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The Liberals’ delays on foreign interference carry profound costs

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way to question period on April 30 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press It’s 2024, and Justin...

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Foreign interference is a threat chipping away at pieces of democracy

The good news is foreign interference didn’t overturn the results of federal elections in 2019 and 2021. The bad news is there were many attempts to...

04.05.2024 10

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A glass half-full of emissions reductions

A drone view of the Trans Mountain Burnaby Terminal tank farm as the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project became...

03.05.2024 8

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Pierre Poilievre gets kicked out of the schoolyard

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is applauded by Conservative members as he makes a point during question period in Ottawa, on April 30....

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It’s a mistake to confuse tax breaks with doctors’ pay

Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned Ottawa that the increase in capital gains would see doctors pack up and leave in search of better tax breaks. PETER...

29.04.2024 10

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When will Mark Carney run?

Former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England Mark Carney walks out from St. Mary's Church, in Bruton, U.K. on July 8, 2023. Finnbarr...

26.04.2024 10

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The Liberals weight-loss goal shows they are running out of options

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an announcement about measures in Budget 2024 for youth and education at Wanuskewin Heritage Park near...

24.04.2024 10

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The Bloc’s fake freakout over halal mortgages is ridiculous

Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons before Question Period, on April 17, in Ottawa. Adrian...

22.04.2024 10

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The RCMP raid the home of ArriveCan contractor as Parliament scolds

GC Strategies partner Kristian Firth responds to questions as he sits in the House of Commons, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN...

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Higher taxes sold as fairness for a government that sees no other way

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland are joined by cabinet ministers for a photo before the...

17.04.2024 10

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The Liberal marketing road show meets the price tag reveal

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk together before delivering the fall economic...

16.04.2024 10

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CSIS director says he warned Trudeau about foreign interference so many times it didn’t need to be said again

CSIS Director David Vigneault appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic...

13.04.2024 10

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Is the paperless Prime Minister getting the message?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in public hearings for an independent commission probing alleged foreign interference in Canadian elections...

11.04.2024 20

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PMO staffers say intelligence reports on foreign interference fuzzier than advertised

Jeremy Broadhurst and Katie Telford are seen as the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic...

10.04.2024 10

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Busloads of international students show a weak spot in Canadian democracy

Han Dong appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions on April 2 in...

05.04.2024 10

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The secret shrug on foreign interference

“With CSIS, everything’s a big secret,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford once said about a 2022 briefing his government received about Chinese...

03.04.2024 10

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The Liberals race to win back younger generations that have left them in droves

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen at an announcement at the Boys and Girls Club East Scarborough, in Toronto, to launch a National School Food...

02.04.2024 20

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The premiers’ accidental clarity in carbon taxes

Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives decided the “so-called experts” on federal carbon pricing are muddying the debate with facts and figures,...

01.04.2024 9

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The inquiry gets a personal lesson in foreign interference

Diaspora community members Grace Dai Wollensak and Mehmet Tohti (right) listen to Hamed Esmaeilion (left) speak at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign...

28.03.2024 4

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The two solitudes of Steven Guilbeault

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault leaves caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 20. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian...

25.03.2024 9

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More than a year into ArriveCan mess, the government runs to catch up to its procurement problem

Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos participates in a news conference on the government's actions to strengthen procurement practices in Ottawa on...

21.03.2024 10

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The Supreme Court of Canada went viral for what it didn’t say about ‘a woman’

The idea that the Supreme Court found the word 'woman' confusing and better replaced by 'person with a vagina' came from a piece by National Post...

20.03.2024 10

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The ArriveCan of worms: public-service problems spill out

Auditor-General Karen Hogan speaks about the ArriveCan app at a news conference in Ottawa on Feb. 12. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press We haven’t got...

14.03.2024 10

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Want a low-cost economic initiative? Fix the immigration mess

New Canadians raise their right hands as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller administers the Oath of Citizenship during a...

11.03.2024 7

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Can Chrystia Freeland write a Liberal budget that announces nothing?

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic statement didn’t include a lot of new spending announcements. Adrian...

06.03.2024 9

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A Triple Dip with a Twist in ArriveCan’s parade of playing the system

A dozen years ago, the federal procurement ombudsman embarrassed the government with reports of “double-dipping” – retired civil servants...

04.03.2024 6

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A pilot project for pharmacare but not a blueprint for the future

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh shakes hands with NDP MP Lori Idlout as other caucus members embrace, after their news conference on drug coverage for...

01.03.2024 10

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Carelessness with security, as seen in the Winnipeg labs, has consequences

Minister of Health Mark Holland gestures to a reporter as he takes questions in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Feb. 28. Adrian...

29.02.2024 6

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The Liberal-NDP pharmacare deal sets the clock ticking on their alliance

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons before Question Period, in Ottawa on Feb. 5....

27.02.2024 7

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Serious questions and cartoon politics about internet regluation

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill during Question Period, on Sept. 18,...

26.02.2024 7

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Call in more ArriveCan investigators

Thank goodness the Commons committee on government operations called for yet another investigation into ArriveCan. Heaven knows the committee’s own...

23.02.2024 8

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Pointe-Claire demonstrates the nonsense in Poilievre’s housing formula

Pierre Poilievre held a press event in a shopping-mall parking lot in Montréal’s West Island railing about big-city bureaucrats blocking the...

19.02.2024 10

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Dodging the NATO spending target for defense is a shrug that Canada can no longer afford from its politicians

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets the Canada-led multinational NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in the Adazi military base in...

15.02.2024 8

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The ArriveCan tale gets worse, but the mystery remains

Auditor general Karen Hogan listens to a question from a reporter about her offices report on the ArriveCAN app during a news conference in Ottawa, on...

13.02.2024 9

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Jagmeet Singh draws the NDP’s line in the sand, but it’s invisible

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 7. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Twice this week, Jagmeet...

09.02.2024 10

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On ArriveCan, Conservatives switch from prosecution to defence

The ArriveCan hearings, which are looking into the $54-million cost of app, have had many strange twists since they began in November, 2023. Sean...

07.02.2024 20

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The Liberals ignored conflict warning, and now green-tech agency is in limbo

Sustainable Development Technology Canada then-CEO Leah Lawrence (left) chats with then-board chair Annette Verschuren before the Standing Committee...

05.02.2024 9

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It’s too late for universities and colleges to complain about the foreign student cap

A student walks in front of the University of Toronto, St. George campus, in Toronto, on Sept. 26, 2023. WA LONE/Reuters Canada’s universities and...

01.02.2024 20

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All parliament wants to talk about is each other

Canada's Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on...

30.01.2024 8

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What would Pierre do? That’s the big Canadian political question of 2024

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre addresses the national Conservative caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 28. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian...

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It’s getting a little late for Liberals to push Trudeau out

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, on Jan. 23. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press ...

25.01.2024 10

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A verdict on Trudeau’s biggest call, and a millstone around his neck

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, bottom left, speaks to the media with Minister of Justice Canada Arif Virani, right, and Public Safety...

24.01.2024 10

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Ottawa finally acts on international student visas, setting a challenge for Doug Ford

Doug Ford's Ontario is the centre of the foreign-student boom, accounting for more than 300,000 new study permits in 2023. BLAIR GABLE/Reuters In...

23.01.2024 10

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Liberals and NDP negotiate pharmacare now to fight over it later

If you ask Liberals about the pharmacare commitments they made in their deal with the NDP, they tend to emphasize that they promised very little. The...

22.01.2024 10

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