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Feds prioritize speed in trade agenda as MPs raise alarm over transparency  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Unlike the U.S. consultations for the CUSMA review, Canadian submissions have remained secret, and House International Trade Committee members are pushing for more information.

Feds prioritize speed in trade agenda as MPs raise alarm over transparency  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Unlike the U.S. consultations for the CUSMA review, Canadian submissions have remained secret, and House International Trade Committee members are pushing for more information.

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Top takeaways from the Conservative Party convention

NewsBY ABBAS RANA, PETER MAZEREEUW

With Liberals trying to ‘manufacture’ a reason for a snap spring election, election readiness top of mind for Conservatives, says campaign director Outhouse

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Carney’s Davos speech helped ‘stiffen spines,’ but PM will have to make tough choices to protect Canada’s sovereignty, say two former cabinet ministers

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Delegates tap eight new Conservative Party national councillors, as 10 incumbents are re-elected or acclaimed

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

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

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‘A Davos bump’: surge in Carney’s popularity eclipses Liberal support in polls

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Lack of flexibility, questions about long-term funding have been stumbling blocks in signing pharmacare deals, say some premiers

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• BY ABBAS RANA

Conservatives to elect members of powerful national council today: Canada needs ‘Pierre Poilievre as the next prime minister, we’re united’

‘The best is yet to come’: Poilievre takes Conservative leadership vote with 87 per cent support after final pitch

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• The Conservative leader promised that 'the best is yet to come' in his keynote address to an enthusiastic party faithful in Calgary ahead of the results.

‘The best is yet to come’: Poilievre takes Conservative leadership vote with 87 per cent support after final pitch

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• The Conservative leader promised that 'the best is yet to come' in his keynote address to an enthusiastic party faithful in Calgary ahead of the results.

Conservatives ‘ready to go’ in case of a snap election, says Conservative Fund chair Staley and MP Cooper

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Industrial benefits policy needs a ‘relook,’ says ex-senior public servant, as Conservative MP pushes for contract records

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Harper’s official portrait to be unveiled on Tuesday, Feb. 3

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

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

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Who’s backing the NDP leadership contenders?

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Sheila Copps on Greenland, a 2026 election, and the return of Parliament

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• Last year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invested $7.1-billion in new fossil fuel assets and ‘quietly removed’ its public net-zero commitment, which Senator Rosa Galvez says means 'Canadian pensions are gambling with the retirement of millions of Canadians.'

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• Last year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invested $7.1-billion in new fossil fuel assets and ‘quietly removed’ its public net-zero commitment, which Senator Rosa Galvez says means 'Canadian pensions are gambling with the retirement of millions of Canadians.'

Innovation strategy, particularly in high-tech sectors, needed as Canada diversifies trade, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Amid election speculation and Liberals’ rise in polls, Poilievre’s Conservatives congregate in Calgary for high-stakes leadership review

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

MPs celebrate canola tariff relief, but national security, pork, remain opposition concerns with China

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Union warns foreign ministry cuts will hamper delivery of Carney doctrine 

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Parliamentary Calendar

Conservatives converge on Calgary, cast ballots on Poilievre’s leadership at convention happening Jan. 29-31

Podcast

Re-engaging with China, with Senator Yuen Pau Woo

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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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Mark Critch on Donald Trump, Canadian politics, and being TikTok famous

Emergencies Act architect says courts checked government overreach, advises against further appeal

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it’s willing to fight at the Supreme Court if the Liberals choose keep appealing the decision that the 2022 use of the Emergencies Act was unlawful.

Emergencies Act architect says courts checked government overreach, advises against further appeal

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it’s willing to fight at the Supreme Court if the Liberals choose keep appealing the decision that the 2022 use of the Emergencies Act was unlawful.

Housing Minister Robertson ‘well regarded’ for municipal background, but needs a vision for housing, say sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘I will always be an advocate,’ says retiring Indigenous senior civil servant Gina Wilson after decades working to ‘bridge worlds’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Senators push Canada to host future Olympics as committee eyes potential bid for 2038

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• More than a third (33.9 per cent) of all federal advocacy in 2025 was about economic development, setting a new record in annual lobbying.

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• More than a third (33.9 per cent) of all federal advocacy in 2025 was about economic development, setting a new record in annual lobbying.

House winter session expected to be ‘very consequential’ with affordability issues, global trade, and possible referendums, say politicos

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

House winter session expected to be ‘very consequential’ with affordability issues, global trade, and possible referendums, say politicos

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

With threats to Canada’s sovereignty and mounting economic challenges, MPs should work together or face an early election, says Coteau

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

With threats to Canada’s sovereignty and mounting economic challenges, MPs should work together or face an early election, says Coteau

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Health workforce, toxic drug crisis on health critics’ agendas this winter

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Health workforce, toxic drug crisis on health critics’ agendas this winter

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Politics This Morning

The Senate reconvenes

Arctic summit kickstarts in Norway

Poilievre gets his verdict from the grassroots

Conservatives to vote on Poilievre’s leadership in Calgary tonight

COVID-19

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

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

Election

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

Conservatives outspent Liberals by $1.2-million during the 2025 election

Next year ‘an important one for Quebec’ as possibility of referendum looms, say Bloc MP, politicos

Politics

Minister Lightbound, Secretary of State van Koeverden add to teams

Poilievre’s next hurdle: winning broader support

Carney dazzled Davos, but he needs to engage more with Canadians

Referendum fever: it’s like Waiting for Godot

Foreign Policy

America’s drug-pricing reset will reverberate far beyond Washington

U.S. envoy is making Canada’s F-35 decision a no-brainer

Multilateralism isn’t dead—it’s being forced to deliver

Americans unwittingly elected their first anti-Canadian president in history

Finance and Budget

Three measures to tackle ‘wicked’ health policy problems

MPs face a choice this Parliament: play partisan games or meet the moment

IMF report says Canada’s elevated trade uncertainty reinforces long-standing weaknesses in productivity and competitiveness

Liberals ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the public service, says interim NDP leader Davies

Lobbying

Ottawa’s lowered lobbying registration thresholds will reshape government relations

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

Canada’s auto sector ‘hangs in the balance’ as CUSMA review looms in 2026: ‘there’s no sugar-coating it, this is going to be a critical year for the industry’

Legislation

NDP MP McPherson tables bill to ban company unions 

The independent Senate in 2026: an anchor of stability

Return of Parliament: MPs should buckle up

After a year of inaction, the Carney Liberals must show up for work in 2026

Public Service

Federal public servants rally on Hill against job cuts

Public service watchdog sounds alarm over funding shortfall to investigate whistleblower complaints

Public service job cuts will be ‘minimal’ in procurement and contracting roles, says PSPC

‘Who do you remain loyal to?’: courting Bay Street talent to Major Projects Office invites conflict-of-interest ‘tension,’ says expert

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