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‘It’s a big concern’: MPs scrutinize head of Major Projects Office for past role in Trans Mountain contract

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• Dawn Farrell was CEO of the Trans Mountain Corporation when it issued a $32.9-million sole-source contract to McKinsey and Company to help the pipeline expansion project save money as the multibillion-dollar price tag ballooned in 2022.

‘It’s a big concern’: MPs scrutinize head of Major Projects Office for past role in Trans Mountain contract

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Dawn Farrell was CEO of the Trans Mountain Corporation when it issued a $32.9-million sole-source contract to McKinsey and Company to help the pipeline expansion project save money as the multibillion-dollar price tag ballooned in 2022.

‘Period of fluidity’: feds signal procurement transition as Defence Investment Agency ramps up

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

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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

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

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Despite the budget's projections, grand promises of technology heralding big savings and government efficiency is evoking the memory of the disastrous Phoenix pay system for some observers.

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Despite the budget's projections, grand promises of technology heralding big savings and government efficiency is evoking the memory of the disastrous Phoenix pay system for some observers.

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

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

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Serving an ombud’s role gives a great deal of power to investigate Canada’s prison system, says Ivan Zinger, but his powers are ultimately limited to making recommendations.

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• Serving an ombud’s role gives a great deal of power to investigate Canada’s prison system, says Ivan Zinger, but his powers are ultimately limited to making recommendations.

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

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

G7 top diplomats find little new ground on support for Ukraine 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Federal spending jumped 5.7 per cent in 2024-25

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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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Parliamentary Calendar

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

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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

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

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

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

• Central to concerns is a need for staff to disclose broadly defined personal political activities undertaken outside of work.

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

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

• Central to concerns is a need for staff to disclose broadly defined personal political activities undertaken outside of work.

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

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‘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’

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and almost all members of his caucus on the Canada-U.S. Inter-parliamentary Group turned out to vote for Conservative MP Richard Bragdon, while a significant number of Liberal caucus members were absent at the Oct. 29 election meeting.

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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• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and almost all members of his caucus on the Canada-U.S. Inter-parliamentary Group turned out to vote for Conservative MP Richard Bragdon, while a significant number of Liberal caucus members were absent at the Oct. 29 election meeting.

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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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

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

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

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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

The staff behind Government House Leader MacKinnon’s office 

Pierre Poilievre and the exhaustion of populism

Bill S-209 is needed to protect children from pornography

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

Foreign Policy

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

CUSMA renewal a time to push for stable and predictable trade

Why Canada should oppose Trump’s Golden Dome proposal

The laws of economics finally catch up with Trump

Finance and Budget

Canada’s AI imperative: go big and bold

Bridging Canada’s divide on consent

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?

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

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

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

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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