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Steve Outhouse, the Conservative Party’s newly appointed campaign director pictured on Jan. 31, 2026, at the Calgary policy convention, says he’s putting together a new campaign team and getting the party ready just in case a snap spring election is called this spring. The Hill Times photograph by Amir Said

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
  • Two new polls by Ekos Research and Leger are suggesting that the Liberals are ahead of the Conservatives by nine to 15 points.

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
  • Two new polls by Ekos Research and Leger are suggesting that the Liberals are ahead of the Conservatives by nine to 15 points.
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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

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

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

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The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed on Jan. 30 that 15,775 positions, and 642 executives, will lose their jobs, after weeks of speculation about the scale of job cuts amid a massive retooling of the federal public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS
  • Since the 2025 budget was tabled, more than 22,000 staff and 882 executives in 24 departments have been notified they may be affected by a workforce adjustment.
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Treasury Board outlines more than 8,000 job cuts in first phases of public service revamp

NewsBY MARLO GLASS
  • Since the 2025 budget was tabled, more than 22,000 staff and 882 executives in 24 departments have been notified they may be affected by a workforce adjustment.
FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

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

Conservative MPs Dan Mazier, clockwise from top left, Richard Bragdon, Bloc Québécois MP Yves Perron, and Liberal MPs Doug Eyolfson, Pauline Rochefort, Emma Harrison, and Sophie Chatel all welcomed China lowering its tariffs on Canadian canola. But Perron said Carney's deal with China is 'sad news for pork people.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, courtesy of Facebook

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND
  • Just because the tariff has been reduced today, ‘doesn’t mean it’s not going to come back,’ said Conservative MP Dan Mazier, whose Manitoba riding of Riding Mountain grows the most canola in Canada.

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND
  • Just because the tariff has been reduced today, ‘doesn’t mean it’s not going to come back,’ said Conservative MP Dan Mazier, whose Manitoba riding of Riding Mountain grows the most canola in Canada.
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Conservatives converge on Calgary, cast ballots on Poilievre’s leadership at convention happening Jan. 29-31

Green Leader Elizabeth May says her party has already cleared its $1-million election debt, and is looking forward to an 'engaging and exciting' leadership race before the end of the year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON
  • Green Leader Elizabeth May says the prime minister's 'word means nothing,' but isn't closing the door on co-operating with the progressive opposition to advance the government's ecological agenda.

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON
  • Green Leader Elizabeth May says the prime minister's 'word means nothing,' but isn't closing the door on co-operating with the progressive opposition to advance the government's ecological agenda.
Conservative health critic Dan Mazier, left, says a key focus for him during the winter sitting is the proximity of some supervised injection sites to places frequented by children, while NDP health critic Gord Johns says he’ll be vocal on issues including mental health and pharmacare. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI
  • Conservative health critic Dan Mazier says an upcoming committee report on immigration and health care will include ‘damning evidence’ that will surprise people.

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI
  • Conservative health critic Dan Mazier says an upcoming committee report on immigration and health care will include ‘damning evidence’ that will surprise people.

Make federal funding permanent for Canada’s suicide crisis helpline, say Conservative and NDP critics

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Make federal funding permanent for Canada’s suicide crisis helpline, say Conservative and NDP critics

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