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

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'I want to fight for my constituents' voices,' says Waterloo, Ont., MP Bardish Chagger of her decision to resign from the committee in order 'to stay focused' on the riding as her priority.

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

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'I want to fight for my constituents' voices,' says Waterloo, Ont., MP Bardish Chagger of her decision to resign from the committee in order 'to stay focused' on the riding as her priority.

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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Federal procurement already feeling blowback from ArriveCan scandal, say experts

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Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates

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Liberal budget comms ‘a miss’ at catching young voters, unlikely to achieve ‘narrative shift,’ say pollsters

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Liberal housing strategy will need ‘both carrots and sticks’ to break through affordable housing stalemate: observers

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‘Under-the-surface favouritism’: Procurement watchdog finds no evidence of political meddling in McKinsey contracts

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

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Since banning imported goods made with forced labour in 2020, Canada has yet to stop a single shipment.

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

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Since banning imported goods made with forced labour in 2020, Canada has yet to stop a single shipment.

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

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Public hearings provided ‘no great revelations’ for upcoming foreign interference report, says national security expert Wesley Wark

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

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Justice Hogue to deliver interim inquiry report May 3

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Trudeau tells Grit MPs not to expect any dramatic boost in public support until next year

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The Tories’ double-digit lead is not so much an endorsement of Pierre Poilievre as leader, but because Canadians want a change in government, says Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.

Trudeau tells Grit MPs not to expect any dramatic boost in public support until next year

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The Tories’ double-digit lead is not so much an endorsement of Pierre Poilievre as leader, but because Canadians want a change in government, says Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.

Former ministerial staffer Church and Global Affairs official Richardson seek coveted Liberal nomination of Toronto-St. Paul’s

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Next step in universal drug coverage should prioritize ‘essential medicines,’ says pharmacare expert

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Budget’s ‘slow rollout’ pharmacare funding leaves program vulnerable to change in governments, say policy experts

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What’s in the budget for federal procurement? More money for housing, less for long-term projects

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Broad support for Senate modernization motion, says Sen. Gold as Tories accuse government of ‘ramming’ through rule changes

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‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

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‘Overtaxed and overburdened’: cannabis industry suffocating under regulatory regime as feds take puff past excise relief in budget

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Cannabis Council of Canada's Paul McCarthy says he's ‘bewildered’ at the feds' lack of action despite growing calls from industry, experts, and a House committee.

‘Overtaxed and overburdened’: cannabis industry suffocating under regulatory regime as feds take puff past excise relief in budget

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Cannabis Council of Canada's Paul McCarthy says he's ‘bewildered’ at the feds' lack of action despite growing calls from industry, experts, and a House committee.

Canada going ahead with Ecuador trade talks despite Mexican Embassy raid rebuke

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Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement

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

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Liberal MP Hepfner may have to duke it out with NDP MPP Monique Taylor in ‘progressive bellwether’ riding of Hamilton Mountain in 2025, say Liberal and NDP insiders

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Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle

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The Liberals made it ‘eminently clear’ the change to capital gains tax ‘is a fight that they want,’ says former Liberal staffer Carlene Variyan. But so far the Tories have ‘batted it down pretty well,’ says former Conservative staffer Laura Kurkimaki.

Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle

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The Liberals made it ‘eminently clear’ the change to capital gains tax ‘is a fight that they want,’ says former Liberal staffer Carlene Variyan. But so far the Tories have ‘batted it down pretty well,’ says former Conservative staffer Laura Kurkimaki.