Carney benches Trudeau’s ‘Hallmark card’ mandate letter format, opts for broad priority list for all ministers
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s public across-cabinet missive is short and broad, outlining only seven priorities for all 28 ministers, and departing from his predecessor’s lengthy directions to each minister.
NDP identity crisis calls for a return to party’s roots
In losing official status, the NDP faces a hard test: does it remain tied to power politics or return to its social democratic origins?
Feds set out $486.9-billion in spending in 2025-26 main estimates
The total budgetary ask represents an 8.4 per cent jump over last year’s spending document, and includes $73.4-billion in special warrants issued while Parliament was prorogued.
Feds can’t continue to delay ‘heavy lifting’ on foreign interference response, says NDP MP Jenny Kwan
The promised foreign agents’ registry failed to materialize before the election, and the continued wait is frustrating, says Jenny Kwan.
Big dig under Centre Block has begun as project spending reaches $1.2-billion
Scaffolding is starting to go up along Centre Block’s iconic southern façade, and once erected, will be covered by a trompe-l’oeil tarp.
In 50 years, the G7’s never had a summit like the one Carney is hosting next month
It’s hard to imagine how the stakes could be higher in the midst of the U.S. president’s economic warfare against most of the other attendees.
Carney is already short-changing transparency
The cabinet mandate letter sends a signal to expect even greater centralized control and messaging that is not conducive to the free flow of information in Ottawa.
King’s Speech from the Throne offers challenges
Public servants have been working to craft a defining direction for a government still struggling to fill ministerial staff positions, and hire new blood for the PMO.
Recount survivors displayed grace under political fire
The candidates in Terra Nova–The Peninsulas, N.L., put on a great display of what good a political competition should be.
A horse-drawn carriage and military parade close a whirlwind royal visit filled with pomp and style
King Charles and Queen Camilla were the guests of honour in Canada ahead of the Throne Speech receiving a royal salute, gun salute, and cheers from an adoring crowd in Ottawa.
