Diving into the offices of secretaries of state Fuhr, Provost
Mary-Rose Brown is chief of staff to Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr, while Jean-Sébastien Bock is running Secretary of State Nathalie Provost’s shop.
A dose of realism about Canada’s LNG plans
Despite the high-level drum-beating for Port of Churchill possibilities and especially for an LNG plant, an oil pipeline, or a hydrogen plant, none may happen.
AI can’t save farming if our soils keep dying
A new report and bill from the Senate provide an opening to create a national soil strategy that protects our agricultural future while enabling technology to deliver on its promise.
Poilievre needs issues that cut
To win the next election, the Conservative leader doesn’t have to be liked; he just needs to get people to agree with him.
Some Conservative Party members bristle at use of ‘abridgement’ rule in delegate selection process for convention
The delegate selection rules are in effect on Sept. 8 and will end on Nov. 30, according to the rules for the Calgary biennial policy convention.
The NDP race is on
Improving the lives of Canadians didn’t reward the NDP, but instead benefitted the Liberals. New Democrats have a lot of thinking ahead of them.
A letter to American Democrats and Canadian liberals about the MAGA movement
‘Maple MAGA’ in Canada is a real thing, too. The movement that will break American democracy is also in our backyards.
Union raises alarm over pending Public Health Agency job cuts
‘Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis and puts lives at risk,’ says PIPSC president Sean O’Reilly.
Critics agree on need for reform, but call Tory bid to scrap temporary foreign worker program ‘ridiculous’ and ‘political’
The current Temporary Foreign Worker system is ‘being mismanaged by the Liberal government, and the Conservatives are being opportunistic’ in their call to scrap it, says NDP MP Jenny Kwan.
Feds risk missing deadline for reducing tuberculosis rates in Inuit communities
Tuberculosis rates remain high in Nunavik, despite a 2018 pledge to halve rates by 2025 and eradicate the disease by 2030. NDP MP Lori Idlout says eliminating the disease is ‘solely about political will’ and is urging the feds to fund housing and health care.
