Senators’ public bills represent about one-third of non-government legislation being studied by the House. Senator Percy Downe says the Upper Chamber has ‘to be more responsible,’ taking care not to ‘flood the House of Commons’ with these bills.
The Liberals have adjusted the makeup of House committees to reflect their new majority, shifting to a structure of seven Liberal members, four Conservatives, and one Bloc Québécois member on Liberal-chaired committees, compared to the previous four-four-one structure.
Unless the NDP can find some ‘superstar candidate,’ then they have ‘zero chance’ of holding the riding once five-time MP Alexandre Boulerice steps down, says Liberal strategist Jonathan Kalles.
In that riding, the Bloc Québécois vote increased by eight percentage points and the Liberal vote increased by 10, while the Conservative and NDP votes declined by 15 and two percentage points, respectively. Turnout was 50 per cent, unusually high for a byelection.
With ongoing momentum and the Conservative and NDP vote collapse in Terrebonne, pollster Greg Lyle says the Liberals have a good shot at winning in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, a riding represented by the same NDP MP for the last 15 years.
Voters are fed up with performative politics in this moment of global and economic disruption. So, out with the Bibles-as-props, dog whistles, personal slurs and red-faced rants; in with respectful, fact-based debate, and intelligent compromise.
Liberal MPs and some cabinet ministers flooded the riding in the Terrebonne byelection with Tatiana Auguste. The Liberals were ‘all-in.’ On Monday night, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly was asked to leave the front door of one polling station in Terrebonne. She told reporters she was there to support Auguste and was following the rules. The Bloc Québécois says it will be filing a complaint with Elections Canada.
Two weeks before byelection day, pollsters Nik Nanos and Quito Maggi are predicting a Liberal advantage in the riding of Terrebonne, Que.
The auditor general found the federal department investigated only 4,057 out of 153,324 foreign students who were potentially non-compliant with their study permits in 2023 and 2024.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Global Affairs has registered 26,305 Canadians currently in Mexico as of Feb. 23, but that number is ‘likely much higher.’
The Conservative Party of Canada has started the candidate nomination process across the country, according to an internal memo.
Just because the tariff has been reduced today, ‘doesn’t mean it’s not going to come back,’ said Conservative MP Dan Mazier, whose Manitoba riding of Riding Mountain grows the most canola in Canada.
Quebec’s provincial election is set to take place in October 2026, and the sovereigntist Parti Québécois is leading in the polls—something that is likely causing ‘anxiety’ in Ottawa, says a pollster.
Bloc MP Alexis Deschênes called the bill ‘a good exercise,’ but said the question of a constitution is ‘really up to the people of Quebec.’
The Liberals are polling much higher than the Bloc Québécois, and time will tell ‘whose ass get bitten here,’ says Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski.
The party released six non-negotiable conditions for their support of the budget in October, but finance critic Jean-Denis says meetings with the Liberals were ‘mostly media stunts.’
Despite quarterly fundraising falling to levels unseen since 2022, the Liberals’ overall $23.7-million and the Conservatives’ $41.6-million take for 2025 already represent historic records for their respective parties.
The Bloc Québécois is supporting the sovereignty-focused Parti Québécois in the next provincial election, which could mean the federal party is less likely to collaborate with the minority Liberal government, says political scientist Eric Montigny.
The last parliamentary session right after the election was short and intense, but committees were not yet meeting. This fall, with the committees back in operation, the Bloc will be able to engage in targeted discussions with both the Conservatives and the Liberals.
Experienced MP and current Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia will have to use all his wiles to ensure the fall session does not descend into chaos.
Trump will definitely be pushing hard for dairy concessions but Carney cannot afford to cave on supply management.
Barring supply management concessions in trade talks is widely politically popular, but has been subject to vocal criticism in trade circles.
Independent Senator Paula Simons says the bill does nothing for national unity: ‘It does seem strange to allow a separatist party to set Canada’s national trade policy to such an extent, and at the expense of Western Canadian producers and agricultural exporters.’
The One Canadian Economy Act is being rammed through the House via a ‘non-democratic’ process and would result in governmental overreach, say the Bloc Québécois, who plan to vote against the bill.
Bill C-202 was fast tracked through the House of Commons on June 5 and is off to the Senate.
