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Federal parties face tighter privacy rules after losing ‘unprecedented’ voter data case, but appeal could delay enforcement

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

• Rapid advancement of technology allows for ‘profiling and micro-targeting voters’ and creates ‘risks of misuse’ that ‘could result in the erosion of trust in our political system,’ ruled Justice Gordon Weatherill.

Federal parties face tighter privacy rules after losing ‘unprecedented’ voter data case, but appeal could delay enforcement

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

• Rapid advancement of technology allows for ‘profiling and micro-targeting voters’ and creates ‘risks of misuse’ that ‘could result in the erosion of trust in our political system,’ ruled Justice Gordon Weatherill.

Poilievre’s notwithstanding clause gambit 

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Tulips brighten dreary downtown day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Comms staff on the move: new press secretaries for Champagne, Sudds

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Political disconnect leaving Liberals far behind

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Foreign influence registry ‘more than a positive step forward,’ but not far enough, say diaspora groups

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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House Foreign Affairs Committee offers no advice to reverse foreign service ‘atrophy’

• BY NEIL MOSS

Opinion

Rex Murphy: rollicking, rowdy, and uproarious

• BY TIM POWERS

Opinion

Police brutality is a feature of democratic Canada, not a bug

• BY ERICA IFILL

Senate rule change ‘tough pill to swallow’ for Conservatives, but backers say vote protects Red Chamber’s independence

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

• The rule changes and move to limit debate created 'resentment,' but Senate government rep Marc Gold says he expects his relationship with the Tory caucus to get ‘back on track after the dust settles.’

Senate rule change ‘tough pill to swallow’ for Conservatives, but backers say vote protects Red Chamber’s independence

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

• The rule changes and move to limit debate created 'resentment,' but Senate government rep Marc Gold says he expects his relationship with the Tory caucus to get ‘back on track after the dust settles.’

Ottawa Centre MP Naqvi says ‘no consensus’ on return-to-office issue from constituents following Treasury Board’s decree

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Parties should ‘govern themselves’ but must better regulate nominations and voter data, says former candidate Maddeaux

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Military revisiting beartrap necessity as feds explore Arctic ship chopper capabilities

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Foreign Interference Inquiry needs to take much closer look at nominations

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Parliamentary Calendar

Former top trade negotiator Steve Verheul dives into the CUSMA stakes and the U.S. election on May 15

Podcast

Charlie Angus on politics in 2024

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The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

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Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Podcast

‘Summer of discontent’: Chris Aylward on the return-to-office order for civil servants

20th Century Boys rock into spring at the Rainbow Bistro

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

• Party Central ditched the suit and tie in favour of blue dancing shoes for the 20th Century Boys' annual Spring Dance Party on May 9 in support of PAL Ottawa.

20th Century Boys rock into spring at the Rainbow Bistro

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

• Party Central ditched the suit and tie in favour of blue dancing shoes for the 20th Century Boys' annual Spring Dance Party on May 9 in support of PAL Ottawa.

Pro-Palestinian student protests on university campuses further complicate electoral calculus for left-of-centre parties, say Liberal MPs

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Pro-Palestinian student protests on university campuses further complicate electoral calculus for left-of-centre parties, say Liberal MPs

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Gazan gives pro-choice speech

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Gazan gives pro-choice speech

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Parliamentary Calendar

Virani to talk about Online Harms Bill on Tuesday at the Empire Club of Canada

Podcast

MP Scott Reid: The House rules

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

List

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

Podcast

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

Ministers on the move

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Ministers on the move

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

House of Commons chaos a symptom of a past-expiry Parliament, not just Speaker’s judgment, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Poilievre’s clarion call to corporate Canada

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

No bars, just bad vibes

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

CBSA’s access-to-information woes continue with 12,000 requests inaccessible, requestors encouraged to resubmit

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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The ‘jury is still out’ on the value of foreign interference inquiry following preliminary report, says national security and intelligence expert Wesley Wark

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference released its first report on May 3, concluding that despite foreign interference occurring in the last two general elections, Canada’s electoral process remains ‘robust.'

The ‘jury is still out’ on the value of foreign interference inquiry following preliminary report, says national security and intelligence expert Wesley Wark

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference released its first report on May 3, concluding that despite foreign interference occurring in the last two general elections, Canada’s electoral process remains ‘robust.'

The right to protest doesn’t come without consequences

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The right to protest doesn’t come without consequences

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

CP Style god James McCarten leaves the national wire service after 30 years

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

CP Style god James McCarten leaves the national wire service after 30 years

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Trudeau attends National Prayer Breakfast

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Trudeau attends National Prayer Breakfast

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Politics This Morning

Politics This Morning: A tale of two press conferences

Politics This Morning: MPs kick off study on Winnipeg lab docs

Politics This Morning: MPs abroad

Politics This Morning: MPs to grill CBSA president, again

100 most influential in government and politics

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

Where were all the MPs on Top 100 Most Influential?

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

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

Trudeau voted most valuable politician in 2017, Morneau ranked top news story in 21st Annual All Politics Poll: Best & Worst in Politics

The 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

Moore voted best Cabinet minister, but Kenney still most influential: The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual Politically Savvy Survey

best political books

Bill Fox digs into how social media, online journalism have completely transformed the way we do politics

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

The Political Party in Canada fills a crucial gap for a comprehensive, updated study of Canadian political parties 

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

Indigenous Relations

Aamjiwnaang First Nation shows importance of environmental racism bill

Indigenous-led housing solutions need federal funding to fill the gap

Bill C-29 an attack on Inuit self-determination

Waiting for justice: why you need to know Métis residential school survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse

political parties

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

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

Conservative Facebook ads reach out to Chinese-Canadians as Liberals take local approach to budget sales pitch

Liberal ridings raised more cash in 2022, but Conservatives had $12-million more in the bank

Women, Gender and diversity

Canada must commit to more than a monument

Let’s improve our understanding of how we nominate candidates, and pass S-283

Can’t Buy My Silence on the Hill: restricting the abusive use of NDAs

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

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