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‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • 'It's going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this hell that many Northern and Indigenous peoples are increasingly facing,' says NDP MP Niki Ashton.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their communities due to wildfires in the Manitoba riding represented by NDP MP Niki Ashton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • 'It's going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this hell that many Northern and Indigenous peoples are increasingly facing,' says NDP MP Niki Ashton.

‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • 'It's going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this hell that many Northern and Indigenous peoples are increasingly facing,' says NDP MP Niki Ashton.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their communities due to wildfires in the Manitoba riding represented by NDP MP Niki Ashton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Trudeau internally announces provincial campaign co-chairs for next election, Liberal sources say

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced the names of provincial campaign chairs and co-chairs for the next federal election. More names are expected to be added in the coming weeks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
NewsBY ABBAS RANA
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the newly appointed national campaign committee ‘unequivocally’ last week that he will lead the party in the next election, according to Liberal sources.

Trudeau internally announces provincial campaign co-chairs for next election, Liberal sources say

NewsBY ABBAS RANA
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the newly appointed national campaign committee ‘unequivocally’ last week that he will lead the party in the next election,

Changes to Lobbying Act unlikely before 2025 federal election, says lawyer

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Changes to Lobbying Act unlikely before 2025 federal election, says lawyer

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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.
  • 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

‘Unfortunate errors’ in Global Affairs contracts were ‘administrative oversight,’ MPs hear

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • 'There's nothing in here that signals any kind of wrongdoing, misuse of funds … nothing to actually indicate that we weren't able to provide value for money for Canadians,' says Shirley Carruthers, assistant deputy minister and chief financial officer at Global Affairs.
  • 'There's nothing in here that signals any kind of wrongdoing, misuse of funds … nothing to actually indicate that we weren't able to provide

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

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL
  • Digital privacy expert Colin Bennett says complaints of improper use of Conservative voter lists in the York region riding contest offer a ‘real-life example’ of the problems with parties self-regulating their nomination races.
  • Digital privacy expert Colin Bennett says complaints of improper use of Conservative voter lists in the York region riding contest offer a ‘real-life example’
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Politics This Morning: A tale of two press conferences

  • Plus, what the People's Party of Canada is up to this weekend in Gatineau.

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Yep, Trump did it again

  • The former president organized a high-level contingent of Republicans to attend his hush-money trial in Manhattan. The group included House Speaker Mike Johnson—whose speakership was recently saved by his Democratic colleagues. Unlike the others, he didn’t sit in the courtroom.
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The day Indigenous Peoples took a major step forward in healing

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NEWS

Following the Treasury Board's announcement that will see federal public servants back in office three days a week this fall, downtown Ottawa Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi says most people want to work in hybrid workplaces. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE
  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their local economies and the environment.

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

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE
  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their local economies and the environment.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee offers no advice to reverse foreign service ‘atrophy’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘I made an error in judgment,’ CBSA official says of dining with ArriveCan contractors 

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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Parliamentary Calendar

Joe Clark to mark 45th anniversary of his election as Canada’s 16th prime minister on May 22 in Ottawa

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

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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

This is your 15 minutes, animal folks: Molly, top left, Stella, Gaston, Justin (the cat), Moose Tracks (the cow), and Annie, the horse. Photographs courtesy of the Canadian Animal Health Institute

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE
  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in Public Policy hosts a panel on how to fix the housing crisis.

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE
  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in Public Policy hosts a panel on how to fix the housing crisis.
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POLITICS

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On May 8, 67 Senators voted in favour of Motion 165, which cemented changes to the Red Chamber’s rules to recognize groups other than the opposition and government, granting them new procedural powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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.’

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OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Fight climate change with solar and energy storage: reader

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EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

  • de Adder’s Take: 05-20-2024
  • de Adder’s Take: 05-15-2024
  • de Adder’s Take: 05-13-2024

Environment & Climate Change

FOREIGN POLICY

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

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the various leaders of Hamas have spent the past 30 years trying to kill the two-state solution, but it could be on the table again, writes Gwynne Dyer.  Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Thought experiment: buying the Palestinians out?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Gwynne Dyer responds to a reader asking whether the easiest way out of ‘the Middle East problem’ would be paying everybody to leave. It’s not completely unthinkable.

Thought experiment: buying the Palestinians out?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Gwynne Dyer responds to a reader asking whether the easiest way out of ‘the Middle East problem’ would be paying everybody to leave. It’s not completely unthinkable.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

Pandemic Panic will be very relevant to policymakers in that it provides a critical analysis of past actions and their implications, offering lessons that can inform future crisis response and policy development, writes the Donner Prize Foundation. Book cover image courtesy of Optimum Publishing International

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.
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Policy

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

OpinionBY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN
  • Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
The funding in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget is not nearly enough to fulfill the infrastructure gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous communities, write David Flood and Candace Larsen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

OpinionBY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN
  • Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.

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

OpinionBY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN
  • Indigenous groups are poised for massive scale-up in economic participation, education, jobs, and better housing outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
The funding in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget is not nearly enough to fulfill the infrastructure gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous communities, write David Flood and Candace Larsen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A closer look at the proposed foreign influence transparency registry

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • The concept of a foreign influence registry has cross-party support, but whether that translates into the quick passage of the government's proposal remains to be seen.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc introduced Bill C-70, Countering Foreign Interference Act, in the House on May 6.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A closer look at the proposed foreign influence transparency registry

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • The concept of a foreign influence registry has cross-party support, but whether that translates into the quick passage of the government's proposal remains to be seen.

A closer look at the proposed foreign influence transparency registry

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • The concept of a foreign influence registry has cross-party support, but whether that translates into the quick passage of the government's proposal remains to be seen.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc introduced Bill C-70, Countering Foreign Interference Act, in the House on May 6.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Red Sea crisis a wake-up call for Western naval forces

OpinionBY ALEXANDER SALT, ALEX WILNER
  • Mass air attacks, where defence systems must shoot down hundreds of hostile threats in a short amount of time, is now a reality. 

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House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

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Finance & Budget

Finance & Budget

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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