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

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

If the Liberals were to gain majority status amid the ongoing floor-crossing speculation, it would spell bad news for Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, says Keith Beardsley, former deputy chief of staff to then-prime minister Stephen Harper.

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

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

If the Liberals were to gain majority status amid the ongoing floor-crossing speculation, it would spell bad news for Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, says Keith Beardsley, former deputy chief of staff to then-prime minister Stephen Harper.

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND | UPDATED TODAY, 10:49 am

Budget’s lack of clarity over sunsetting climate programs a concern: Green Budget Coalition

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Meeting feds’ ‘ambitious’ RCMP hiring pledge will require ‘imaginative’ ideas, says advisory board chair

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘A big, big if’: ex-PBO questions Carney’s deficit projections as Liberal spending track keeps being ‘revised upwards’

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | UPDATED November 6, 2025

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Will Canada get serious about climate competitiveness?

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BY STUART BENSON

Party supporters ‘tapped out’ as post-election donation dip deepens with Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter

BY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA, MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND, TESSIE SANCI

Winners and losers you might have missed in the federal budget

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘Very disappointing’: PSPC makes new freelance interpretation procurement rules official

Petition urges House to introduce foreign ownership rules to protect ‘Canadian sovereignty and journalistic integrity’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The petition aimed squarely at Postmedia's American majority stake has garnered more than 5,000 signatures, but could have far-reaching impacts for many outlets operating in Canada.

Petition urges House to introduce foreign ownership rules to protect ‘Canadian sovereignty and journalistic integrity’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The petition aimed squarely at Postmedia's American majority stake has garnered more than 5,000 signatures, but could have far-reaching impacts for many outlets operating in Canada.

Carney government promises to spend $81.8-billion over five years on defence

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 4, 2025

Emissions cap may ‘no longer be required’ as Ottawa favours carbon capture, critical minerals: budget

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Steel means Food Security for all Canadians

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gives post-budget breakdown in Toronto on Nov. 7

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

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

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

Budget forecasts weak economy, rising debt payments

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

New capital spending on corporate tax incentives and infrastructure will combine with higher debt and benefit payments to increase the federal debt load.

Budget forecasts weak economy, rising debt payments

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

New capital spending on corporate tax incentives and infrastructure will combine with higher debt and benefit payments to increase the federal debt load.

Tax incentives for companies hiked to attract investments, but economists say budget not ‘transformational’ enough for businesses

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Carney cuts international student quota in half

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

‘Game of chicken:’ amid ongoing election speculation, Liberal and Conservative MPs are preparing, just in case

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Feds recover $4.1-million from subcontractors who fraudulently over-billed the government

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Parliamentary Calendar

Champagne to table federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4

Heather McPherson on her campaign to lead the NDP

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

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

Reviving the NDP, with Peter Julian

Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

As U.S. President Donald Trump upends decades of progress in the world, it also creates an opportunity for Canada to show global leadership, says politicos. But Canada also needs to be united.

Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

As U.S. President Donald Trump upends decades of progress in the world, it also creates an opportunity for Canada to show global leadership, says politicos. But Canada also needs to be united.

Unions brace for budget’s impact as think tank predicts ‘stealth’ cuts to public-serving programs

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Post-election donation dip deepens as Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Women’s groups hail ongoing funding for gender-equality programs, but warn the ‘devil is in the details’

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Some public service pay issues due to management mistakes, not Phoenix pay system, says federal official

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Can Conservative links help Canada in Trump talks?

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hasn't taken the quasi-typical trip that most opposition leaders take to Washington, D.C., to forge connections.

Can Conservative links help Canada in Trump talks?

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hasn't taken the quasi-typical trip that most opposition leaders take to Washington, D.C., to forge connections.

‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canada’s hope to constrain Trump’s tariff agenda shifts to America’s top court

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Canada’s hope to constrain Trump’s tariff agenda shifts to America’s top court

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Politics This Morning

Yves-Francois Blanchet

Confidence vote: Take two

Jerry DeMarco

Green day on the Hill

Canada reacts to the budget

It’s budget day

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

Theresa Tam

Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

Mark Holland

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Election

Marilou McPhedran

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

Pierre Poilievre

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

How Bill Gates has shifted the politics of climate change

Fresh faces among Public Works Minister Lightbound’s 16-member team

Mark Carney

Budget 2025 and the perfection of managerial politics

Doug Ford needs to be reined in

Foreign Policy

Sudan: another partition?

Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact

Follow P.E.I.’s lead: Canada needs a national inquiry into China’s influence

Xi Jinping

It’s time to revive Parliament’s tool to stand up to China with courage

Finance and Budget

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

Mark Carney

Canada’s fiscal pivot: Budget 2025 marks a capital reset

It’s time for Canada to take control of stablecoins

Mark Carney

Is now the winter of our economic discontent?

Lobbying

‘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

Easter Seals, CFIB lobbying feds to end Canada Post’s strike

Hodgson, Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet ministers last month as energy, environment lead the lobby charts

Legislation

Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade

Justice Minister Fraser unveils bill to tighten Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes

AI study and Senate bills on alcohol warnings and sickle cell disease framework on Senate Social Affairs Committee’s agenda

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

Public Service

An austerity-driven federal budget is a necessary evil

Departments grapple with tracking employee attendance after a year of return-to-office rules

Budget cuts won’t impact RCMP hiring push, says public safety minister

‘Not-an-option’ changes to freelance contracts may worsen shortage of Hill interpreters, says association

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