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Did Canada’s G7 presidency ever emerge from the Trump shadow? 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Canada's G7 presidency was more about convening than setting a thematic agenda, says foreign policy observer Adam Chapnick.

Did Canada’s G7 presidency ever emerge from the Trump shadow? 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Canada's G7 presidency was more about convening than setting a thematic agenda, says foreign policy observer Adam Chapnick.

Pivot to ‘economic reconciliation’ risks ‘squandering’ political goodwill as Indigenous social programs face funding gaps: observers

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Anand urged to reverse ‘wrong’ course of letting U.S. decide if it breached international law with boat strikes

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PSPC scales back sustainability measures for Centre Block project  

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Coastal communities ‘running out of time’ without fisheries fund renewal, say opposition critics as DFO faces $544M in cuts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Defence focus in budget signals turning point, but some defence experts wary about lack of detail

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Canada’s Silent Health Crisis: Why Chronic Kidney Disease Needs a National Framework 

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Trade tribunal urges feds to redo multimillion-dollar defence bid after ‘valid’ complaint it favoured U.S. supplier

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Skeptics say billions of dollars in AI-driven government efficiencies ‘fiscally dubious’

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Losing measles elimination status makes Canada a ‘pariah,’ says Liberal MP

Poilievre should take a page out of Brian Mulroney’s playbook on caucus management, say political players: ‘an absolute master,’ it was his ‘secret sauce’

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• David McLaughlin says building and maintaining trust requires two-way communication. It's also political capital that leaders can draw upon in tough times. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needs to reach out to his MPs individually, rather than through the House leader and the whip.

Poilievre should take a page out of Brian Mulroney’s playbook on caucus management, say political players: ‘an absolute master,’ it was his ‘secret sauce’

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• David McLaughlin says building and maintaining trust requires two-way communication. It's also political capital that leaders can draw upon in tough times. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needs to reach out to his MPs individually, rather than through the House leader and the whip.

Avoiding ‘expensive failures’: feds risk losing millions in taxpayer dollars if ball dropped on AI procurement, says new report

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Prison watchdog leaves post early with ‘frustrations’ as final report keys in on ‘grossly inadequate’ mental health care behind bars

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Campaigns ‘grounded in people’s lived realities’ key to NDP success, say strategists after Mamdani sweeps NYC mayoral race

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Public Safety Minister Anandasangaree welcomes G7 counterparts to Ottawa for three-day meeting on Nov. 21

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Who wants an election? With David Coletto

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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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First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

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Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand 

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• Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke with tradition as she seemingly asserted that Canada's top diplomat doesn't weigh in on a foreign country's adherence to international law.

Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke with tradition as she seemingly asserted that Canada's top diplomat doesn't weigh in on a foreign country's adherence to international law.

G7 top diplomats find little new ground on support for Ukraine 

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Federal spending jumped 5.7 per cent in 2024-25

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Potential PCO intelligence cuts ‘counterintuitive and risky,’ say national security experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Liberals’ ‘quiet confidence’ the best move as budget ‘dominoes’ fall with the Conservative caucus count, say politicos

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‘It’s none of their business’: Senators hit the brakes on new staff ethics code after political-disclosure rules make waves

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At G7, minister touts importance of Canadian leadership on foreign assistance amid billions in budget cuts to international aid  

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Parliamentary Calendar

Health Minister Marjorie Michel to talk about children’s health on Nov. 17 in Ottawa

Podcast

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

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

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This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

Podcast

No ‘I’ in team: why party discipline has gone too far, with Alex Marland

MPs to vote on $10.8-billion spending boost in new estimates

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• The Canadian Dental Care Plan will receive the largest portion of the funds at $1.6-billion, with Indigenous Services, Crown-Indigenous Relations, and National Defence each requesting over $1-billion.

MPs to vote on $10.8-billion spending boost in new estimates

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• The Canadian Dental Care Plan will receive the largest portion of the funds at $1.6-billion, with Indigenous Services, Crown-Indigenous Relations, and National Defence each requesting over $1-billion.

Proposed collective bargaining changes could ‘influence the opinions of arbitrators’ to consider feds’ fiscal situation: lawyer

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Canadians deserve full confidence that public funds are protected,’ says Liberal MP after PSPC report reveals nearly a dozen employees fired for misconduct

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Conservative MP Bragdon ousts Liberal MP Duguid as co-chair of ‘influential’ Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group: Grits are ‘kicking ourselves’

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Feds focused on ‘streamlining’ programs, says health minister after budget fails to provide new money for mental health or substance use

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High anxiety: Ekos poll finds Canadians most concerned about ‘growing political and ideological polarization’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• And Abacus Data pollster David Coletto says he's also finding high anxiety among Canadians. ‘There’s not a lot of optimism out there.'

High anxiety: Ekos poll finds Canadians most concerned about ‘growing political and ideological polarization’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• And Abacus Data pollster David Coletto says he's also finding high anxiety among Canadians. ‘There’s not a lot of optimism out there.'

‘Things are crumbling’: changing caucus landscape, external pressures spell bad news for Poilievre’s leadership review, say Conservatives

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‘Things are crumbling’: changing caucus landscape, external pressures spell bad news for Poilievre’s leadership review, say Conservatives

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Budget’s ‘Buy-Canadian’ push signals ‘clear commitment’ in procurement policy direction, but could also complicate the system, say observers

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Budget’s ‘Buy-Canadian’ push signals ‘clear commitment’ in procurement policy direction, but could also complicate the system, say observers

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No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’

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No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’

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Politics This Morning

Swedes press their case

Carney to dine with Sweden’s royals, head to UAE

Judgment day

The PBO dissects the budget

COVID-19

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

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Election

‘A platform to raise my voice’: youth activism at the centre of Sen. McPhedran’s Vote16 bill

Conservatives float electoral reform to combat ‘political prank’ protest group from flooding ballots with names

Advance voting in Canada continues to rise—and it’s changing campaigning

At least three safe Liberal seats poised to open as high-profile contenders line up

Politics

Why the 11th-hour Conservative showdown isn’t going to happen

The laws of economics finally catch up with Trump

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

Liberals’ wide miss of the moment offers an opening for Poilievre

Foreign Policy

Why Canada should oppose Trump’s Golden Dome proposal

Canadians are voting with their feet, and America’s not on the ballot

America is getting to be a strange country

Bolton’s right: Canada should slow down negotiations with Trump until U.S. Supreme Court decides on legality of tariffs

Finance and Budget

Budget 2025 could have enhanced Canada’s military mobility by investing in roads and rails

Budget cuts in defence: an opportunity to align needs and outputs?

Liberals ‘live another day’ narrowly win budget vote, avoid election

Budget signals strong economic focus, but falls short in details like regulatory burden or clarity on defence spending, say experts, economists

Lobbying

The unintended consequences of stricter rules on public policy engagement

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

Legislation

Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run

It’s time for Canada to take control of stablecoins

Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

Public Service

It’s time to fix how Canada delivers citizen services

OGGO hearing confirms: our government continues to persecute whistleblowers rather than protect them

Public service job cuts will be ‘compassionate’ and ‘civilized,’ with the impact on people ‘fairly minimal,’ say local Liberal MPs

Departments to cut billions in spending as budget projects tens of thousands of federal public service job losses by 2029

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