Scrums, caucus meetings, and an anti-austerity presser
On Sept. 17, the various party caucuses met, Green Leader Elizabeth May pushed for lowering the voting age, and the Canadian Labour Congress urged Ottawa against more cuts and to invest in workers instead. The Hill Times
New budget watchdog says ‘deficit will absolutely be higher’ than forecast, feds have no clear fiscal anchors
‘I don’t know that the government currently has fiscal anchors, which, of course, causes the people that I work with a considerable degree of concern at this point,’ says interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques.
Rookies’ Guide to Parliament
Youth descend on Senate Chamber for climate solutions assembly
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 CUTA 2025 Policy Forum—The Canadian Urban Transit Association hosts its 2025 Policy Forum, bringing together some of North America’s leading transit and urban mobility experts to discuss the industry’s future. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 8 a.m. ET the Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin St., Ottawa. Register via Eventbrite. AFN First Nations ISET Agreement […]
Is Canada ready for the nation-defining challenges ahead?
If we are going to succeed in the historic task of reinventing our economic culture, it will take hitherto unknown co-operation, compromise, and good-faith bargaining.
As MPs settle into the Hill, Liberal Vince Gasparro gives a glimpse into his ‘eclectic’ home away from home
Some 113 rookie MPs have been busy setting up new parliamentary offices since moving in this past June.
Life lessons for staffers at the start of a new sitting
The most basic and essential rookie advice is simple: be kind to everyone you meet.
Canada faces a budget reckoning as deficit pressure mounts
Delivering a true austerity budget would require scaling back departmental budgets to a degree almost certain to spark political blowback.
‘Excessive secrecy’: PMO not releasing summaries of some Carney-Trump calls
Prime Minister Mark Carney has insisted that he won’t conduct trade talks with the U.S. in public as some have criticized his approach as lacking transparency.
Premier Legault’s cabinet shuffle takes his party nowhere
There are times Quebec politics can have national and even international importance. This is not one of those times.
