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‘Sellout of the century’: NDP leadership candidates decry Alberta energy deal in first debate

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• Ottawa and Alberta's memorandum of understanding paving the way for a pipeline project running from Alberta’s oil patch to B.C.’s coastline became a topic of discussion as NDP leadership hopefuls faced off in their first debate in Montreal on Nov. 27.

‘Sellout of the century’: NDP leadership candidates decry Alberta energy deal in first debate

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

• Ottawa and Alberta's memorandum of understanding paving the way for a pipeline project running from Alberta’s oil patch to B.C.’s coastline became a topic of discussion as NDP leadership hopefuls faced off in their first debate in Montreal on Nov. 27.

Canada has role to play in Ukraine peace talks as ‘moral conscience of the good guys,’ say observers

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Disappointing but not surprising’: PBO forecasts Canada to fall short of 2030 emissions target  

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND | UPDATED November 27, 2025

Cabinet spending tops $92-million in 2024-25, up 3.7 per cent

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Feds risk derailing major projects unless they chart a clearer course for defence procurement, experts say

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Gripen fighter jet purchase would allow Canada to assert sovereignty, says past chair of House Defence Committee McKay

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

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Budget investments in transportation, trade require long-term strategy and private sector support, say experts

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• BY ELEANOR WAND

PBO repeats calls for transparency after he says budget uses ‘made-in-Ottawa’ definition of capital spending

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• BY IREM KOCA

Deloitte’s certification as partner to Indigenous firms raises questions about access to feds’ contract regime, says Indigenous business owner

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• The potential impact of these projects is up for debate as many are located in individual provinces or territories, and were previously approved by those jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the federal government wants to accelerate the construction of the Alto High-Speed Rail, Canada's first high-speed railway from Toronto to Quebec City.

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• The potential impact of these projects is up for debate as many are located in individual provinces or territories, and were previously approved by those jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the federal government wants to accelerate the construction of the Alto High-Speed Rail, Canada's first high-speed railway from Toronto to Quebec City.

Plans to boost defence industry must leverage aerospace, strong civil sector, say sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

True representation of constituents requires MPs to take principled positions even if it risks caucus expulsion or floor crossing, says Bill Casey

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Health Canada’s alcohol guidelines are 14 years old, despite new ones issued in 2023

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Don’t forget the kids, health advocates tell feds

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

NDP leadership candidates face off for first debate in Montreal on Nov. 27

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Cut, not cap? The latest on public service downsizing, with Marlo Glass

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

ListBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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

Podcast

Who wants an election? With David Coletto

Bill C-15: the hits and misses in the big beautiful budget implementation bill

NewsBY CHARELLE EVELYN, RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

• The budget bill covers high-speed rail and privacy law changes, among others, but neglects to mention other promises, like automatic tax filing for low-income Canadians.

Bill C-15: the hits and misses in the big beautiful budget implementation bill

NewsBY CHARELLE EVELYN, RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

• The budget bill covers high-speed rail and privacy law changes, among others, but neglects to mention other promises, like automatic tax filing for low-income Canadians.

Blanchard defends Carney’s ethics screen as a ‘rigorous process’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 21, 2025

Interim PBO says he is focusing on parliamentarians, not media

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

NDP environment critic pans Carney’s commitment to Paris targets, but May says she has ‘confidence’ feds will soon release climate policy

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Parliamentary Calendar

Bricker, Ibbitson to talk about their provocative new book, Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk on Nov. 25 in Waterloo, Ont.

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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

Podcast

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

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

PSPC scales back sustainability measures for Centre Block project  

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• A new Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruling backs the complaint that highly restrictive technical requirements to supply night-vision binoculars effectively excluded all potential bidders except one American supplier.

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• A new Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruling backs the complaint that highly restrictive technical requirements to supply night-vision binoculars effectively excluded all potential bidders except one American supplier.

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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

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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Politics This Morning

B.C. First Nations will not rule out opposing new pipeline proposal in court, says regional chief

The return of pipeline politics

MPs to honour record-setter Plamondon

‘Coalition of the willing’ meets on Trump’s Ukraine plan

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

Treasury Board president can’t ‘pick and choose’ when to release info to PBO about potential public service cuts, says Conservative MP Kelly

A peace plan that amounts to capitulation threatens us all

What we do between elections matters most

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Foreign Policy

Joint co-operation needed to tackle spread of narcotics, says Colombian defence minister 

With even Conservatives conspiring to pass Carney’s budget, PM turns attention to the wider world

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Adopting a made-in-Canada policy could result in losing the battle for AI supremacy

Finance and Budget

Canadian AI sovereignty requires more than just servers

Youth mental health is Canada’s economic blind spot

In the murky new world order, Canada needs a growth plan

The federal budget misses Canada’s biggest AI opportunity

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

Ottawa plans to modernize the Energy Efficiency Act. Here’s how to do it right

Bridging Canada’s divide on consent

Bill S-209 is needed to protect children from pornography

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

Public Service

Seeing beyond the cave: bridging culture in defence and procurement

It’s time to fix how Canada delivers citizen services

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

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

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