Departments to cut billions in spending as budget projects tens of thousands of federal public service job losses by 2029
The federal public service is expected to employ roughly 330,000 people by 2028-29, down 10 per cent and 40,000 jobs compared to 2023-24. The budget says these numbers will be achieved by normal attrition through retirement, voluntary departures, and the Carney government’s spending review.
Alberta and Quebec are rewatching old movies
Alberta conservatives have been obsessed with building a ‘firewall’ between their province and Ottawa, while in Quebec, nationalists eye another separation referendum.
It’s time to revive Parliament’s tool to stand up to China with courage
Without an integrated forum like the Special Committee on Canada–China Relations, we are left reacting to headlines rather than shaping strategy.
Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’
If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
An austerity-driven federal budget is a necessary evil
Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
Unspinning the Trumpian disinformation on DEI: why it matters for all Canadians
The vague attacks on DEI distract from the very real ways that Canadians interact with equity-oriented federal programs that bolster opportunity and reduce barriers.
Breaking down the staff behind Mark Carney’s PMO: part 2
Derek Lipman, an experienced Liberal Party organizer, is now appointments director; and former Data Sciences VP Rosalie Nadeau is research and advertising director.
Will the budget kill Carney’s honeymoon?
Watch for provincial governments to attack Carney for not doing enough in the budget. Mind you, none of this means Carney won’t survive the onslaught. It just means, after the budget, he can no longer be all things to all people. He’ll need to decide how to redefine himself.
Champagne to table federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4
MONDAY, NOV. 3 House Schedule—The House of Commons will sit Oct. 27-31; Nov. 3-7; 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 […]
Thirty years ago last week, Canada’s future hung in the balance
With referendums now being threatened in Alberta and Quebec, the current prime minister and his cabinet should remember what we almost forgot: ‘Les absents ont toujours tort.’
