Canada’s renewed pipeline fixation threatens more than the environment
The risks to federalism, Indigenous reconciliation, and our ability to navigate a hostile global trading environment make it clear that this is a profound strategic error.
‘The only thing we want to see is transparency’: MPs call to view results of feds’ internal review of high-value contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada says the 45-day review into finding savings through federal contracting ‘was completed on schedule’ and that results will be ‘communicated in due course.’
Demystifying the detection of fraud and coerced victims
The public needs to know about incidents involving the fraudulent use of social benefits, and about how fraudsters forcefully exploit and draw others into their operations.
Jobs and Families Minister Hajdu down a chief of staff
Plus, AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon recently bade farewell to one of his directors of policy, among other changes.
The controversy of hiring foreign help
I don’t think the Alberta NDP should apologize for hiring Fight Agency; it’s perfectly legitimate.
Women hold powerful roles in Carney’s cabinet and PMO, but none are in prime minister’s inner circle, say some Liberals
Vandana Kattar, a former senior adviser to Justin Trudeau, says it ‘folklore’ that Prime Minister Mark Carney has no women in his inner circle, pointing to several senior staffers and cabinet ministers who serve as influential advisers to him.
Carney should expand his inner circle to include more women
Prime Minister Mark Carney has a team of well-respected seasoned political advisers but they are all are men. It would be well-advised to include some women in his inner circle.
House Health Committee shines spotlight on foreign-funded medical residencies and feds’ role in attracting health-care workers
The committee has been studying health care and Canada’s immigration capacity in response to problems with access to care.
Problem with our feminist foreign policy was that we never really had a feminist foreign policy, we just called it that
Mark Carney might be a little more willing than Justin Trudeau to be judged by what he does, and not what he tells you he’s doing. We’ll see how it goes. But I find the shift refreshing.
Pipelines and planes: when does ‘bold’ start, Prime Minister Carney?
Many hoped the new prime minister would break from a timid, risk-averse, national tradition, assert our economic independence as promised, and exploit our natural resources sustainably. So far, it hasn’t looked that way.
