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

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• Amid a peace plan drafted by Russia and the U.S. which has been highly criticized for favouring Russia’s interests, Canada can push for an immediate ceasefire before negotiations continue, Independent Senator Stan Kutcher says.

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

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• Amid a peace plan drafted by Russia and the U.S. which has been highly criticized for favouring Russia’s interests, Canada can push for an immediate ceasefire before negotiations continue, Independent Senator Stan Kutcher says.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• A Defence Industrial Strategy, proposed with an initial investment of $6.6-billion in the budget, is intended to develop Canada's defence industrial base with more procurement from domestic supply chains.

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• A Defence Industrial Strategy, proposed with an initial investment of $6.6-billion in the budget, is intended to develop Canada's defence industrial base with more procurement from domestic supply chains.

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

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

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Don’t forget the kids, health advocates tell feds

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

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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

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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

Podcast

Who wants an election? With David Coletto

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 21, 2025

• ‘When Canadians hear that the prime minister has divested, I think what they expect is that there’s been a sale of those controlled assets,’ Conservative MP Michael Barrett told the committee.

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 21, 2025

• ‘When Canadians hear that the prime minister has divested, I think what they expect is that there’s been a sale of those controlled assets,’ Conservative MP Michael Barrett told the committee.

Interim PBO says he is focusing on parliamentarians, not media

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

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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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‘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? 

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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.

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

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• First Nations and Inuit leaders say the 2025 budget is a ‘missed opportunity’ with financial sunsets looming for critical education, health-care, and urban programs.

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• First Nations and Inuit leaders say the 2025 budget is a ‘missed opportunity’ with financial sunsets looming for critical education, health-care, and urban programs.

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

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

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• 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’

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

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Politics This Morning

The return of pipeline politics

MPs to honour record-setter Plamondon

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

Joly heads to Korea and Japan

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

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

Are there too few or too many MPs?

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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