Carney wraps up UAE visit with $70B investment pledge into Canada

Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta protects professionals from witch hunts and forced diversity training

3 months / nationalpost / Jamie Sarkonak

BREAKING: UCP introduces bill it says will protect freedom of expression for professionals

'Jordan Peterson law': Alberta seeks to protect professionals from discipline for off-duty conduct

3 months / edmontonjournal / Matthew Black

Conservative amendments to borders bill would make sweeping changes to asylum system

Marie Woolf / theglobeandmail - Conservatives want to introduce a ban on asylum claims from people arriving via an EU country or G7 member

#politics #canada #security #legalaffairs #immigration #conservativeparty #government #houseofcommons #canadianpolitics

Opinion: Canada has lost control of its immigration system — and Canadians know it

3 months / nationalpost / Special to National Post

Conservative amendments to borders bill would make sweeping changes to asylum system

3 months / theglobeandmail / Marie Woolf

Conservatives want to ‘amend the heck’ out of border bill’s asylum rules

Conservatives push major amendments to border securities bill as immigration tensions rise

#uscanadarelations #crime #security #media #internationalrelations #publicsafety #legalaffairs #canadianpolitics

LILLEY: Ryan Wedding’s cartel ties expose Canada’s growing global drug-trade footprint

Brian Lilley / torontosun - A Canadian has become one of the most high-profile members of a major Mexican drug cartel

The enablers: A network of professionals, family and friends allegedly kept Ryan Wedding’s vast cocaine empire afloat

3 months / nationalpost / Adrian Humphreys

LILLEY: Ryan Wedding’s cartel ties expose Canada’s growing global drug-trade footprint

3 months / torontosun / Brian Lilley

Who are the Canadians facing charges connected to Ryan Wedding?

3 months / theglobeandmail / Eric Andrew-Gee, Colin Freeze, Greg Mercer, Jill Mahoney, Sara Mojtehedzadeh

Mississauga crime blogger helped assassins find federal witness in Ryan Wedding case: Federal indictment

3 months / citynews / Michael Talbot

Chrystia Freeland named new head of Rhodes Trust

Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - Herself a Rhodes Scholar, Freeland is set to take the new position at Oxford University next July

#politics #education #internationalrelations #unitedkingdom #liberalparty #government #canadianpolitics

MP Chrystia Freeland appointed CEO of Rhodes Trust

3 months / theglobeandmail

Freeland expected to work out of U.K. for new role as Rhodes Trust CEO

3 months / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

Chrystia Freeland's big new title

3 months / westernstandard / Leah Mushet

After leaving cabinet, Chrystia Freeland takes top job at Oxford’s prestigious Rhodes Trust

3 months / nationalpost / Kenn Oliver

Chrystia Freeland named new head of Rhodes Trust

3 months / torontosun / Bryan Passifiume

Doug Ford government to introduce ‘Buy Ontario’ legislation

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The province said the Buy Ontario Act would apply to all public-sector organizations, including municipalities, ministries, agencies, contractors and subcontractors.

#trade #economicpolicy #ontario #labour #dougford #spendingpriorities #localelections #government #canadianpolitics #jobs

‘Buy Ontario’ legislation to protect businesses and jobs, Ford government says

3 months / torontosun / Spiro Papuckoski

ELBOWS DOWN: Ontario quietly hires $1-million-a-month U.S. trade lawyers while Ford praises PM’s negotiating skills

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Doug Ford government to introduce ‘Buy Ontario’ legislation

Ford government set to introduce ‘Buy Ontario’ legislation

3 months / theglobeandmail

Doug Ford government to introduce ‘Buy Ontario’ legislation

3 months / citynews / Joseph Ryan

Alberta announces plans to allow surgeons to work in both public and private sector

Cindy Tran / edmontonjournal - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced plans to allow surgeons to work in both the public and private health-care system. In a video posted to X on Wednesday, Smith said the “Dual Practice Surgery Model” will allow surgeons and support professionals…

#alberta #calgary #edmonton #legalaffairs #healthcare #government #canadianpolitics

Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?

3 months / theglobeandmail / André Picard

Surgeons will be focus of Alberta’s public-private health care model, Smith says

3 months / theglobeandmail / Alanna Smith

Alberta announces plans to allow surgeons to work in both public and private sector

3 months / edmontonjournal / Cindy Tran

Alberta plans to open door for doctors to work publicly and privately

UCP gives clarity on the dual health practice model

#alberta #calgary #edmonton #publicsafety #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #healthcare #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Alberta’s auditor general says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Alberta's Auditor General said Wednesday that the UCP government's failed effort to privatize lab services in the province cost taxpayers about $109 million.

