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RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme detailed the police force's efforts to reach Prime Minister Mark Carney's pledge to hire 1,000 new personnel, though only 750 will be police officers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Is it enough?’ MPs interrogate RCMP top boss on efforts to hire 1,000 personnel

newsBY MARLO GLASS

RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme told MPs that his mandate is to hire 750 new police officers over three years, as well as 250 public servants to support federal policing. This includes a hiring target of 350 for the first year, he said.

The AI debate comes for political polling, and some say the industry is unprepared

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Shafqat Ali

Minister Ali says operating cuts, red-tape reduction will drive Treasury Board’s fall agenda

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

Bill C-39 dismantles Canada’s environmental policy ‘beyond anything we’ve ever seen,’ say climate groups

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Cynical’ and ‘opportunistic’ for B.C. Premier Eby to call election while opposition in shambles, say B.C. MPs

newsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Canada is moving forward’ says defence minister, as feds partner with ‘trusted allies’ amid U.S. trade tensions

newsBY IREM KOCA

Liberals’ pre-Summit fundraiser rakes in big bucks, but ‘difficult optics’ may not be worth price of admission: observers

newsBY STUART BENSON

‘Fantastical apocalyptic claims’ obscure present AI dangers, say researchers

newsBY STUART BENSON

EU ‘not a substitute’ for U.S. procurement, say industry sources eyeing Trump’s ban on Canadian goods

newsBY IREM KOCA

Europe has offered Canada only symbolic backing amid Trump’s threats—will that now change?

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has the task of applying Prime Minister Mark Carney's worldview to Canada's foreign ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wait grows for formal plan underpinning a new Canadian foreign policy

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Legitimacy and trust of Canadians in the country’s foreign policy is at the centre of the need to release a plan, say observers.

‘Overcorrected’ international student cap a challenge for attracting talent, say post-secondary education reps

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Future of Emergency Treatment Fund up in the air as March 2027 deadline draws closer

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Digital Transformation Canada launches under former Google CFO as experts weigh his private-sector record

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

‘Brain gain’ or a ‘remote possibility’? MPs weigh in on Canada’s future with the European Union

newsBY MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND

Parliamentary Calendar

Ambassador Hoekstra, former cabinet minister Raitt to speak at IIF Canada Forum

Podcast

Sheila Copps on Carney, Poilievre, her time in the Chrétien cabinet and more

news

What makes a ‘good’ lobbyist? A lot

feature

Photo archives: a Chinese premier’s visit in 2016

Podcast

‘Don’t waste patriotism’: former top public servant Alex Himelfarb

Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the Liberal caucus at a caucus retreat in the West Block on Parliament Hill on Sept. 18, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

As Carney rides high in the polls, some Liberal MPs say they don’t have any one-on-one access to him

newsBY ABBAS RANA

But the PMO says Mark Carney keeps in ‘close and regular contact’ with MPs, and holds caucus coffee chats and meals with MPs while travelling in their regions. And another Liberal MP says those frustrated by the lack of direct access to the PM want to ‘audition’ for a promotion to cabinet.

Liberals enjoying strong public support over Canada-U.S. trade war, but final deal will determine Grit fortunes, say political players

newsBY ABBAS RANA

Unions, NDP decry new bill as attack on labour, but feds say Canada needs C-39 to build major projects

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

Pharmaceuticals, digital health data, and men and boys’ health top Minister Michel’s agenda this fall

newsBY TESSIE SANCI

Parliamentarians legislating ‘in uncharted territory’ after summer break, say politicos

newsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Significant economic legislation’ coming this fall, says House Leader MacKinnon

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Time for Carney to turn EU partnership rhetoric into ‘real progress,’ says ex-EU envoy, with details sparse on pitch to join bloc

newsBY MARLO GLASS

Parliamentary Calendar

SecState McLean, ex-MP Keith Martin to attend party fundraiser hosted by Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke Federal Liberal Association on July 21

Podcast

What’s going on in Quebec, with Daniel Béland

news

Lobbying under Carney: ‘it is a very different Liberal government’

feature

Photo archives: Carney all smiles

Podcast

Trade wars: A new soap

On the heels of Canada's first investment summit, Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is 'at least sending the right message,' that it will listen to investors, but politicos say it’s time to move from listening into action. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Investment summit a show of unity, but now Carney must deliver on ambition, politicos say

newsBY MARLO GLASS

A Harper-era staffer says the question remains if the Carney Liberals are willing to act ‘a lot differently than the Trudeau government’ in reducing the regulatory burdens that have spooked investors for the past decade.

