Quebec nationalists are still fighting the 1995 referendum

The current furor is a dress rehearsal for the election campaign in Quebec next October, which the separatist Parti Québécois are expected to win.
MPs order release of records from new Defence Investment Agency after it leaves the PBO waiting

The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee took the step to compel the release of information after hearing from the parliamentary budget officer that multiple government departments have yet to comply with his post-budget requests to analyze financial plans.
Public service unions demand answers addressing rumours about the end of remote work

The ‘volume and specificity’ of full-time return-to-office rumours ‘warrant immediate clarity from Treasury Board’ says union president Sean O’Reilly.
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.