Clock ticking on Senate rule change debate as government rep invokes time allocation

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Conservative Senate Leader Donald Plett says the motion opens ‘a Pandora’s box,’ creating the prospect of two Liberal-aligned caucuses if Conservatives form government.

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Clock ticking on Senate rule change debate as government rep invokes time allocation

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Conservative Senate Leader Donald Plett says the motion opens ‘a Pandora’s box,’ creating the prospect of two Liberal-aligned caucuses if Conservatives form government.

Clock ticking on Senate rule change debate as government rep invokes time allocation

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Conservative Senate Leader Donald Plett says the motion opens ‘a Pandora’s box,’ creating the prospect of two Liberal-aligned caucuses if Conservatives form government.

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Cabinet expected to decide fate of controversial Bill C-53 tomorrow, according to sources

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The cabinet will be presented with three options to choose from at the cabinet meeting on May 7, say sources.

Cabinet expected to decide fate of controversial Bill C-53 tomorrow, according to sources

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The cabinet will be presented with three options to choose from at the cabinet meeting on May 7, say sources.

Farmers facing head winds investing in new migrant worker housing

If Trudeau stays, he needs one ‘last reboot’ this summer, say Liberal MPs, pollsters, and political insiders

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But one thing that could improve the Liberals' electoral fortunes is change at the top, not a reset, says David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.

But one thing that could improve the Liberals' electoral fortunes is change at the top, not a reset, says David Coletto, CEO of Abacus

Disinformation campaigns having long-term impact on public trust, MPs warned

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MediaSmarts executive director Kathryn Hill urges parliamentarians and all Canadians be trained to identify trusted sources, but in a way that focuses on 'discernment over just debunking.'

MediaSmarts executive director Kathryn Hill urges parliamentarians and all Canadians be trained to identify trusted sources, but in a way that focuses on 'discernment

Treasury Board, unions, leaders, experts contend with evolving federal in-office requirements

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PIPSC's head of public affairs Stéphanie Montreuil says 'we want to make sure that we're choosing a path that is the best for our members,' and that 'we are currently seriously assessing our options.'

PIPSC's head of public affairs Stéphanie Montreuil says 'we want to make sure that we're choosing a path that is the best for our

POLITICS THIS MORNING

Politics This Morning: Christian, gay rights summits open in Ottawa

Plus, Kenney and Wynne team up at Politics and the Pen.

BY PETER MAZEREEUW, CHELSEA NASH

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

The Canadian Armed Forces’ disappearing act

Ongoing operational readiness issues are keeping Canada’s soldiers from participating in key training and promotional activities.

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

Opinion

Federal tax changes will hurt access to health care: CMA

BY KATHLEEN ROSS

Opinion

Bring back civility and morality to the House before it’s gone

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Pam Damoff’s departure a canary in the coal mine on polarization

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Opinion

Updated data privacy laws are key to public trust in AI

BY KATRINA INGRAM

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Data privacy as a human right must be recognized by privacy and AI bill, say advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Bill C-27 fails to mention human rights in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act, says Tim McSorely, national coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.

Data privacy as a human right must be recognized by privacy and AI bill, say advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Bill C-27 fails to mention human rights in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act, says Tim McSorely, national coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.

Liberal MP Chagger steps down as chair of powerful Procedure and House Affairs Committee

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Foreign interference a ‘stain’ on Canada’s electoral processes, but did not undermine 2019, 2021 elections, says Hogue

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Ontario Liberal MP Drouin may not run in the next election

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PSPC deputy minister challenges the procurement watchdog’s ‘favouritism’ findings in McKinsey contracts

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Fixing family medicine, Part 2, with Dr. Kathleen Ross

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Exposing the risk of breast implants in Canada

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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Peace Tower in bloom

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Peace Tower in bloom

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Justice Hogue to deliver interim inquiry report May 3

POLITICS

Perrin puts the criminal justice system on trial

FeatureBY BENJAMIN PERRIN

Disgruntled demagogue or holier-than-thou PM? These are your options, Canada

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Growth has stalled in Canada

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Poilievre’s parliamentary outbursts reflective of his dripping dislike for Trudeau

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Is it time for Singh and Trudeau to make bold moves?

