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Lost federal revenue, property, money jumps to $649.5-million in 2023-24: Public Accounts

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• Last year saw a considerable jump in lost federal revenue, from $14.3-million in 2022-23 to roughly $252.9-million.

Lost federal revenue, property, money jumps to $649.5-million in 2023-24: Public Accounts

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

• Last year saw a considerable jump in lost federal revenue, from $14.3-million in 2022-23 to roughly $252.9-million.

Carney expected to launch Liberal leadership bid in Edmonton Thursday: sources

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Liberal leadership candidates can pay $350,000 entry fee in instalments, but unclear if any portion is refundable

NewsBY ABBAS RANA | UPDATED January 13, 2025

Liberals must ditch carbon pricing and ‘activist-driven policies,’ says leadership hopeful Arya 

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Liberal leadership hopefuls face uphill battle to present themselves as ‘change’

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Civil servants and the public ‘will suffer’ without moving bill on whistleblower protection, says Centre for Free Expression director

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

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‘Anything’s possible now’: Liberal MPs shift from ‘hopelessness to optimism’ after Trudeau bows out, though this could fade without the ‘right’ leader

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‘He’s our best bet’: several Liberal MPs urging Finance Minister LeBlanc to rethink decision not to seek Liberal leadership

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Questions remain about how Liberals missed deficit target by over $20-billion, says PBO

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page. 

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page. 

PM Trudeau, Liberal HQ undecided on whether sitting cabinet ministers can run for leadership

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Resigning Trudeau admits Liberal caucus dissent, but fails to own his role in the breakdown, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Trudeau’s departure leaves uncertainty about Liberal leadership selection process and timeline

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Legislation off life support

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Donald Trump to be sworn in as president of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20

Podcast

Frank Baylis on his bid for the Liberal leadership

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

ListBY IAN CAMPBELL, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?

Podcast

‘Amateur hour on the Rideau,’ with Sheila Copps

Businessman and former Grit MP Baylis first out of the gate to announce bid for Liberal leadership

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Frank Baylis, a successful businessman and former Montreal Liberal MP, says he wants to run. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is also considering running for the Liberal leadership, say party sources.

Businessman and former Grit MP Baylis first out of the gate to announce bid for Liberal leadership

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Frank Baylis, a successful businessman and former Montreal Liberal MP, says he wants to run. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is also considering running for the Liberal leadership, say party sources.

After intense caucus pressure, Trudeau announces plans to resign as Liberal leader, prorogues Parliament

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‘I’m left with questions’: Senator Bernard’s push to highlight the Upper Chamber’s lack of Black men

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

If Trudeau announces he’s stepping down, expect another cabinet shuffle, say Liberal sources

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Procurement Canada spent $5.4-billion in 2023-24, but plans to shrink workforce in coming years

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Canadians ‘Russian to conclusions’ on Tenet Media worsens effects of foreign interference, say digital media researchers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Top court could offer clarity on ‘open question’ of constitutional status of parliamentary privilege, say experts

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Parliamentary Calendar

Liberal MP Mendicino to host New Year’s Levée in Toronto on Jan. 12

Podcast

The sales tax holiday, with Corinne Pohlmann

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Poilievre voted best public speaker, most quotable, hardest-working, and biggest self-promoter in The Hill Times’ 29th Annual Politically Savvy Survey

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Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

Podcast

How to lower housing prices, with Carolyn Whitzman

Liberals break pledge to table forced labour bill in 2024

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• In the 2023 and 2024 budgets, the federal government committed to introduce a force labour bill 'by' and 'in' 2024, but it never materialized.

Liberals break pledge to table forced labour bill in 2024

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• In the 2023 and 2024 budgets, the federal government committed to introduce a force labour bill 'by' and 'in' 2024, but it never materialized.

Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

AFN national chief urges politicians to ‘put their politics aside’ to support First Nations’ access to clean water

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Why is Health Canada pushing MAID misinformation?

OpinionBY REBECCA VACHON, ALEXANDER RAIKIN

Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

House, Senate get green light for 2025-26 spending asks

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

• The House Board of Internal Economy is set to strike a new subcommittee to oversee the administration’s planned strategic review.

House, Senate get green light for 2025-26 spending asks

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

• The House Board of Internal Economy is set to strike a new subcommittee to oversee the administration’s planned strategic review.

Trudeau promotes eight Liberal MPs, moves ministers in long-awaited cabinet shuffle

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Trudeau promotes eight Liberal MPs, moves ministers in long-awaited cabinet shuffle

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN, IAN CAMPBELL, SOPHALL DUCH, STUART BENSON

Miller, Anand, MacKinnon expected to get new portfolios in Friday cabinet shuffle: Liberal source 

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Miller, Anand, MacKinnon expected to get new portfolios in Friday cabinet shuffle: Liberal source 

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Senate standoff sees Conservatives wield ‘exceptional and rarely used’ motion, putting two private members’ bills on ice

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Senate standoff sees Conservatives wield ‘exceptional and rarely used’ motion, putting two private members’ bills on ice

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Politics This Morning

Will they, won’t they?

Singh pushes for tit-for-tat tariffs

And then there were two

‘First Nations can’t be left to the sidelines’: AFN leaders address the months ahead

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

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

Rural ridings will decide which party forms government after the next election, says Liberal MP Robert Morrissey

Unions warn non-permanent public servants will be first on chopping block as feds look to cut costs

Read the room. Know your audience. Get a grip

Politics

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

Minister MacAulay’s longtime chief of staff exits, new one named

Fragile governance is among the threats facing this country

The race is on! Let it be merciful

Foreign Policy

Enhancing and protecting the historic Canada-U.S. relationship

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

Trump’s threats could make us stronger and prouder, if we’re ready to try

Trump won the U.S. election by promising to bring down cost of groceries, but he’s not talking about that anymore, is he?

Finance and Budget

The feds found money fast for a GST holiday—why not for the years-promised Canada Disability Benefit?

There’s even greater urgency in building a stronger economy

Prime Minister’s Office confirms it cancelled year-end media interviews following fallout from Freeland’s bombshell mic drop

Hundreds of billions in ‘contingent liabilities’ loom large over Canada

Lobbying

Canola industry urges more support for domestic biofuels sector in November, amid trade tensions with China

Liberals hear health, budget, environment concerns from July to October, with Conservatives targeted for finance, transport

Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs pose ‘existential crisis’ for Canada, with risks even if not enacted, says Unifor president

Most-lobbied Grit MPs hear push for health accountability measures, most-lobbied Tory MPs hear push for environment, trade issues

Legislation

Tense is an ‘underestimation’ of difficult House sitting, with Liberals to be in survival mode in January, say pollsters

Bill C-282 in the best interest of Canadian agriculture: Peterborough mayor

Canadian horses’ suffering continues beyond anniversary of ministerial mandate letter

Generosity delivered: federal government must extend the donation deadline due to postal strike

Public Service

Five big public service stories from 2024

‘Enough is enough’: Black federal civil servants, unions accuse Liberals of ‘wasting’ time on tackling anti-Black racism

Some departments ‘stopping the clock’ to prevent contract workers from becoming permanent public service staff

Trudeau could offer change by proposing a bold, structural overhaul of Canada’s political system

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