’ says one pollster, but another suggests the general public doesn’t care.

Also, a new book on one of the country's darkest hours is being published, and Canada's longest tenured Senator says goodbye to the Upper Chamber.

In a time when all politics are global, Riyadh’s tactical tantrum over Canada’s principled human rights stand aims to isolate moral leadership.

Canadians should get behind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and refuse to be intimidated by the Saudi government's backlash.

The latest advisories from the Canadian government, 'avoid all travel' includes Burundi, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mali, Chad, Iraq, Libya, Niger, Syria, Yemen, North Korea and Afghanistan. Don’t be stupid.

Quebec is set to be an even bigger key battleground in the next federal election because of the collapse of both the Bloc Québécois and the NDP in the province.

The party’s decision to take part of the election expense reimbursement from EDAs was ‘no surprise,’ says a Conservative MP, but the Carleton riding association wants it reversed.

The political future of Jagmeet Singh and the foreseeable fortunes of his federal NDP now sit with voters in the Vancouver-area riding of Burnaby South.

Like Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh could earn a great deal of street cred if he can indeed win well outside his comfort zone in British Columbia.

‘It all seemed to be, ‘cart before the horse, it will make for a good story’,’ former Conservative minister Peter MacKay says of Border Minister Bill Blair’s appointment without a mandate letter.