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

In politics, it’s often worth taking a risk. As the ancients understood, sometimes fortune does favour the bold.

Is it time for Singh and Trudeau to make bold moves?

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

In politics, it’s often worth taking a risk. As the ancients understood, sometimes fortune does favour the bold.

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While other countries add services, Canada adds public servants

BY CSG SENATOR COLIN DEACON

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Doctors need the right tools to treat patients well, especially for rare diseases

BY SANJAY MEHTA

Opinion

Shortcomings and strategic misses in supporting Canadian agriculture

BY KYLE LARKIN

Budget 2024 a missed opportunity to address food affordability

OpinionBY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG

To ensure food affordability, investment is needed to guarantee adequate incomes, reign in corporate profits, and support (w)holistic approaches to food provisioning.

Canadians deserve better than this nonsense

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Nuclear energy never will be ‘clean,’ write Jones and Edwards

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Nuclear energy never will be ‘clean,’ write Jones and Edwards

Opinion

The blue dichotomy: corporatization of Canada’s oceans

OpinionBY COURTNEY LANGILLE

Health care is more than treatment—it’s time to get serious about disease prevention

OpinionBY PAMELA VALENTINE

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Environment & Climate Change

Why wait for disasters to strike to draw on research evidence?

We need to strengthen the evidence-support system by taking stock of what we already have and building on these strengths. Political staffers from all parties and public servants have key roles to play in these efforts.

BY JOHN N. LAVIS AND KERRY WADDELL

Environmental groups urge an end to fossil fuel subsidies in two reports outlining Canada’s oil and gas financing

The government gave at least $18.553-billion in financial support in 2023 to fossil fuel and petrochemical firms, including $8-billion worth of loan guarantees for the TransMountain pipeline, $7.339-billion in public financing through Export Development Canada, and over $1.3-billion for carbon capture and storage projects, according to the reports.

BY MIKE LAPOINTE

To curb pollution, government should put a price on it, says letter writer

The federal carbon-pricing plan’s broken promise to small business

Almost none of the billions of dollars collected in carbon tax revenues have found their way back to SMEs since 2019, leaving them disillusioned and struggling to keep up with the rising cost of doing business.

BY JAIRO YUNIS

A closer look at the federal carbon tax

As of April 1, the federal carbon tax that applies in nine provinces and two territories rose from $65 a tonne to $80 a tonne.

BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

FOREIGN POLICY

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Israel, Hamas, and the elusive ceasefire

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Our neighbour is an eroding democracy

FeatureBY ROB GOODMAN

Europe is not leading a charge to the right

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada’s pledged forced labour bill should follow U.S. example banning Xinjiang imports, says Uyghur advocate

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

A structured, predictable, and transparent approach to seizing Russian state assets to help Ukraine

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR RATNA OMIDVAR

Bill S-278 would enable Canada to act decisively against state assets involved in grave breaches of international peace and security.

A structured, predictable, and transparent approach to seizing Russian state assets to help Ukraine

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR RATNA OMIDVAR

Bill S-278 would enable Canada to act decisively against state assets involved in grave breaches of international peace and security.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

Exploring the legacy of COVID pandemic panic

FeatureBY JOANNA BARON, CHRISTINE VAN GEYN

The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted for this year's $60,000 Donner Prize.

Exploring the legacy of COVID pandemic panic

FeatureBY JOANNA BARON, CHRISTINE VAN GEYN

The following is an excerpt from Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to COVID-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever, one of the five books shortlisted for this year's $60,000 Donner Prize.

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY, STUART BENSON, JONAH GRIGNON

MacGregor’s success is more than ‘luck’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Ibbitson gives Diefenbaker his proper place in history without downgrading Pearson’s legacy

OpinionBY ARTHUR MILNES

‘This is a big night’: Politics and the Pen returns for annual black-tie event

FeatureBY ZACK LADOUCEUR

This year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominees touch on wildfire, threats to democracy, the criminal justice system, social insecurity, and national unity.