Senator Wells says Ottawa’s missed employment equity deadline signals it’s ‘not a priority’ for feds

newsBY MZWANDILE PONCANA

House Finance Committee calls on government to ‘strengthen’ Online Streaming Act as public support for streamer payments grows

newsBY DAVIS LEGREE, PAUL PARK

Renovation of 24 Sussex could cost taxpayers up to $150-million, say sources

newsBY IREM KOCA

Independent businesses lobby for expanded federal supports as trade war heats up, and Joly top-lobbied minister in August

newsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada David Cohen, pictured at Lornado in 2022, says it is 'extraordinarily unlikely' that the midterms will result in a change in U.S. trade and tariff policy towards Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Don’t hold your breath’: former U.S. envoy not expecting midterms to alter Trump’s tariff approach

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Historically, U.S. Republicans have been the party of free trade and the Democrats have endorsed protectionism.

No ‘breakthrough’ to end nearly three-year pause in trade talks with Canada, says U.K. envoy

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Millions of driver’s licences were allegedly listed for sale on the dark web. What does it mean for Canada’s coming social media age ban?

newsBY MARIA COLLINS

Politics This Morning

Anand mingles with Germany’s foreign affairs minister

Carney addresses the EU Parliament

Curtains lift on new Canada-EU pact

Canada makes its case

Covid-19

Feds should show low-income Canadians the same grace extended to yacht and private jet owners

Feds announce $8-million for emergency response to Ebola outbreak

Conservative MP, experts call for broad review of COVID-19 decision-making to help prepare for next major health threat

Feds should conduct a broad review of pandemic decision-making, so we’re better prepared for next major health crisis

Election

Claudia Sheinbaum

What Canada can learn from Mexico

Does St-Pierre Plamondon want to be like Carney?

Conservative candidate who ran against Carney in last election, eyeing Carleton, Ont., for next one

Anglophones on the sidelines in the Quebec election

Politics

NDP caucus joins Bank of Canada security guards on picket line

Defence Minister McGuinty down a chief of staff

Investing in Canada doesn’t have to mean privatization

Mark Carney

Carney’s shaky digital and AI government initiatives a blow to transparency and accountability

Foreign Policy

The future cost of Canada-EU’s LNG acceleration

War in Ethiopia

The politics behind Carney’s rush to build

Ottawa ASEAN group marks bloc’s 59th birthday

Finance and budget

How will Indigenous nations respond to Canada’s economic rupture?

Investing in Canada doesn’t have to mean privatization

Canada is investing in the future. Women must help shape what comes next

The 2026 federal budget must deliver stronger growth and sustainable finances: Drummond

Lobbying

Critique shouldn’t open the door to communications chill for cultural bodies

Lobbying Act reform risks undermining democratic engagement

Aerospace industry pushes for Transport Canada certification process to keep up with expanded defence spending; Joly top-lobbied minister in July

Netflix, Amazon, Apple launched lobbying blitz ahead of Liberal retreat on streamer rules

Legislation

Parliament to return with excitement, anxiety, and legislative agenda impacted by Trump

‘Gutted’ environment assessments part of Carney’s ‘deregulation agenda,’ warn climate groups

Order amidst complexity: the essential foundation for effective lawmaking

Excessive secrecy for Supreme Court-related records part of growing black hole engulfing access

Public service

Public service still finding ways to honour the late Ian Shugart

Thousands rely on tariff supports as Ottawa plans fewer benefit-processing staff at Service Canada

Digital Transformation Canada needs to start fresh

New PBO tool provides ‘transparency’ on efforts to shrink public service, says budget watchdog

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