Legislation

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

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• In beefing up cybersecurity, Bill C-8 ‘does not authorize warrantless access to Canadians’ personal data,’ says Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.

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

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• In beefing up cybersecurity, Bill C-8 ‘does not authorize warrantless access to Canadians’ personal data,’ says Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.

Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

NewsBY GRACE BESTARD

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Steel connects Canada’s Energy Sector

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• BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

News

• BY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

Opinion

• BY EWA DEMIANOWICZ

Canada must keep its promises to protect animals

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-11, which strips military jurisdiction over the investigation of sexual offences and puts them under civilian authority, is long overdue, say opposition MPs.

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-11, which strips military jurisdiction over the investigation of sexual offences and puts them under civilian authority, is long overdue, say opposition MPs.

Unions brace for budget’s impact as think tank predicts ‘stealth’ cuts to public-serving programs

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Post-election donation dip deepens as Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Auditor General to probe Canada Revenue Agency’s phone system contract

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Will Canada get serious about climate competitiveness?

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Parliamentary Calendar

Former top doc Theresa Tam delivers Monique Bégin Lecture at uOttawa on Oct. 30

Podcast

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

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

Podcast

No ‘I’ in team: why party discipline has gone too far, with Alex Marland

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

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

• Bill C-8 establishes a protection regime for federally regulated sectors, and should be treated as a generational opportunity to replace chalk lines with mathematics.

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

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

• Bill C-8 establishes a protection regime for federally regulated sectors, and should be treated as a generational opportunity to replace chalk lines with mathematics.

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

OpinionBY ARASH GHIASSI, RIAZ SAYANI

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

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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

Parliamentary Calendar

Wernick to talk ‘beyond dogma: rethinking state capacity to drive national productivity’ at C.D. Howe dinner on Oct. 28 in Toronto

Podcast

Heather McPherson on her campaign to lead the NDP

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

Reviving the NDP, with Peter Julian

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

‘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

A new session of Parliament is a time to recommit to some basic principles

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR SCOTT TANNAS

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Shoring up supports for people and communities in a turbulent trade climate

OpinionBY SHAIMAA YASSIN

• The fall budget should aim to reduce the cost of essentials, modernize EI, and create place-based transition tools.

Shoring up supports for people and communities in a turbulent trade climate

OpinionBY SHAIMAA YASSIN

• The fall budget should aim to reduce the cost of essentials, modernize EI, and create place-based transition tools.

Public opinion is the real opposition

OpinionBY DARRELL BRICKER

Public opinion is the real opposition

OpinionBY DARRELL BRICKER

Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories all open to pharmacare talks, but say they’re not taking place

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories all open to pharmacare talks, but say they’re not taking place

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Time for a public national first ministers’ meeting with First Nations

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

Time for a public national first ministers’ meeting with First Nations

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

Politics This Morning

All eyes on the Carney-Xi meeting

Hodgson and Dabrusin host G7 counterparts in Toronto

An awkward evening in Gyeongju

Carney in Singapore

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

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll

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

Questions loom over Liberals’ environment plans with Canada ‘off path’ to meet emissions targets

Carney’s budget challenge: govern for the many, or manage for the few?

McPherson, Ashton, Lewis pitch anti-cat credentials in Mouseland

Some public service pay issues due to management mistakes, not Phoenix pay system, says federal official

Foreign Policy

From New York City: a day at a No Kings rally, and a hope for more than tepid politics

International development strategy now linked to economic agenda, says SecState Sarai

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

Taiwan celebrates 114

Finance and Budget

Women’s groups hail ongoing funding for gender-equality programs, but warn the ‘devil is in the details’

The easiest policy win in Ottawa might just be hiding in plain sight

It’s not ‘phoney’ to highlight the dismal state of federal finances

The Giant Mine project is yet another Liberal scandal: Conservative MP

Lobbying

‘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

Hodgson, Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet ministers last month as energy, environment lead the lobby charts

Legislation

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

Bill C-5 revealing itself as a Trojan horse designed to appease Alberta’s fossil fuel interests

Senator Harder wants to legislate how the feds handle the notwithstanding clause—his colleagues have some concerns

Public Service

Departments grapple with tracking employee attendance after a year of return-to-office rules

Budget cuts won’t impact RCMP hiring push, says public safety minister 

‘Not-an-option’ changes to freelance contracts may worsen shortage of Hill interpreters, says association

MPs press officials on underused office space as feds struggle to standardize tracking 

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