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Canada has to focus on becoming a genuine innovation nation

If Canadians want a better-performing economy, then much more attention will have to be focused on innovation-driven productivity, skills training, and bringing more Canadians into the workforce and keeping them there for longer. But immigration will also matter.

MP salary top-ups for committee, parlsec, and extra House duties

Just as party leaders, their top deputies, and cabinet ministers get extra pay for their added responsibilities, so, too, do the MPs taking on extra duties. That includes parliamentarians who hold leadership roles at committee, get tapped to work as parliamentary secretaries, are voted Speaker of the House, or sit on the top-secret National Security […]

The carbon tax is not created for all

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks with reporters before the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on June 18, 2024.

Transportation, heating, and electricity expenses are already substantial; the added burden of carbon pricing pushes these costs to crisis levels.