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Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

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• As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as the bureaucracy now begins to shrink for the first time in over 10 years, these groups could be disproportionately impacted.

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

• As of March 2024, just over 70 per cent of the core public administration belonged to one or more employment equity groups. But as the bureaucracy now begins to shrink for the first time in over 10 years, these groups could be disproportionately impacted.

Liberals propose fast-tracking motion for major projects bill

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

‘These events are big challenges’: Carney faces tough road to G7 joint communiqué in Kananaksis

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Enlisting Coast Guard to buoy defence spending expected to hit choppy waters, say analysts

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All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

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The art of the deal: Ambassador Kirsten Hillman a deft hand in navigating Canada’s relationship with Trump

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Discover Domaine du Vieux-Port: a waterside community in the heart of Gatineau

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Bitumen skepticism not a blanket ‘no’ to pipelines, says B.C. Liberal MP Greaves

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Highlights from ‘fast-track’ Carney’s major defence pledge

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Ottawa’s climate adaptation plans ‘incomplete,’ and ‘neither systematic nor comprehensive,’ says Environment Commissioner DeMarco

Federal government doesn’t know how many offices sit empty: AG

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• Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number of public servants using office space on a daily basis.

Federal government doesn’t know how many offices sit empty: AG

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• Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report says departments need to accelerate their efforts to reduce office space, and PSPS needs better data on the number of public servants using office space on a daily basis.

Digging into the One Canadian Economy Act

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Auditor general says feds didn’t get value for money in dozens of GC Strategies contracts

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Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity

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When grain farmers grow, Canada grows.

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World leaders converge on Alberta for G7 summit June 15-17

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The return of Parliament, with Sheila Copps

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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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Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

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Carney’s missing budget, with Mostafa Askari

PMO staffers no longer allowed inside national Liberal caucus meetings, say Liberal MPs: ‘that’s how it should be’

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Former prime minister Justin Trudeau allowed PMO staffers in the room, but that is no longer the case under Mark Carney, whom MPs say takes ‘lots of’ notes during national caucus meetings and addresses MPs' concerns. 'This prime minister appears to be open to more ideas.'

PMO staffers no longer allowed inside national Liberal caucus meetings, say Liberal MPs: ‘that’s how it should be’

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Former prime minister Justin Trudeau allowed PMO staffers in the room, but that is no longer the case under Mark Carney, whom MPs say takes ‘lots of’ notes during national caucus meetings and addresses MPs' concerns. 'This prime minister appears to be open to more ideas.'

Internal trade a complement, not a solution, to reduced trade with U.S., say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Carney trails predecessors in initial approval ratings, but Angus Reid says it’s a good start: ‘six months ago, very few Canadians even knew who he was’

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Return of P&P Cabinet Committee signals Carney’s ‘government by cabinet’ with an ‘inner circle,’ say strategists

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Some shut-out Conservative candidates plan to press national councillors over 2025 nominations at upcoming convention

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Liberals sneak privacy law exemption into tax cut bill

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Parliamentary Calendar

Joly to deliver speech at Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal on June 11

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‘Ally is a verb’: How to do your part for reconciliation, with Rose LeMay

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

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The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

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‘This really is an intergovernmental struggle’: The view from Alberta, with Jared Wesley

Bloc’s supply management bill passes House as U.S. anticipates dairy being a trade ‘discussion point’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Bill C-202 was fast tracked through the House of Commons on June 5 and is off to the Senate.

Bloc’s supply management bill passes House as U.S. anticipates dairy being a trade ‘discussion point’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Bill C-202 was fast tracked through the House of Commons on June 5 and is off to the Senate.

‘The government has idly sat by’: NDP MPs say Indigenous communities need federal support as wildfires devastate Western Canada

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Health minister says mental health and access to care are on her list of priorities

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Prime Minister Carney can’t govern Canada as CEO, say strategists

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Liberals crack down on asylum seekers, boost search powers for security agencies in new bill

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Peacekeeping not apace: feds’ spending plan for UN operations down 42 per cent from 2015-16

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Global Affairs Canada is proposing a 15.7-per-cent decline from planned spending of $219.9-million in 2024-25, and a 42.7 per cent decline from the actual spending of $323.9-million in 2015-16. 

Peacekeeping not apace: feds’ spending plan for UN operations down 42 per cent from 2015-16

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Global Affairs Canada is proposing a 15.7-per-cent decline from planned spending of $219.9-million in 2024-25, and a 42.7 per cent decline from the actual spending of $323.9-million in 2015-16. 

House Leader MacKinnon looks to hit the legislative ground running

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House Leader MacKinnon looks to hit the legislative ground running

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No home on the Hill for half of MPs who may be waiting weeks for office move-in day

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No home on the Hill for half of MPs who may be waiting weeks for office move-in day

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Trudeau era’s ‘activist’ health policy moves likely in the rear-view mirror, say consultants

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Trudeau era’s ‘activist’ health policy moves likely in the rear-view mirror, say consultants

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Politics This Morning

Barrelling through Bill C-5

Will Parliament wave the white flag?

Report cards are out

Spending spree

COVID-19

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

DND and CAF ‘exempt’ from further spending cuts, says Blair after department was asked to find $900-million a year in savings

A reluctance for post-pandemic learning

Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark

Election

Recount survivors displayed grace under political fire

Riding electoral outcomes reveal regional life expectancy trends

‘Really scared, anxious, and horrified’: advocates decry lack of voice for Canadians with disabilities in cabinet

To limit critics’ time to organize against Poilievre, some senior Conservatives explore moving convention to this fall

Politics

Seven ways Carney’s agenda can advance gender equality

Sport Secretary van Koeverden settles his chief of staff

The urgency of confronting a warming world remains

PM Carney, Minister Valdez raise Pride flag

Foreign Policy

Canada has moral duty to commit to international aid

Diversified trade and strong pollution laws work together

The cost of coming home: are tariffs and trade deficits really so bad?

Canadians deserve more than economic explanation for questionable G7 invites

Finance and Budget

A modern economy requires more than shared borders

Trade barriers and trucking: unified political fortitude needed to push through the noise

Canada cannot waste its best chance for internal trade reform since Confederation

Unlocking Canada’s full economic potential by harmonizing regulations

Lobbying

International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

Legislation

Nation building isn’t just about speed—it’s about vision

Public safety or public suppression?

‘A different tone, even in the Senate’: Red Chamber prepared ‘to get business done’ to handle Carney’s quick legislation pledges, says Sen. Tannas

Youth deserve a safer internet. Will the new cabinet deliver? 

Public Service

Nation-building or ‘bulldozing’ consent: pledge for Major Federal Project Office prompts questions

Canada Post is a dying dinosaur, Parliament must lead a strategic exit

Shrinking the bureaucratic behemoth

GC-OS: why the Government of Canada should develop its own software

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