Alberta government undermined health authority to push lab privatization deal, A-G report finds

3 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace

Alberta’s auditor general says taxpayers lost $109M in lab testing debacle

Braid: Auditor general finds stalling, bad planning, big losses in Dynalife report

3 months / calgaryherald / Don Braid, Calgary Herald

BREAKING: Scathing AG's report reveals 'breakdowns' in AHS's lab services contract with DynaLIFE; LeGrange blasted

Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report

3 months / edmontonjournal / Matthew Black

Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez demands external investigation into cash-for-votes report

theglobeandmail - Allegations that party members were paid to vote for him in the leadership campaign have plunged Rodriguez’s leadership into crisis

#politics #crime #quebec #liberalparty #voterturnout #localelections #recounts #government #partydiscipline #canadianpolitics

Politics Insider: Alberta-Ottawa pipeline deal must have B.C. buy-in, MPs say

3 months / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez demands external investigation into cash-for-votes report

3 months / theglobeandmail

Quebec Liberal leader calls in external auditor to investigate vote-buying allegations

3 months / montrealgazette / Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette

Quebec Liberal leader calls for external investigation into report on cash for votes

#politics #publicprotests #ontario #toronto #dougford #legalaffairs #minoritygovernment #government #partydiscipline #canadianpolitics

Marit Stiles kicked out of legislature for calling Ford government ‘corrupt’

Isaac Callan / globalnews - 'It is the endless grift of an anti-democratic, and yes, corrupt, government,' Stiles said, to shouts from the government benches and some cheers from her colleagues.

Marit Stiles kicked out of legislature for calling Ford government ‘corrupt’

3 months / globalnews / Isaac Callan

Ontario NDP leader calls Ford government ‘corrupt,’ gets booted from question period

3 months / torontosun / Eddie Chau

Speaker ejects Ontario NDP Leader from legislature for calling Ford government ‘corrupt’

3 months / theglobeandmail / Jeff Gray

Stiles removed from Ontario legislature after calling Ford government ‘corrupt’

3 months / citynews / Patricia D'Cunha

Major surgery kept Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs from budget vote

Bryan Passifiume / torontosun - Monday's federal budget narrowly passed 170 to 168, with two NDP and two Tory MPs abstaining

#politics #economicpolicy #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #minoritygovernment #conservativeparty #government #houseofcommons #canadianpolitics

WATCH: Budget Vote: The secret Liberal–Conservative coalition?

3 months / westernstandard / Derek Fildebrandt

LILLEY: Carney avoids election in budget vote — watch for one this spring

3 months / torontosun / Brian Lilley

Raymond J. de Souza: Remember when a messy Conservative breakup saved the Liberals?

3 months / nationalpost / Father Raymond J. de Souza

OLDCORN: Carney’s budget squeaks through thanks to May’s fantasy climate deal

3 months / westernstandard / Christopher Oldcorn

Major surgery kept Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs from budget vote

3 months / torontosun / Bryan Passifiume

Kheiriddin: Politics trumps principle as budget showdown fizzles

3 months / montrealgazette / Walter Buchignani, Montreal Gazette

BORG: Budget 2025 passed on fear, not principles

#canada #security #internationalrelations #aviation #budget #spendingpriorities #defence #military #government #canadianpolitics

Canada is shopping for new fighter jets—and on the verge of making a disastrous decision

Richard Shimooka / thehub - The post Canada is shopping for new fighter jets—and on the verge of making a disastrous decision appeared first on The Hub.

Kelly McParland: Swedish jet offer is about more than just planes

3 months / nationalpost / Kelly McParland

LILLEY: Carney foolish to consider replacing F-35s with Saab jets

3 months / torontosun / Brian Lilley

Joly says Canada ‘didn’t get enough’ industrial benefits out of F-35 procurement deal

3 months / theglobeandmail / Kyle Duggan

Canada is shopping for new fighter jets—and on the verge of making a disastrous decision

3 months / thehub / Richard Shimooka

Canada ‘interested’ in Swedish firm Saab’s Gripen fighter jets, Joly says

3 months / globalnews / Uday Rana

Politics Insider: Carney’s government survives narrow confidence vote

Ian Bailey / theglobeandmail - Federal budget passes after late climate pledge wins over Green Party’s Elizabeth May and other MPs abstain

#economicpolicy #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #minoritygovernment #climate #government #houseofcommons #canadianpolitics

Federal budget scramble leaves Canadian negotiators rudderless at UN climate summit

