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To ban or not to ban? Experts wary of restricting social media access for kids, as feds watch Australian approach

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

• After Australia banned social media for kids under the age of 16 last year, Culture Minister Marc Miller said his office was looking at the policy’s impact as part of the government’s plan to address online harms.

To ban or not to ban? Experts wary of restricting social media access for kids, as feds watch Australian approach

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

• After Australia banned social media for kids under the age of 16 last year, Culture Minister Marc Miller said his office was looking at the policy’s impact as part of the government’s plan to address online harms.

Ottawa MPs Sudds, Fanjoy urge changes to return-to-office order for public servants, as MPs debate ending hybrid Parliament

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Official languages commissioner nominee aspires for a ‘truly bilingual public service’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Our heart aches for, and breaks for, the families of Tumbler Ridge,’ says local MP Bob Zimmer

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Back to the future’: Senators react to idea of turning Senate Building back into original train station for high-speed rail hub

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‘A nation mourns with you:’ Carney orders flags at half-mast after deadly Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting

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Canada can’t afford to leave qualified physicians on the sidelines

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‘All the fundamentals are there’: Conservatives bank unity and cash, but need to buy time and ‘hope’ for a renewed NDP, say politicos

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Defence official says Canadian transiting of Taiwan Strait ‘likely’ to continue

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Scaffolding costs in the capital climb to $20.2-million in 2025

Liberal byelection candidates could either burst ‘boys’ club’ bubble or become ‘two more of many’ women on outside of PMO circle: strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Recruiting former Ontario NDP deputy leader Doly Begum and doctor Danielle Martin may be 'phenomenal politics,' but more will ride on whether they would get a greater voice at the table if elected.

Liberal byelection candidates could either burst ‘boys’ club’ bubble or become ‘two more of many’ women on outside of PMO circle: strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Recruiting former Ontario NDP deputy leader Doly Begum and doctor Danielle Martin may be 'phenomenal politics,' but more will ride on whether they would get a greater voice at the table if elected.

Canada must take lead in fighting health misinformation as vaccine hesitancy rises and U.S. pulls back from WHO, say sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

PCO struggling to address access-to-info requests, and ‘it is not getting better,’ says watchdog

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‘Something new is needed’: Ottawa’s diplomatic corps still trying to grasp Carney’s worldview after Davos 

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Canada poised to eliminate cervical cancer

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Former Trudeau chief of staff Katie Telford sits down to discuss being ‘the right hand’ in Ottawa on Feb. 12

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Tumbler Ridge shooting upends the agenda: The week in review

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

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Who’s backing the NDP leadership contenders?

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Election buzz ramps up with Liberals poaching candidates from opposition parties and Conservatives starting nomination process

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• The Conservative Party of Canada has started the candidate nomination process across the country, according to an internal memo.

Election buzz ramps up with Liberals poaching candidates from opposition parties and Conservatives starting nomination process

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• The Conservative Party of Canada has started the candidate nomination process across the country, according to an internal memo.

Senate leaders pledge collaboration as Red Chamber reconvenes to ‘more rapid’ pace

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

With seven Upper Chamber vacancies, PCO won’t say how new Senators will be appointed as Senate advisory board loses more members

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Parliament could pick up pace on trade and economic issues, but unclear about other bills on agenda, say political players

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Arctic security investments must also improve living conditions in the North, say territories

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Opposition MPs press Liberals to intervene with Canadian companies’ business with ICE

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Early retirement offer to federal public servants causing ‘chaos’ in public service: union

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Parliamentary Calendar

Irish ambassador Concannon to speak at Edmonton Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 9

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‘Hang tight’: Why Quebec sovereignty and separatism are in the headlines again

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

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Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

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Rob Batherson debriefs on Poilievre’s leadership win and what’s next for Conservatives

Indian envoy calls on Canada to revive Canada-India Parliamentary Friendship Group ahead of Carney’s visit

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik says he is ‘surprised’ that Canada has friendship groups with 'non-democratic countries,' but currently does not have one with the 'largest democracy.'

Indian envoy calls on Canada to revive Canada-India Parliamentary Friendship Group ahead of Carney’s visit

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik says he is ‘surprised’ that Canada has friendship groups with 'non-democratic countries,' but currently does not have one with the 'largest democracy.'

