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Senators push Canada to host future Olympics as committee eyes potential bid for 2038

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• As Canada faces threats to its sovereignty, Ontario Senator Marnie McBean says hosting an Olympics is a surefire way to create national unity and demonstrate Canadian strength.

Senators push Canada to host future Olympics as committee eyes potential bid for 2038

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

• As Canada faces threats to its sovereignty, Ontario Senator Marnie McBean says hosting an Olympics is a surefire way to create national unity and demonstrate Canadian strength.

‘Unprecedented’ 2025 for canola industry, with record-breaking economic lobbying

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House winter session expected to be ‘very consequential’ with affordability issues, global trade, and possible referendums, say politicos

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With threats to Canada’s sovereignty and mounting economic challenges, MPs should work together or face an early election, says Coteau

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

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

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After decades of progress on smoking, Canada faces new nicotine challenges

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Ontario national councillor Mitas expected to challenge Barber for Conservative Party presidency

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Liberal MPs shrug off Trump’s latest tariff threat if Canada pursues trade agreement with China

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Public service watchdog sounds alarm over funding shortfall to investigate whistleblower complaints

Lack of pre-sitting cabinet shuffle doesn’t take it off the table for the winter, say political strategists

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Although a cabinet shuffle isn't in the cards before the House resumes after winter break, it could still be a possibility as byelections create opportunity for fresh blood to get elected to Parliament, say politicos.

Lack of pre-sitting cabinet shuffle doesn’t take it off the table for the winter, say political strategists

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• Although a cabinet shuffle isn't in the cards before the House resumes after winter break, it could still be a possibility as byelections create opportunity for fresh blood to get elected to Parliament, say politicos.

Liberals ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the public service, says interim NDP leader Davies

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Experts say 6G networks still years away, but Canada’s already preparing for the technology of the future

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Who’s backing the NDP leadership contenders?

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200,000 Job-Years of Sustained Employment: Why Hanwha’s Submarine Bid is an Economic Engine for Canada

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Cory Doctorow to talk his bestselling book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It, on Jan. 28 in Ottawa

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Sheila Copps on Greenland, a 2026 election, and the return of Parliament

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

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Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

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Re-engaging with China, with Senator Yuen Pau Woo

Public service job cuts will be ‘minimal’ in procurement and contracting roles, says PSPC

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Public Services and Procurement cuts would add a layer of 'uncertainty' to the already murky field federal contracting, but could also open up opportunities that lead to better outcomes, say former public servants.

Public service job cuts will be ‘minimal’ in procurement and contracting roles, says PSPC

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Public Services and Procurement cuts would add a layer of 'uncertainty' to the already murky field federal contracting, but could also open up opportunities that lead to better outcomes, say former public servants.

CBC says bureau expansion will address ‘news deserts,’ despite concerns from local media outlets

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McPherson’s NDP leadership bid secures most ex-MP support, but Lewis nabs only caucus nod

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘We ask the government not to send us back to the ruins’: Turkish earthquake survivors call on feds to ease path to permanent residency

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‘These times are not like any other’: Carney’s Davos speech that ‘electrified the world’ draws bipartisan praise

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Senators renew push to see their pensions become funded

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Leaked PMO travel advisory tests fragile trust with press gallery as ‘universal respect’ still found lacking, say journos

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Parliamentary Calendar

Balsillie School for International Affairs hosts lecture on President Trump’s trade policies and upcoming CUSMA review on Jan. 22

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Mark Critch on Donald Trump, Canadian politics, and being TikTok famous

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

Questions loom over future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy after China détente 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Although Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen as embarking on a more 'pragmatic' and 'interests-based' foreign policy, Ottawa-based foreign diplomats are wary about the potential for misplaced trust in the Asian superpower.

Questions loom over future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy after China détente 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Although Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen as embarking on a more 'pragmatic' and 'interests-based' foreign policy, Ottawa-based foreign diplomats are wary about the potential for misplaced trust in the Asian superpower.

Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape

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CUSMA review approaching, but mechanism remains murky

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Warming Canada-China relations shouldn’t extend to Huawei ban, say security experts, parliamentarians

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‘If not now, when?’ Canada should ‘stand up’ to U.S. threats against Greenland, say Senators, ex-MP McKay

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Health organizations have questions, but few answers about feds’ new $5-billion Health Infrastructure Fund

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• The Canadian Association for Long Term Care says it will need an additional 382,400 to 454,000 beds by 2035 to keep up with demand. This is an increase of between 93 per cent and 121 per cent. 

Health organizations have questions, but few answers about feds’ new $5-billion Health Infrastructure Fund

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• The Canadian Association for Long Term Care says it will need an additional 382,400 to 454,000 beds by 2035 to keep up with demand. This is an increase of between 93 per cent and 121 per cent. 

‘It’s like molasses in January’: pharmacare implementation stalled, say health-care groups, but others argue time needed to get deals right

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‘It’s like molasses in January’: pharmacare implementation stalled, say health-care groups, but others argue time needed to get deals right

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Canada will have to expand trade with undemocratic countries to fight losses in U.S. trade war, say foreign policy experts

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Canada will have to expand trade with undemocratic countries to fight losses in U.S. trade war, say foreign policy experts

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‘Stark contrast’ between Carney and Trudeau’s approach to Indigenous relations, says ITK president Obed

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Stark contrast’ between Carney and Trudeau’s approach to Indigenous relations, says ITK president Obed

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Politics This Morning

The West Block-ers reassemble 

Day two in Quebec City

Carney leads cabinet retreat in Quebec City

Carney to miss Trump’s meeting with foreign leaders in Davos

COVID-19

CUSMA must do more than protect trade—it must secure Canada’s life sciences future

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

Election

Conservative national council confirms Kurek as candidate in Battle River-Crowfoot, Poilievre to run in a different riding in next election

Conservatives outspent Liberals by $1.2-million during the 2025 election

Next year ‘an important one for Quebec’ as possibility of referendum looms, say Bloc MP, politicos

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

Politics

Q&A | On Carney’s ‘brilliant’ speech, efforts to ‘neutralize’ China, and more with Sheila Copps

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Ottawa’s lowered lobbying registration thresholds will reshape government relations

MPs face a choice this Parliament: play partisan games or meet the moment

Foreign Policy

In defence of Canada

Why zero‑sum thinking is not strength

In a world filled with conflict, Yamanouchi reflects on diplomacy

Going along to get along is over

Finance and Budget

IMF report says Canada’s elevated trade uncertainty reinforces long-standing weaknesses in productivity and competitiveness

Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions

Canada now needs a backup plan for our auto industry

Women entrepreneurs are a crucial asset for Canada’s economy, they deserve a voice in shaping it

Lobbying

Libya was a warning, Venezuela is the test

Canada’s auto sector ‘hangs in the balance’ as CUSMA review looms in 2026: ‘there’s no sugar-coating it, this is going to be a critical year for the industry’

Joly top-lobbied minister in November, universities push to attract research talent driven away from U.S.

Record-breaking November lobbying sees U.S. trade war and federal budget among top concerns

Legislation

The independent Senate in 2026: an anchor of stability

Return of Parliament: MPs should buckle up

After a year of inaction, the Carney Liberals must show up for work in 2026

Artificial action: feds offering tepid response to AI abuse

Public Service

‘Who do you remain loyal to?’: courting Bay Street talent to Major Projects Office invites conflict-of-interest ‘tension,’ says expert

Nearly 2,000 jobs and $1.5-billion to be cut across five departments by 2030, PBO analysis shows

Public servants under pressure to enact ‘delivery-and-execution agenda’ in 2026 with job cuts on the horizon

In Canada’s defence: re-establishing a true militia

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