Every few months, Ottawa falls back into its favourite game: election speculation. The latest round started before Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne even finished reading his budget. Pundits and lobbyists are once again filling airtime predicting that Canada will head to the polls before Christmas. They’re wrong. This week’s budget is indeed the first test for […]
As New Democrats gather in Ottawa for tomorrow’s leadership debate, the stakes could not be higher. After their worst electoral showing in history, just seven seats and barely six percent of the vote, the NDP faces an existential choice: rebuild as a modern, broad-based movement or retreat to its labour roots and rebuild from the […]
Over the next two decades, the world will witness one of the largest transfers of wealth in history. Baby boomers, who collectively hold trillions in assets, will pass this fortune down to their children and grandchildren. For millennials and Gen Z, generations that have come of age amid precarious work, soaring housing costs, and rising […]
With just over a month until Prime Minister Mark Carney tables his first federal budget, Ottawa is preparing to put defence at the heart of its new economic and security agenda. The Carney government has committed to increasing military spending to meet and then exceed NATO’s benchmark of two per cent of GDP, a target […]
With Parliament set to return on Monday, the Carney government enters the fall sitting balancing high-stakes trade tensions, affordability challenges, and the political reality of a resurgent Conservative opposition. Carney’s Liberals are gathering in Edmonton today, aiming to regroup after a summer dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney used the […]
Pierre Poilievre is back. An Alberta by-election win gives him a seat at the table and in the House of Commons, again. Though Poilievre faces two challenges at once: a leadership review in January and the daily task of positioning his party as a government-in-waiting. He has succeeded in keeping party loyalists on his side, […]
Ottawa has taken a necessary and overdue step. It has raised pay for members of the Canadian Armed Forces and aligned that decision with the commitment to reach NATO’s spending target. The package is straightforward. Starting pay for privates rises from approximately $43,000 to $52,000. Most ranks up to lieutenant colonel receive a 13 percent […]
Like many Canadians in their 30s, this author considers himself fortunate. I have a stable career, a roof over my head, and a partner who has a successful career. But as we plan our wedding and think about the future –starting a family, buying a house, saving for retirement—conversations that should be exciting quickly turn […]
Pierre Poilievre is poised to return to Parliament through the safest route possible: a by-election in Alberta’s Battle River–Crowfoot, the bluest riding in Canada. With former MP Damien Kurek stepping aside, the Conservative Leader is expected to cruise to victory in what will be a largely symbolic but necessary return to the House of Commons. […]
As Canadians gather today to celebrate our nation’s birthday, there’s a quiet but powerful shift already underway. Across the country, millions of Canadians have adjusted their spending habits, choosing to support local businesses, vacation within our borders, and buy homegrown goods. This grassroots movement speaks volumes. Now it’s time for the federal government to match […]