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PSPC’s three-year $17.5-billion spending plan lacks clear roadmap to future goals, say insiders

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• With billions on the line and a track record of failed targets, how PSPC plans to deliver on its goals is unclear from its recent departmental plan. 'Fact is, if the department can’t meet the expectations of delivery for this new government, then heads will roll,' says Sahir Khan.

PSPC’s three-year $17.5-billion spending plan lacks clear roadmap to future goals, say insiders

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• With billions on the line and a track record of failed targets, how PSPC plans to deliver on its goals is unclear from its recent departmental plan. 'Fact is, if the department can’t meet the expectations of delivery for this new government, then heads will roll,' says Sahir Khan.

PCO forecasts $64-million cut, dropping 64 staff over next three years

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

‘What is being promised?’: NDP, labour call for more transparency in trade talks with Trump 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

New DND plan gives extra seven years to meet army and navy readiness targets, lowers air force aims

NewsBY NEIL MOSS | UPDATED TODAY, 1:08 pm

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Report forecasts ‘worst cuts to public service in modern history’ to meet Carney’s campaign pledge

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘They’re never going to silence me’: Red Chamber marks Pride month with historic number of openly queer Senators 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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Frustrated with party’s nominations process, former Alberta Conservative national councillor mulls comeback: ‘the worst I saw was in Calgary Skyview’

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Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

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Canadians like what they hear so far on affordability and U.S. trade war, but Carney will have to deliver results soon, say pollsters

Carney could ‘weed out bad apples’ with his high expectations for federal public service

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Top public servants might straighten up and self-correct if they know the prime minister isn’t afraid of swift discipline, say former bureaucrats, who welcome Carney's 'sound management practices.'

Carney could ‘weed out bad apples’ with his high expectations for federal public service

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Top public servants might straighten up and self-correct if they know the prime minister isn’t afraid of swift discipline, say former bureaucrats, who welcome Carney's 'sound management practices.'

NATO summit ‘not a disaster’ on the Trump front, but a ‘piece of theatre’ otherwise

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Senate passes Carney’s controversial nation-building bill, citing ‘trust’ in the government

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Saskatchewan Senator pushes for a national emergency response agency to fight wildfires

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Large shuffle to public service expected once Sabia takes PCO reins

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Calgary Stampede kicks off on July 4

Podcast

A military spending spree, with David Perry

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

Podcast

The crisis of Canadian democracy, with Andrew Coyne

More cash and new alliances show Ottawa is serious about defence, say observers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Prime Minister Mark Carney put his $9-billion defence spending pledge before Parliament 'about as fast as he conceivably could have,' says defence procurement expert David Perry.

More cash and new alliances show Ottawa is serious about defence, say observers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Prime Minister Mark Carney put his $9-billion defence spending pledge before Parliament 'about as fast as he conceivably could have,' says defence procurement expert David Perry.

‘They were emphatic in their foolishness’: Senate defers to House on Bloc supply management bill despite concerns

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘Action, not words’ needed to cool potential long, hot One Canadian protest summer, says Liberal strategist

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canada ‘kind of in the dark’ on Middle East conflict, says former Liberal MP McKay

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Senate Conservative ranks could continue to grow, says caucus leader Housakos

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Dong settlement gives closure, but little clarity on foreign interference, say national security and intelligence experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Carney’s quiet public service revolution

NewsBY KATHRYN MAY

Parliamentary Calendar

Well, look who’s turning 158: Happy Canada Day, eh!

Podcast

Making sense of the ‘Building Canada Act’, with Elizabeth May

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

List

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

Podcast

The return of Parliament, with Sheila Copps

PSPC using an AI bot named ‘Ava’ to help clear Phoenix pay system backlog

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• With about 450,00 outstanding cases tied to the faulty pay system, an artificial intelligence virtual agent is tasked with clearing 160,000 over the next 15 months.

PSPC using an AI bot named ‘Ava’ to help clear Phoenix pay system backlog

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• With about 450,00 outstanding cases tied to the faulty pay system, an artificial intelligence virtual agent is tasked with clearing 160,000 over the next 15 months.

‘Very, very unhappy’ with his party’s handling of nominations, former Conservative Senate leader Plett not ruling out running for national council

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

‘Too many rules’: AG urges feds to streamline procurement, reduce outsourcing

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Government’s border security bill draws heavy criticism from civil rights groups

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘It’s like a war zone’: Secretary of State Belanger says Saskatchewan wildfires are leaving ‘traumatic and depressing’ losses in their wake

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• As wildfires continue to ravage Northern Saskatchewan and Western Canada, Belanger says his constituents are demonstrating ‘incredible resilience’ as they continue to fight flames ‘with broken hearts.’

‘It’s like a war zone’: Secretary of State Belanger says Saskatchewan wildfires are leaving ‘traumatic and depressing’ losses in their wake

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• As wildfires continue to ravage Northern Saskatchewan and Western Canada, Belanger says his constituents are demonstrating ‘incredible resilience’ as they continue to fight flames ‘with broken hearts.’

Rocky Mountain constraints: a look inside the G7 summit

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Rocky Mountain constraints: a look inside the G7 summit

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Carney’s sweeping, omnibus bills called both undemocratic, and meeting the moment

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Carney’s sweeping, omnibus bills called both undemocratic, and meeting the moment

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Survivors are waiting for it’: Sen. Boyer reintroduces bill to criminalize forced, coerced sterilizations

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Survivors are waiting for it’: Sen. Boyer reintroduces bill to criminalize forced, coerced sterilizations

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Politics This Morning

McPherson fans launch website to support her NDP leadership bid

Carney to trigger the Alberta byelection

What comes next on Canada-EU defence pact?

Senate begins final stage of C-5 debate

COVID-19

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

DND and CAF ‘exempt’ from further spending cuts, says Blair after department was asked to find $900-million a year in savings

A reluctance for post-pandemic learning

Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark

Election

MPs ‘utterly subservient’ to leaders, says Globe columnist Andrew Coyne who offers a path away from Canada’s anti-democratic system in his new book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

Piggybacking changes to privacy laws ‘has nothing to do with affordability,’ say critics of Bill C-4

Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity

Recount survivors displayed grace under political fire

Politics

Queer Senators now outnumber MPs on Pride Caucus, as group looks to include allies

Turning goals into results

The failed $5-billion program the feds can’t shake

‘No apologies for that one’: recently retired Senator Marc Gold talks nine years in the Chamber

Foreign Policy

Certainly in chaos: Canada’s path to unshakable leadership

Carney’s China challenge requires a foreign policy reset

Ecuador: from chaos to sustained growth

Is Trump protecting tech billionaires in U.S. fight with Canada over digital services tax?

Finance and Budget

Q&A | New five-per-cent NATO target ‘achievable’ if Canada is ‘smart about it,’ says David Perry

Breaking down C-5: Carney’s ‘build, baby, build’ bill draws support from business sector, but heavy pushback from environmental, Indigenous groups

Canada’s government and banks are stuck on oil—and this is a problem

All three levels of government must play their part in building up Canada’s supply chains

Lobbying

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

Legislation

Canadians’ right to a healthy environment is already being tested

Carney ‘buries Caesar’ by admitting his own mistakes

Senate passes Bloc’s supply management bill on division as ex-diplomat warns law will ‘handicap’ negotiators

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

Public Service

Here are some ways to revolutionize the federal government for tomorrow’s challenges

F-35 audit a costly reminder to make bureaucrats accountable

Carney’s Privy Council Clerk Sabia a ‘relentlessly focused’ changemaker

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

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