Cost estimate for construction of new Hill tunnel network jumps to $200M
When the tunnel network plan was first approved by parliamentarians in 2022, construction costs were estimated to total closer to $180-million.
Night of the old white men
For many white women, panic at the end of absolute majority status for American whites was countered by outrage at Trump’s complicity in the assault on abortion rights. Older white men had no such counter-balance.
Trump return to White House will test ‘rocky’ relationship with Trudeau
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is someone who ‘carries a grudge,’ but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must find a way to ‘make the relationship work,’ say observers.
PMO staff changes: Marjorie Michel officially exits, and more
Policy adviser and senior co-ordinator Harry Orbach-Miller is among the list of recent departures, and Jacqueline Lee has been promoted to senior manager.
Difficult deliberations ahead as MPs look to avoid ‘watered-down’ harassment policy
Despite recommending against adopting a formal policy, Tory MP Michelle Rempel Garner says ‘that doesn’t mean … that we shouldn’t have something.’
Doubt grows that feds’ promise to boost forced labour ban will materialize as House committee deplores ‘inaction’
A bill to strengthen the forced labour import ban was proposed in successive Liberal budgets.
Conservative fundraising machine on track to smash 2023’s historic $35.2M record as Grits play ad-buy catch-up
With another $3.32-million in the bank this quarter, the Liberals have ‘money to play with,’ but they can’t afford to waste it on ineffective ads, says Conservative strategist Cole Hogan.
Housing advocates wary of funding plan after praising Poilievre’s GST pledge
Scrapping Liberal funding for housing projects to pay for a tax cut on some new homes ‘doesn’t make a lot of sense,’ says Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness head.
The gender-gap election
While women flocked to Kamala Harris, men afraid of losing their benefits bestowed upon them by patriarchy found solace in Donald Trump.
Good morning, Prime Minister Poilievre—here is your agenda
What would the early days of a Poilievre-led government look like? Andrew Caddell sketches it out.
