Legislation

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY | UPDATED November 19, 2025

• In looking to fast-track amendments to Bill S-2, Senators were upholding the rights of First Nations women, and there is nothing racist about that—period.

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY | UPDATED November 19, 2025

• In looking to fast-track amendments to Bill S-2, Senators were upholding the rights of First Nations women, and there is nothing racist about that—period.

Bill S-209 is needed to protect children from pornography

OpinionBY DANIEL ZEKVELD

Bridging Canada’s divide on consent

OpinionBY MEGAN BUTTLE

The unintended consequences of stricter rules on public policy engagement

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

It’s time for Canada to take control of stablecoins

OpinionBY JEREMY KRONICK, PETER MACKENZIE, MARK ZELMER

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Canada needs a new AI backbone that elevates the whole country.

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• BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade

News

• BY PETER MAZEREEUW

Justice Minister Fraser unveils bill to tighten Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes

News

• BY GRACE BESTARD

‘A platform to raise my voice’: youth activism at the centre of Sen. McPhedran’s Vote16 bill

AI study and Senate bills on alcohol warnings and sickle cell disease framework on Senate Social Affairs Committee’s agenda

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• Policy priorities for some Senate committee members also include digital health technologies, the impacts of climate disasters, and medical assistance in dying.

AI study and Senate bills on alcohol warnings and sickle cell disease framework on Senate Social Affairs Committee’s agenda

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• Policy priorities for some Senate committee members also include digital health technologies, the impacts of climate disasters, and medical assistance in dying.

Bill C-15: the hits and misses in the big beautiful budget implementation bill

NewsBY CHARELLE EVELYN, RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

Blanchard defends Carney’s ethics screen as a ‘rigorous process’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 21, 2025

Interim PBO says he is focusing on parliamentarians, not media

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Steel supports our Canadian Farmers

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Parliamentary Calendar

Public Safety Minister Anandasangaree welcomes G7 counterparts to Ottawa for three-day meeting on Nov. 21

Podcast

Cut, not cap? The latest on public service downsizing, with Marlo Glass

News

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

List

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

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Canada’s Silent Health Crisis: Why Chronic Kidney Disease Needs a National Framework 

Quebec’s new ‘constitution’ bill is an affront to democracy

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• The Legault government’s document is a fantasy, especially when it comes to Quebec’s non-francophone population.

Quebec’s new ‘constitution’ bill is an affront to democracy

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• The Legault government’s document is a fantasy, especially when it comes to Quebec’s non-francophone population.

Canada Strong and Free fundraising emails using ‘crisis rhetoric,’ to stoke distrust in government and media, say comms experts, pollsters

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

New border bill cuts controversial measures, keeps powers to tighten immigration

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Canada must keep its promises to protect animals

OpinionBY EWA DEMIANOWICZ

Military justice reform bill ‘a major step forward,’ but needs work at committee, say Bloc MPs as Tories favour more debate

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Bill C-8’s moment of truth: draw the line on what’s ‘critical’

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression

OpinionBY ARASH GHIASSI, RIAZ SAYANI

Parliamentary Calendar

Health Minister Marjorie Michel to talk about children’s health on Nov. 17 in Ottawa

Podcast

Who wants an election? With David Coletto

News

Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

News

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

Podcast

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

‘It’s not right’: interim PBO calls for legislative changes to avoid repeating the circumstances of his hiring

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Jason Jacques says he found out he was shortlisted for the six-month interim job just three days before his boss' term expired on Sept. 2.

‘It’s not right’: interim PBO calls for legislative changes to avoid repeating the circumstances of his hiring

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Jason Jacques says he found out he was shortlisted for the six-month interim job just three days before his boss' term expired on Sept. 2.

The politics of fear: what ‘tough on crime’ gets wrong about public safety

OpinionBY DERICO SYMONDS

Canada has the legislative tool to break through seizing Russian assets—it’s time to use it

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD, GEOFFREY GOODELL

The feds’ newest go-to attack on workers’ rights must be repealed  

OpinionBY SHARON DESOUSA

AI can’t save farming if our soils keep dying

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

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AI literacy as a Canadian policy imperative

OpinionBY DAVID MATSINHE

• If Canada does not embed AI skills in education, our workforce risks becoming dependent consumers of global technologies rather than leaders in shaping them.

AI literacy as a Canadian policy imperative

OpinionBY DAVID MATSINHE

• If Canada does not embed AI skills in education, our workforce risks becoming dependent consumers of global technologies rather than leaders in shaping them.

Why Canada can no longer trust U.S. regulatory agencies

OpinionBY NATASHA TUSIKOV

Why Canada can no longer trust U.S. regulatory agencies

OpinionBY NATASHA TUSIKOV

‘The honeymoon period will be over’: politicos expect high bar for Carney’s first budget, and omnibus-bill headaches

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘The honeymoon period will be over’: politicos expect high bar for Carney’s first budget, and omnibus-bill headaches

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Observers eye fall sitting for bills to implement still-secret trade pacts with Indonesia and Ecuador 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Observers eye fall sitting for bills to implement still-secret trade pacts with Indonesia and Ecuador 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Politics This Morning

Anandasangaree and Pam Bondi huddle in Ottawa

PM’s chief of staff to testify at ethics study

Swedes press their case

Carney to dine with Sweden’s royals, head to UAE

all politics poll: best & worst of the year in politics

Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll

Poilievre doubles as most valuable, least valuable politician in 2022 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll

Anand named most valuable politician, climate change voted most important issue in The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual All Politics Poll

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Election

Conservatives float electoral reform to combat ‘political prank’ protest group from flooding ballots with names

Advance voting in Canada continues to rise—and it’s changing campaigning

At least three safe Liberal seats poised to open as high-profile contenders line up

The NDP race is on

Politics

‘I’m not into games’: NDP MP Johns defends decision to abstain from budget vote

Canada must build on federal budget investments in dual-use innovation

The politics of Poilievre’s personality

NDP environment critic pans Carney’s commitment to Paris targets, but May says she has ‘confidence’ feds will soon release climate policy

Foreign Policy

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

CUSMA renewal a time to push for stable and predictable trade

Why Canada should oppose Trump’s Golden Dome proposal

The laws of economics finally catch up with Trump

Finance and Budget

Canada’s AI imperative: go big and bold

Pivot to ‘economic reconciliation’ risks ‘squandering’ political goodwill as Indigenous social programs face funding gaps: observers

Coastal communities ‘running out of time’ without fisheries fund renewal, say opposition critics as DFO faces $544M in cuts

Budget 2025 could have enhanced Canada’s military mobility by investing in roads and rails

Lobbying

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

Easter Seals, CFIB lobbying feds to end Canada Post’s strike

Legislation

Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

Public opinion is the real opposition

Public Service

Skeptics say billions of dollars in AI-driven government efficiencies ‘fiscally dubious’

It’s time to fix how Canada delivers citizen services

OGGO hearing confirms: our government continues to persecute whistleblowers rather than protect them

Prison watchdog leaves post early with ‘frustrations’ as final report keys in on ‘grossly inadequate’ mental health care behind bars

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