Calls mount for the Arctic to make national-interest list with launch of Major Projects Office: there’s an ‘Achilles heel in the North’
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs’ Heidi Cook says the Carney government backing Manitoba’s Port of Churchill as a national-interest project was a ‘surprise to a lot’ of First Nations in the area.
A defeated NDP means labour, progressive movements have to ‘fill that void,’ says CUPE head Hancock
Former NDP staffer Cam Holmstrom says New Democrats need a moderate leader who can ‘counterbalance’ the further-left bent of the party and speak to Canadians’ everyday issues.
Feds’ digital transformation agenda faces critical risks, Shared Services warns in ministerial briefing
Competing priorities and a lack of financial incentives for various government departments to modernize are key hurdles facing the government’s digital services arm, a ministerial briefing package outlines.
Canada’s public service needs updated visible minority hiring targets
Looking at the representation of South Asian Canadians in the federal public service 78 years after the end of British colonization of India.
A dozen staffers accounted for so far on Treasury Board President Ali’s team
Matthieu Perrotin will be joining the team as director of issues management and deputy director of communications as of Sept. 3.
Canada’s defence pact with Indonesia a modest but necessary first step in the Indo-Pacific
Canada’s recently-signed memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation with Indonesia should be a first step on a longer journey, and not a box-ticking exercise that fades into irrelevance.
Distraction season is here—but Trump still demands attention
Political leaders would be smart to keep their message focused on U.S. President Donald Trump or risk losing the plot with Canadians.
Air Canada strike intervention shortens Carney’s domestic runway to land ‘Trump and trade’ deals, say strategists
‘Carney is going to have to deliver something big,’ says Liberal strategist Joe Jordan.
Bound to Alberta? Poilievre has yet to commit to reclaiming Carleton next election
Strategist Laura Kurkimaki says running in an Alberta riding is a ‘natural fit’ for the Calgary-born Conservative leader.
‘We should be embracing change’: federal public servants more likely to have jobs exposed to AI, study finds
A Toronto Metropolitan University think tank says 58 per cent of federal bureaucrats are very likely to cross paths with the technology. While AI is unlikely to make those roles redundant, fewer people may be needed to do the work.
