Newfoundland and Labrador election a wake-up call for federal Liberals
The message from the Newfoundland and Labrador election is loud and clear: Rural voices will not be silenced. The Canadian government needs to listen.
This is a wake-up call for Canada’s slumbering corporate class
The question: is corporate Canada ready to do its part? It certainly won’t refuse emergency funding to see it through the current uncertainty. But how able, and willing, is it to disrupt decades-old supply chains, retool its factories, and redirect its efforts away from the United States?
Senate exempt from Carney’s spending review, but opts to launch own program audit
‘It seems there’s a new government in place that wants to be fiscally more responsible,’ says Conservative Senate Leader Leo Housakos, and the Red Chamber ‘can help them achieve those goals.’
‘Not-an-option’ changes to freelance contracts may worsen shortage of Hill interpreters, says association
Changes to contract rules for freelance interpreters may lead to their mass exodus from the Hill, and a troubling decline in quality, according to a group representing these workers.
Canadian foreign policy as performance art
Where does Canada fit into the new reality, if at all? Providing more humanitarian aid in the form of food and medical supplies is the easy part, but it is doubtful that Ottawa would contribute any soldiers as part of the temporary stabilization force envisaged in Trump’s plan.
Youth are not a monolith: Canada’s chance to lead in global democracy
With Parliament back, Canada has a chance to do more than listen, we can legislate with youth, design with youth, and rebuild trust with youth.
Anand’s trip to India and China part of ‘diplomatic reset’ as Canada pursues new trading partners
Former Liberal MP John McKay described both countries as ‘difficult markets to crack’ as Canada seeks new friends on the global stage in the quest to become less economically reliant on the United States.
MP Genuis pitches youth jobs plan
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis held a press conference on Parliament Hill on Oct. 15 to pitch a “youth jobs plan” ahead of the Nov. 4 budget. The Hill Times
Skill development must be Canada’s national project
The Carney government is set on the rapid delivery of national projects, but these initiatives will only succeed if matched by equally ambitious investments in skills development and workforce readiness.
A look at the staff labouring in the offices of secretaries of state Zerucelli, Belanger
Both secretaries of state have six-member teams, which appears to be the average office size for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s fleet of junior cabinet members.