3 months / nationalobserver / Natasha Bulowski, John Woodside

A bad budget for climate and nature

3 months / winnipegfreepress / Erna Buffie

Government tables budget bill exceeding 600 pages after surviving confidence vote

3 months / theglobeandmail / Bill Curry

Politics Insider: Carney’s government survives narrow confidence vote

3 months / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

WATCH: Finance minister slams opposition for not supporting budget

Liberals escape another confidence vote, as opposition complains their methods are ‘not sustainable’

3 months / nationalpost / Catherine Lévesque

John Robson: Opposition MPs conspire to pass Carney’s disastrous budget

3 months / nationalpost / John Robson

Alberta MP misses razor-thin budget vote while recovering from surgery

Tasha Kheiriddin: Poilievre lets Carney’s irresponsible budget slide through

3 months / nationalpost / Tasha Kheiriddin

Prime Minister Mark Carney is 'very pleased' budget vote passed

3 months / theglobeandmail

Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on three bills affecting trans and gender-diverse youth

Matthew Scace, Alanna Smith / theglobeandmail - Legislation limits gender-affirming care and bans trans participation in womens’ and girls’ sports, among other stipulations

#politics #publicprotests #humanrights #sports #alberta #legalaffairs #conservativeparty #healthcare #government #canadianpolitics

Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws

BREAKING: UCP says notwithstanding clause must be used to protect families, children, and fair play

Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on three bills affecting trans and gender-diverse youth

3 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew Scace, Alanna Smith

Bill 9: Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on its three laws impacting transgender people

3 months / edmontonjournal / Cindy Tran

Calgary’s federal housing funding ‘at risk’ as motion introduced to repeal citywide rezoning

Adam MacVicar / globalnews - The motion to repeal citywide rezoning will now be debated by Calgary city council in December, and would require a public hearing in March if its approved.

#politics #alberta #calgary #government #canadianpolitics

Calgary’s federal housing funding ‘at risk’ as motion introduced to repeal citywide rezoning

3 months / globalnews / Adam MacVicar

Proposal to repeal blanket rezoning passes first hurdle at Calgary city hall

3 months / calgaryherald / Scott Strasser

Repeal of blanket upzoning goes to Calgary city council Dec. 15

3 months / westernstandard / Myke Thomas

BREAKING: Carney budget passes after close vote in Commons

Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget cleared the House of Commons on Monday night after a tense vote that capped weeks of scrutiny and political friction.

#markcarney #politics #economicpolicy #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #minoritygovernment #spendingpriorities #government #houseofcommons #canadianpolitics

Fiscal Fault Lines: Budget gaps and sector impacts (3)
Parliamentary Drama: Narrow vote shakes Commons (7)
Trade and Tariff Talks: Negotiations and global ties (3)

Premier Legault’s health-care gamble is alienating Québec doctors—but will it pay off with voters?

André Turcotte / thehub - The post Premier Legault’s health-care gamble is alienating Québec doctors—but will it pay off with voters? appeared first on The Hub.

#politics #quebec #publichealth #voterturnout #healthcare #government #canadianpolitics

Opinion: I see the toll of Bill 2 on doctors like my dad

3 months / montrealgazette / Walter Buchignani, Montreal Gazette

Hanes: 'Blind spot' in Bill 2 could shut eight sexual health clinics by Jan. 1

3 months / montrealgazette / Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette

Quebec’s New Health Care Law Sparks Province-Wide Clash with Doctors

3 months / thewalrus / Toula Drimonis

Analysis: How Quebec's Law 2 sets impossible medical performance goals for doctors

3 months / montrealgazette / Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette

Québec understands the health-care status quo is failing. When will the rest of Canada?

3 months / thehub / Sean Speer

Premier Legault’s health-care gamble is alienating Québec doctors—but will it pay off with voters?

3 months / thehub / André Turcotte

Toronto City Hall to raise Palestinian flag, joins other cities across Canada

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The City of Toronto is expected to join several other cities across Canada in raising the Palestinian flag this morning at city hall.

#politics #canada #publicprotests #humanrights #ontario #toronto #internationalrelations #government #canadianpolitics

LILLEY: Time to end foreign flag-raising ceremonies at city halls across Canada

3 months / torontosun / Brian Lilley

'O Canada' silenced by cops at Palestinian flag raising in Toronto

Palestinian flag-raising at Toronto City Hall goes ahead after injunction by pro-Israel group dismissed

3 months / nationalpost / Courtney Greenberg

Toronto City Hall to raise Palestinian flag, joins other cities across Canada