PSPC failed to meet key economic, environmental, and social procurement targets last fiscal year, departmental data shows www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

BBC News’ chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet’s book presents the stories of Afghans working in Kabul’s first luxury hotel throughout decades of war. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Review | The Coutts Diaries gives a previously unseen view of Pierre Trudeau. It is an unvarnished look inside the government that brought you wage and price controls, the Charter of Rights, and the National Energy Program. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: The next health crisis is coming, and Canada is unprepared. COVID-19 cost this country’s economy $469-billion and nearly 61,000 Canadian lives. In reaction, Ottawa invested $2.5 billion in life sciences, but not enough to protect Canadians. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Although the Public Health Agency of Canada has a target vaccination rate of 95 per cent for two-year-olds, a recent report states that only 71.4 per cent are vaccinated. But that finding is based on four-year-old data. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Photo Gallery: The best photos from the fourth quarter of 2025 include protests on Parliament Hill, court dates for Freedom Convoy organizers, stalled border bills and revamped legislation, and international meetings in Ottawa. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The Independent Senators Group—the largest group in the Red Chamber—will start the new year with a fresh team led by Ontario Senator Lucie Moncion at its helm. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Industry leaders agree the rollout of the long-anticipated 'Buy Canadian' policy is a positive step forward, but big questions remain about how the government defines what is Canadian, how the policy will be implemented, and how it will deliver. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The Liberals are preparing to bring forward new standalone legislation to address harmful content found online, reviving a Trudeau-era bill that failed to become law before this past year’s federal election, says a government source. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

David Crane: Much will depend on the Carney government’s ability to persuade Canadians that current difficulties, and the risk of stagnant incomes as living costs rise, are worthwhile—that there is light at the end of the tunnel. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: The hard reality is that United States is no longer the centrepiece of global trade, and its internal volatility has exposed Canada to a precarious dance of 'trade talks' with no obvious solution. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The House Ethics Committee is planning to embark on a review of the Lobbying Act in 2026 after wrapping up its current study into challenges posed by artificial intelligence and its regulation. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

While key reforms to cement the new multi-group Senate have been passed, ‘there’s no guarantee that independence is forever,’ warns outgoing ISG Facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

All Politics Poll | Your favourite up-and-comers in the House: Liberal MP Corey Hogan Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy, and Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Gwynne Dyer: Maybe all this time we have been looking in the wrong place for an answer to the question: why does Trump always yield to Putin? www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: Work stoppages are crippling Canada’s economy—it’s time for Parliament to act Small businesses cannot afford the ongoing costs and unpredictability work stoppages are causing in Canada’s major economic sectors. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

PHAC's 2024-25 departmental results report vaccine uses rates from a 2021 survey. Newer data is available, but that source doesn’t include rates from all provinces and territories. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The solution to substance abuse in the nation’s capital will come from multi-level collaboration, say local elected representatives after Prime Minister Carney and Ottawa Mayor Sutcliffe announced a pilot project aiming to curb substance abuse in Ottawa. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

David Crane: Transforming Canada’s economy for a better future is an enormous challenge www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

All Politics | This year's biggest self-promoters: Pierre Poilievre, Mark Carney and Jamil Jivani www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: Redesigning Canada’s health policy to spur innovation www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Carney will be “on the hunt” over the winter break for more opposition party members to potentially cross the floor, giving the Liberals a majority of seats in the House and allowing the government to move forward on stalled legislation. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: Canada’s grand strategy in a multipolar world www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board has closed any outstanding investigations into excessive pricing in order to start “fresh” when updated guidelines are implemented in the new year, says its director general. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The best photos from the third quarter of 2025 include scenes from the House of Commons' busy fall sitting, protests on Parliament Hill, the Indonesian president's, and a new command for the Royal Canadian Air Force. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Record-breaking November lobbying sees U.S. trade war and federal budget among top concerns www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Politics This Morning: ‘Twas the morning before Christmas www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The federal government’s new “Buy Canadian” policy for procurement is a good step forward, but the fine print points to a risk where companies only appear Canadian on paper and reap the rewards, failing to deliver the intended outcomes for the country. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

UNLOCKED | ‘We are in a good place now’: Sen. Moncion preps to take over as ISG head www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The best photos from the second quarter of 2025 feature campaign whistlestops, a federal leaders' debate, government tariff responses, and MPs being sworn in after the election. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Sheila Copps: If Poilievre doesn’t change the channel soon, he’s done www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

The ‘all-in’ bet on Pierre Poilievre’s August byelection campaign paid off, but the 24-to-1 fundraising deficit to his right-flank reveals an 'undercurrent’ that could snowball if left unchecked, says Liberal strategist Dan Arnold. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

All Politics Poll | The Liberal Party’s election win, after trailing the Conservatives by about 20 points for about a year, was voted as 2025's biggest political comeback www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Seven bills tabled since the start of the 45th Parliament began reached royal assent before the winter break, whole several bills still moving through the legislative process are "core to the government’s overall agenda." www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Michael Harris: There is a great deal to love about Canada, but one of the greatest things is that this country will never have a Donald Trump. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: It’s time to double down on ocean protection www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Rose LeMay: Call me a dreamer, but this winter solstice season I’m practising hope that 2026 is the year Canada recognizes its strength and credibility as a democracy rests on reconciliation. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: Canada’s rising disaster costs call for adaptive design www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

“Canada has been historically in love with science and research,” says Louis Têtu, executive chairman of the AI software multinational Coveo. “But the one thing we’ve failed to do is monetize and industrialize that technology.” www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: The missing piece in Canada’s innovation strategy www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

PHAC lacks timely national data on children’s vaccination rates as report finds agency is not meeting targets www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

PMPRB closes all open drug-pricing investigations before implementing new guidelines on Jan. 1, but that doesn’t mean the drug pricing tribunal can’t look at past years’ data to inform future reviews of drug prices www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

UNLOCKED | Justice Minister Sean Fraser had previously suggested the government wouldn’t ‘copy and paste’ Bill C-63, formerly known as the Online Harms Act, but child protection advocates remained hopeful the Liberals would bring forward a new online safety law. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Politics This Morning: Feds pursuing new plan for funding First Nations' child services www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Feds should ‘sharpen’ definition of Canadian to ensure new ‘Buy Canadian’ procurement policy works, says industry www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Bhagwant Sandhu: The race is limping along like an administrative exercise—uninspired for the current political moment. And the party, which seems afraid of its own shadow, is primarily to blame. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

UNLOCKED | Ottawa set to revive online harms legislation in 2026: government source www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

This year in photos: Trudeau exits, Carney enters politics, Parliament dissolves www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Several members of the government’s AI task force say they are worried Ottawa has already fallen behind in the global race to capitalize on a burgeoning economic driver, but they believe the forthcoming AI strategy may provide an opportunity for Canada to catch up. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Opinion: Our national approach to AI risks assuming that we can enjoy the benefits of cutting-edge research without redesigning the machinery of government needed to put it to work. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...