Bravo to Carney for speaking the truth

The prime minister dared suggest the Plains of Abraham is the symbolic cradle of Canada. And he was right to do so.
Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony honours ‘debt we owe’ to victims, heroes

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NDP MP McPherson tables bill to ban company unions

NDP MP Heather McPherson tabled her private member’s bill in the House on Jan. 27 in an effort to put a stop to company-backed unions. “They drive down wages, they weaken benefits, they erode trust in collective bargaining,” McPherson told reporters in a press conference, shortly after tabling her bill. “Ultimately, they hurt all workers.” […]
‘Not a chance’: Green Leader May says she can’t support budget omnibus bill without major changes, but NDP skeptical

Green Leader Elizabeth May says the prime minister’s ‘word means nothing,’ but isn’t closing the door on co-operating with the progressive opposition to advance the government’s ecological agenda.
‘I will always be an advocate,’ says retiring Indigenous senior civil servant Gina Wilson after decades working to ‘bridge worlds’

Gina Wilson, recognized by her peers as Canada’s first woman Indigenous deputy minister, often ‘set the ball in motion’ from behind the scenes to get action on important issues, says Senator Kim Pate.
MPs return to Ottawa as Parliament resumes

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Q&A | On Carney’s ‘brilliant’ speech, efforts to ‘neutralize’ China, and more with Sheila Copps

‘The most important discussion [for cabinet] is going to be around how they tackle the CUSMA challenge and also how they get these new markets going,” said Sheila Copps.
After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is the mind-killer; stick together and you might win. Overnight the international mood changed.
Ottawa’s lowered lobbying registration thresholds will reshape government relations

The implications are profound. Thousands of businesses and non-profits that were not registered will now fall under the federal lobbying regime.
MPs face a choice this Parliament: play partisan games or meet the moment

As grocery bills soar and households struggle, Parliament’s return will reveal if politicians can produce real results—or remain trapped in procedure.