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.
Thriving on the Hill: a survival guide for new staffers
Parliament Hill can be a tough environment, but it can also shape some of the most fulfilling careers in public life.
Now is no time to slide on transparency
In times like these, sunlight can be the greatest shield and disinfectant.
Note to staff: leave no stone unturned, and ask for help
The moment, and your direct bosses—and their bosses, the voting taxpayers—are looking for you to rise to the occasion.
Cabinet chief of staff Savannah DeWolfe talks managing an ‘intense’ Hill job
For rookies starting out on the Hill, DeWolfe emphasized the importance of communication, and providing the full picture regarding decisions.
NDP MPs rally for Labour Code changes
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Freeland resigns from cabinet after a decade as key Liberal minister for role as envoy for Ukraine
Six months after Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped his Liberal leadership rival to lead internal trade, Chrystia Freeland says she’s ‘turning the page on this chapter’ in cabinet, and while she will remain on as an MP, she will not be running in the next election.
Public service cuts by attrition are ‘passive, lazy, and random,’ warns ex-Privy Council Office clerk Wernick
Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
