Carney’s position on Trump’s Venezuela strike ‘a little wimpy’ in tone, but likely to benefit Liberals in short term, say political players
The Liberals will most likely use Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement backing U.S. President Donald Trump’s action in attack ads in the next election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Trump-era diplomacy: what is gained from poking the bear and what is lost?
In retrospect, Mark Carney’s low-key approach—coupled with his tireless attempts to broaden our trade network—may prove to be the wisest course. Not as emotionally satisfying, or morally invigorating as a well-deserved profanity. But smarter.
Holding two elected positions, B.C. Conservative MP Au is the highest paid backbencher in the House
Conservative MP Chak Au is estimated to be earning a total of $314,757 as both an MP and British Columbia City Councillor.
Freeland departs Ottawa as ‘objectively’ one of Canada’s most influential cabinet ministers: politicos
A longtime MP who saw the rise, fall, and resurrection of the Liberal Party, Chrystia Freeland is praised for a record of notable accomplishments as she departs Ottawa after more than a decade in politics.
Climate advisers ask feds to put Net-Zero Advisory Body on ‘pause,’ say they can’t fulfill mandate in ‘skeleton state’
Following the December resignation of two members, the remaining four say they need six new appointees, clarity around their budget, and a pause of activities after limited direction from the government ‘significantly reduced’ the scope of their work.
Nearly 2,000 jobs and $1.5-billion to be cut across five departments by 2030, PBO analysis shows
The Correctional Service and Fisheries and Oceans are among the five affected, but the Parliamentary Budget Office is now requesting information about how all departments will achieve the projected $60-billion in spending cuts by the end of the decade.
Maduro, Trump, and the politics of timing
Canadian politicians were quick to weigh in on an illegal U.S. military action—but whose interests are they really serving?
Off to a bad start: Treasury Board already wants to make access to information worse
With Treasury Board once again handling the first stage of the ATI review, you can be sure of more delays, more exemptions proposed, and more people being excluded from using access to information.
A winter’s day near Parliament Hill
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Life after politics: catching up with ex-PMO staffers
Patrick Travers is now with Hakluyt & Company, while Oz Jungic has joined Rio Tinto, and Philip Proulx is working for Mila–Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute.
