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The NDP’s new whip wants to take on misogyny in the House of Commons, and thinks some Conservative MPs are ‘goons.’ For New Democrat MP Heather McPherson, the regular pilgrimage between her Edmonton riding and Ottawa has at times…
Pierre Poilievre ends up with a group of F‑Trudeau flag wavers in the Maritimes.…
Premier Doug Ford’s message to Progressive Conservative MPPs was clear. Behind…
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reviewing the actions of one of their officers who…
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s federal budget, released on April 16, promised…
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New spark*insights polling shows support for some key budget policies, but low recall…
Three party insiders join Power & Politics to help unpack how the…
There is a good argument for increasing the tax on capital gains, and it goes…
The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the…
After the Assembly of First Nations’ national chief said her headdress was taken from…
Across Canada, a silent battle is raging against auto theft, a national…
Mark Carney might be setting the stage to run for the Liberal leadership after the…
The good news about the recent budget is that it at least talks about per capita GDP,…
In the fall of 2021, the editors of the Canadian Tax Journal devoted several dozen…
Perhaps Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was feeling too comfortable. After…
Russian democratic opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza’s health is failing. As…
Every interview with Justin Trudeau now includes some variation on the question, why…
Millennials do not seem to have forgiven or forgotten what Trudeau failed to…
Take a moment to think of Emmanuella Lambropoulos today. In 2020, the Liberal…
Late in the afternoon on Saturday, April 13, massive street parties popped up in…
Young Canadians can be forgiven for being a bit confused by the latest…
In its well-meaning effort to encourage the migration of international students to…
So what’s next? Removing books from university libraries because they challenge…
Canada used to be a nation of peace, order, and good government. Not anymore.…
Danielle Smith has long promised to be the most combative of Premiers. She has lived…
Perhaps slowing sales of electric vehicles in Canada, industry caution, and…
Spring has sprung and with it the Liberal government is clearly waking up from…
Over the past year, pundits in the business press have characterized Canada’s…
In marketing as in politics, a brand’s voice can make or break its ability to…
The panel unpacks the 2024 federal budget as well as more political highlights of…
We are partway through the mandate of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference…
Politics doesn’t feel like too much of a party these days, which is more bad luck…
Governments often use budgets to change the channel from what their opponents want…
One day fourteen years ago, after speaking to what was then called Ryerson…
This year’s federal budget was presented against a challenging background.…
What can be said about Canada’s health care system that hasn’t been said countless…
As part of its weeks-long pre-budget rollout, the Liberal government has sent…
The goal of Budget 2024(opens in a new tab) was simple enough: Put out the raging…
Chrystia Freeland is so averse to private enterprise, she’s now trying to put…
The political trajectory of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from 2015 to 2024 can…
If recent polls remain the same, sometime between now and October 2025 Conservative…
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau says there is “still so much love” between her and Prime…
Former Calgary mayor and current NDP leadership candidate Naheed Nenshi says the…
American troops will be spending more time training in the Far North, the new…
The federal government’s latest budget sets aside $1.5 billion to implement…
The RCMP’s federal wing is at a “critical juncture” and its ability to police…
It was evident to the federal government as early as last fall that Loblaw and…
Air Canada says it is reviewing its policies as a result of a “regrettable…
The war of words over the price on pollution reached a new level this week with…
The timeline and funding for pharmacare laid out in last week’s federal budget…
Canada’s auto industry is experiencing a renaissance as it transitions from…
The Alberta government introduced a bill Thursday that would grant it sweeping…
MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House…
The federal government did not put an adequate focus on fostering economic…
Canadian electricity companies are warning that an impending change to federal…
Honda is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont.,…
Conservative member of Parliament Colin Carrie, who represents Oshawa, Ont.,…
According to 343Canada, a poll aggregator that weighs the soundings of several…
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi is expected to be the centre of attention as…
The Canadian Medical Association asserts the Liberals’ proposed changes to…
As the Liberals try to reverse their political fortunes with the latest federal…
The Conservative leader is facing questions after stopping to cheer on an…
Financial and real estate professionals are trying to clear the air on halal…
As NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is “undecided” on supporting the…
The Bank of Canada is offering more details today about its discussions on rate cut…
OTTAWA — In March, after the federal government promised a ban on “consumer…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s decision to stop…
Canada’s leader of the official opposition pulled over on the side of a highway…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is ramping up his attacks on Conservative Leader…
Our public opinion research surrounding the federal budget reveals the Liberals…
The office of Canada’s justice minister says the public should expect politicians to…
With thousands of job losses since marijuana’s legalization in 2018, cannabis…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his…
NEW YORK (AP) — After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of…
NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at…
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump again violated…
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, addressing…
In its 2021 federal budget, the Liberal government introduced its national child…
The federal government outlined a number of small steps in pandemic…
A document imbued with incrementalism offered at least one big energy policy…
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With the new electoral map now in force and the numbers of months before the next…
“Bring us more targets!” the Israel Defence Force (IDF) commanders shouted at…
Remember the Shopaholic book series of the early 2000’s? Author Sophie Kinsella made…
Kathleen Ross, a family doctor and the president of the Canadian Medical…
At Issue this week: Early polling suggests the Liberals didn’t get the bump from the…
More than a week after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented her…
On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan…
One of my favourite things about this gig, is the panel conversations we put…
This week on WONK, Craig Wright, chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada for the…
The veteran Alberta pol on hindsight, foresight and a troubled world. Getting…
The party is polling high, and this event was set to be a launching point for an…
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