After a year of inaction, the Carney Liberals must show up for work in 2026
While Canadians struggle with rising costs, economic uncertainty, and a global environment shifting beneath their feet, the session that just concluded will be remembered as one of the least productive in our Parliament’s history.
‘These times are not like any other’: Carney’s Davos speech that ‘electrified the world’ draws bipartisan praise
In his address to world leaders on June 20, Prime Minister Mark Carney declared that ‘the old world order is not coming back’ and ‘nostalgia is not a strategy.’
Environment Minister Dabrusin promotes new deputy director, adds more aides
Plus, Secretary of State for Children and Youth Anna Gainey has a new director of policy, operations, and parliamentary affairs.
‘We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition’: Carney tells World Economic Forum
A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable. And there is another truth: if great powers abandon even the pretence of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests, the gains from ‘transactionalism’ become harder to replicate. Hegemons cannot continually monetize their relationships.
Leaked PMO travel advisory tests fragile trust with press gallery as ‘universal respect’ still found lacking, say journos
Part of an embargoed advisory for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent foreign travel was published online by Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar two days after being distributed to the press gallery. Reporters say identifying the leaker is essential to protecting the gallery’s credibility.
Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape
Pollster Shachi Kurl warns Ottawa against over-reading staffing tea leaves as ‘outsider’ Caroline Elliott’s star-studded campaign team competed with her official B.C. Conservative leadership launch last week.
Senators renew push to see their pensions become funded
In a recent letter, the Senate Internal Economy Committee asked the Treasury Board president to revisit the idea of switching the pension plan so that it’s funded by both employee and employer contributions, as well as investment earnings.
Legault’s legacy: incompetence and division
François Legault consistently failed over his two mandates to fulfill his promise of being the ‘premier of all Quebecers.’
Far-right ideology is a prescription for bad health
Once political leaders learn they can dictate health policy through culture wars, the intrusion rarely ends.
‘If not now, when?’ Canada should ‘stand up’ to U.S. threats against Greenland, say Senators, ex-MP McKay
Canada is offering ‘a classic, measured’ response, says Senator Peter Boehm, while Senator Andrew Cardozo questions ‘how much longer’ the prime minister can take that approach. If Canada doesn’t take a stand now, ‘can we expect anybody in the world to stand up for us?’
