Notable updates to office of Trade Minister Sidhu
Changes to the trade office include Beata Nawacki taking over as acting policy director following Sarah Manney’s exit for the Prime Minister’s Office.
Skeptics say billions of dollars in AI-driven government efficiencies ‘fiscally dubious’
Despite the budget’s projections, grand promises of technology heralding big savings and government efficiency is evoking the memory of the disastrous Phoenix pay system for some observers.
Poilievre should take a page out of Brian Mulroney’s playbook on caucus management, say political players: ‘an absolute master,’ it was his ‘secret sauce’
David McLaughlin says building and maintaining trust requires two-way communication. It’s also political capital that leaders can draw upon in tough times. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needs to reach out to his MPs individually, rather than through the House leader and the whip.
Carney walks a timid line on climate instead of full speed ahead
The longer Prime Minister Mark Carney tries to play both sides of the street—and this game has been going on for decades—the farther behind we fall, environmentally and economically. He must know that.
New list of major projects is good, but the hard part will be actually getting them done
This is a problem across Canadian society. We have become so risk averse and conflict averse that we’ve geared shockingly large percentages of our state institutions into being effectively machines that can only say ‘no’.
Floor-crossings are controversial, but not necessarily a political kiss of death
It’s uncertain if Chris d’Entremont can successfully carry the banner as a Liberal. But he joins a long line of defectors who make covering the House of Commons interesting.
Budget signals strong economic focus, but falls short in details like regulatory burden or clarity on defence spending, say experts, economists
‘There’s an urgency that if we don’t go big, then we’re going to fall short,’ says Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada.
Health Minister Marjorie Michel to talk about children’s health on Nov. 17 in Ottawa
MONDAY, NOV. 17 House Schedule—The House of Commons will sit Nov. 17-21; Nov. 24-28; Dec. 1-5; and Dec. 8-12. In total, the House will have sat only 73 days this year. Last year, it sat 122 days, and in 2023, it sat 121 days. In 2022, it sat 129 days, and in 2021, it sat […]
House Speaker Scarpaleggia residing at an Ottawa hotel instead of official residence, ‘The Farm,’ for family reasons
It’s more economical for the Speaker to live at a hotel than at the official residence in Gatineau Hills, says spokesman Olivier Duhaime.
‘Empty hands’ at COP30 and LNG ‘nation-building’ project pick signifies climate backsliding, say advocates
Prime Minister Mark Carney won’t attend the UN’s climate change convention in Brazil, and announced an LNG project as part of his next tranche of projects being referred to the Major Projects Office.