CBC’s Raffy Boudjikanian, left; Elizabeth Gray-Smith, co-chair of the Politics and the Pen; and CBC New Brunswick’s Jacques Poitras at the Politics and the Pen Gala on May 10, 2023. Politics and the Pen is one of the most important fundraisers for the Writers' Trust of Canada, with about 500 people attending last year's event. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘This is a big night’: Politics and the Pen returns for annual black-tie event

FeatureBY ZACK LADOUCEUR

This year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominees touch on wildfire, threats to democracy, the criminal justice system, social insecurity, and national unity.

‘This is a big night’: Politics and the Pen returns for annual black-tie event

FeatureBY ZACK LADOUCEUR

This year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominees touch on wildfire, threats to democracy, the criminal justice system, social insecurity, and national unity.

Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate

FeatureBY JOHN VAILLANT

Below is an excerpt from Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, by John Vaillant, published by Knopf Canada, one of the five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

An enthralling exploration of the Petrocene Age

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

In Fire Weather, John Vaillant combines history, science, and Promethean fable to place the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires as a harbinger of a new fire century.

Federal procurement already feeling blowback from ArriveCan scandal, say experts

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As the government grapples with the repercussions of the ArriveCan debacle, industry experts say over-scrutiny in the process will likely slow down business.

On March 20, Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced new measures to prevent misconduct in federal procurement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Federal procurement already feeling blowback from ArriveCan scandal, say experts

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As the government grapples with the repercussions of the ArriveCan debacle, industry experts say over-scrutiny in the process will likely slow down business.

Federal procurement already feeling blowback from ArriveCan scandal, say experts

NewsBY IREM KOCA

As the government grapples with the repercussions of the ArriveCan debacle, industry experts say over-scrutiny in the process will likely slow down business.

Bill C-29 an attack on Inuit self-determination

OpinionBY NATAN OBED

A national council for reconciliation will be an ineffectual body duplicating work that Indigenous representative groups are already undertaking with the federal government.

Momentum is building for new homeownership solutions in Canada

OpinionBY ROB RICHARDS

People locked out of homeownership are desperate for innovative solutions.

Strengthening Canada’s cybersecurity defences: a call to action

OpinionBY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR

To safeguard our nation's digital future, concerted efforts by the federal government are needed to strengthen cybersecurity defences, bolster resilience against emerging threats, and

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Flying high: super travel agent Scott McCord celebrated by politicos

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For 25 years, Scott McCord has been booking flights for Ottawa's politico players, so they threw a big party in his honour.

Flying high: super travel agent Scott McCord celebrated by politicos

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For 25 years, Scott McCord has been booking flights for Ottawa's politico players, so they threw a big party in his honour.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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Parliamentary basketball tourney is a slam dunk for Christie Lake Kids

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War raging on Earth threatens co-operation among the stars

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FedDev Ontario Minister Tassi, Emergency Preparedness Minister Sajjan add to their teams

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Environment commissioner to release five audits on April 30

The Bridge’s take: LeBlanc, among others, discussing ‘Plan B’ scenario if Trudeau steps down

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Red Passport: Trio of ex-diplomats launch a podcast

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Toronto Centre appoint Grahame Johnson as the Government of Canada representative on the board of directors

Toronto Centre announces Board appointments of Timothy Antoine and Elsie Awadzi

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

Finance & Budget

Pandemic ‘supply shocks’ could indicate need for more agile monetary policy, says former BoC deputy

The current monetary policy framework agreement between the federal government and the Bank of Canada, which lays out the mandate of the central bank, is set to expire at the end of 2026.

BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Public service unions sound alarm over feds’ plan to trim bureaucracy by 5,000 jobs through ‘natural attrition’

As the population grows, 'you have to invest and grow the public service,' said Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward.

BY MIKE LAPOINTE

The art of monetary policymaking

Whether an explicit broadening of the BoC's mandate is needed is far from clear, but current circumstances support the need for flexibility in monetary policy frameworks.

BY CHARLES ST-ARNAUD

Canada is struggling and government is part of the problem

Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of Canada has been left to fight inflation single-handedly.

BY KEVIN LYNCH, JIM MITCHELL

Freeland’s budget seen as last hope to turn Trudeau’s electoral fortunes around, say politicos

A key metric to gauge the budget's effectiveness will be whether it reverses Canadians’ appetite for change in government, says David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.

BY ABBAS RANA

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.