Feds looking for Canadian steel supplier to keep high-speed rail project on track

NewsBY IREM KOCA

‘Premature’ to call NDP leadership race for top fundraiser Lewis, say politicos, with ranked ballot giving McPherson the edge

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Canadians concerned about AI’s impact on environment, children: federal consultation

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Ministers could exempt businesses from laws within ‘regulatory sandbox’ outlined in budget bill

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

NDP calls for feds to pull the plug on American F-35 order, and buy Swedish Gripen planes instead

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Moving ahead with the contracted F-35 purchase in the face of aggression by U.S. President Donald Trump 'is fraught with risk, economically damaging to Canada, and contrary to the Carney government's own express policies,' say New Democrats.

NDP calls for feds to pull the plug on American F-35 order, and buy Swedish Gripen planes instead

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Moving ahead with the contracted F-35 purchase in the face of aggression by U.S. President Donald Trump 'is fraught with risk, economically damaging to Canada, and contrary to the Carney government's own express policies,' say New Democrats.

Job cuts could hit CBSA and DND amid hiring blitz, union says

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Job cuts could hit CBSA and DND amid hiring blitz, union says

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‘Where’s the plan B?’: media executives ask for contingency plan if Liberals axe Online Streaming Act during trade talks

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‘Where’s the plan B?’: media executives ask for contingency plan if Liberals axe Online Streaming Act during trade talks

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Tory Senator Housakos proposes invoking notwithstanding clause to uphold certain mandatory minimums

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Tory Senator Housakos proposes invoking notwithstanding clause to uphold certain mandatory minimums

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Politics This Morning

Federal leaders to attend vigil for Tumbler Ridge victims

The House goes back to business

Carney postpones Europe trip

Conservatives call for end to asylum claims by criminals

COVID-19

‘Diseases do not recognize borders’: U.S. decision to leave WHO ignores reality of how diseases spread, says Liberal MP Powlowski

CUSMA must do more than protect trade—it must secure Canada’s life sciences future

Union raises alarm over pending Public Health Agency job cuts

Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert

Election

Canadian expats in the U.S. dominate international voting stats: data

MPs eye support for expat voters as PROC study on special ballot challenges wraps

Ontario national councillor Mitas expected to challenge Barber for Conservative Party presidency

Conservative national council confirms Kurek as candidate in Battle River-Crowfoot, Poilievre to run in a different riding in next election

Politics

The new Canadian order and the next governor general

The real rupture we face: what Carney’s next speech needs to say

Poilievre, the Super Bowl, and the cautionary tale of the Buffalo Bills

‘Tumbler Ridge represents the very best of Canada’: House mourns victims in special address

Foreign Policy

Surviving the population crash

Canada can do better than more defence dollars and the Golden Dome

From neighbour to nation: why Canada must rethink defence

Canada must respond to U.S. policy by increasing our support for pharmaceutical innovation

Finance and Budget

Bill C-15 is one of the biggest threats yet to Canada’s rule of law 

Bringing investment banking rigor to Ottawa

Canada’s largest pension manager ‘backsliding’ on climate, risks being unable to pay out pensions: report

Three measures to tackle ‘wicked’ health policy problems

Lobbying

Ottawa’s lowered lobbying registration thresholds will reshape government relations

‘Unprecedented’ 2025 for canola industry, with record-breaking economic lobbying

Libya was a warning, Venezuela is the test

‘It’s like molasses in January’: pharmacare implementation stalled, say health-care groups, but others argue time needed to get deals right

Legislation

Hearings at National Assembly offer insight into Bill 1

Despite early ‘spirit of co-operation’ on some bills, Liberal agenda still failing to launch in Parliament, say politicos

NDP MP McPherson tables bill to ban company unions 

‘Not a chance’: Green Leader May says she can’t support budget omnibus bill without major changes, but NDP skeptical

Public Service

New in-office mandate could send more public servants out the door, union says

Public servant says spending review is ‘gutting the wrong people’ as notices continue to hit desks

Treasury Board outlines more than 8,000 job cuts in first phases of public service revamp

Bloc MP Perron condemns ‘ridiculous’ spending cuts that will shutter research farms across Canada

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