In-house relief: new Conservative campaign manager a positive signal
It’s good news, but the Conservatives’ ultimate path to success still rests with the leader and his willingness to empower Steve Outhouse and others.
Gripen fighter jet purchase would allow Canada to assert sovereignty, says past chair of House Defence Committee McKay
The future success of trade talks with the U.S. will weigh heavily when Canada decides if it wants to buy the American F-35 plane, says consultant Eric Miller.
Cabinet spending tops $92-million in 2024-25, up 3.7 per cent
Unsurprisingly, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s office was the highest spender, with a total of $13.1-million in expenses reported.
With even Conservatives conspiring to pass Carney’s budget, PM turns attention to the wider world
The prime minister is engaged in a series of strikingly ambitious undertakings from leveraging Canada’s status as a global middle power to launching a new post-NAFTA economy at home.
Brookfield executive grilled by House Ethics Committee on Carney’s ties to company, says he met Carney in October on the Hill to talk about rising antisemitism in Canada
‘I’m here to tell you that no one at Brookfield has communicated with the prime minister in relation to Brookfield or its business,’ Brookfield COO Justin Beber told the House ethics committee. ‘That’s what we’re required to monitor. That’s what I’m here to confirm.’
PBO repeats calls for transparency after he says budget uses ‘made-in-Ottawa’ definition of capital spending
Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques recommends the creation of an independent body that would define the government’s spending categories, after the feds unveiled a new structure shortly before the Nov. 4 budget was tabled.
Minister Guilbeault’s current seven-member Quebec lieutenant shop
Sam Saint-Vincent is the most recent addition to the Quebec lieutenant team led by chief of staff Ann-Clara Vaillancourt.
True representation of constituents requires MPs to take principled positions even if it risks caucus expulsion or floor crossing, says Bill Casey
MPs are in the House of Commons to represent their constituents, and if they believe their party’s positions run counter to those interests, they should speak up, even if it means leaving the party or being kicked out, says former Conservative-turned-Liberal MP Bill Casey.
Most Liberals believe Poilievre’s their ticket to remain in government
While current popular support trends remain close between the two parties, Mark Carney’s personal popularity is in the stratosphere relative to Pierre Poilievre’s.
Don’t forget the kids, health advocates tell feds
Children are ‘an afterthought,’ ‘get attention in a crisis, but not beyond,’ say advocates as they push for strategic action and funding for kids’ wellness.
