Politics This Morning: Governor General heads to Finland to signal support for stalled NATO bid
Plus, François-Philippe Champagne will make the case for greater restrictions on investments that may threaten Canada’s national security or economic interests.
No ‘fix for a generation?’ Past health-care deals offer lessons to first ministers preparing to meet on Feb. 7
A federal source told The Hill Times that Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has been consulting with negotiators closely involved in one of the last major health-care deals, Paul Martin’s 2004 Health Accord.
With former Conservative MP Toet entering the nomination contest, field of high-profile candidates in Portage-Lisgar, Man., is growing
Because of the hotly contested nomination, Portage-Lisgar could have one of the highest memberships in the country by the end of contest, says Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett.
Politics This Morning: Finance ministers huddle in TO
Plus, MPs will get a private briefing on national security threats.
Progress on Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations ‘glacial,’ says recent report
NDP MP Lori Idlout says she wants to see progress this year on completing the TRC’s Calls to Action related to missing children and burial sites, along with passage of Bill C-273 and amendments to Bill C-38.
MPs push back against ‘stunning’ riding boundary, name changes in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: ‘these symbols are important’
Three Nova Scotia Liberal MPs oppose significant ‘surprise’ riding border changes in their ridings, while New Brunswick Conservative MP John Williamson says the renaming of his is inaccurate and overlooks communities.
Politics This Morning: Scheer among MPs testifying on boundary changes
Plus, a new government spending record.
‘We need the entire bouquet’: child care bill debate zeroes in on role of for-profit providers
The Conservatives say excluding for-profit providers will make it impossible to grow the system to meet demand, while the NDP says it fought to include the provision prioritizing public and not-for-profit providers.
Canada called to help clear Lachin corridor as accusations of ‘de-facto ethnic cleansing’ of Armenians fly at Foreign Affairs committee
Simply surviving has become an ‘everyday problem,’ says Armenian Canadian behind the blockade, while Azerbaijan alleges ‘unimpeded’ corridor used for smuggling landmines, explosives.
Poilievre’s First Nations consultations demonstrate ‘maturity,’ reconciliation no longer partisan issue, say strategists
If genuine, the Conservative leader’s ‘change of tune’ on reconciliation could be a game-changer for the party’s troubled relationship with Indigenous Peoples, say strategists.
