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Law, order, and independence: Plamondon stakes Quebec’s sovereignty on secularism and fiscal autonomy in Rebel News interview
A TCE News Report In the wood-panelled corridors of Quebec’s National Assembly, Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon is a man…
April 11, 2026
Campbell Clark: Liberal Party in triumphal mood finds it easier to accept conflicting values
Campbell Clark/The Globe and Mail: Three years ago, the Liberal Party was headed for defeat. Now it is…
April 11, 2026
For a party once thought endangered, Liberals are enjoying surprising afterlife
Aaron Wherry/CBC: Notwithstanding the threshold Carney’s Liberals might cross next week, the defining trend in Canadian federal politics,…
April 11, 2026
Colby Cosh: Gladu’s betrayal invites revolt beyond ballot box
Colby Cosh/National Post: No one seems to think there’s any danger to Carney here in wheedling MPs to cross the floor and…
April 11, 2026
What securing majority would mean for Carney’s Liberal govt
The Canadian Press: So as long as the members of the governing party all vote the same way,…
April 10, 2026
Éric Blais: Marilyn Gladu’s floor-crossing reveals more about Poilievre than his podcast interviews
Éric Blais/Toronto Star: You can shape your image for a few hours in a controlled setting. You can…
April 10, 2026
Uncovering Webloc: Penlink’s ad-based geolocation surveillance tech
The Citizen Lab: Webloc is a global geolocation surveillance system that monitors hundreds of millions of people based…
April 10, 2026
Floor crossing betrays the will of voters
The Hill Times: Most voters cast their ballot based on their views of the party or its leader.…
April 10, 2026
Althia Raj: Carney’s latest floor crosser tests more than size of the Liberal tent
Althia Raj/Toronto Star: If Gladu and former NDP MP Lori Idlout — who endorsed left-wing activist Avi Lewis for NDP…
April 9, 2026
Fred Delorey: Carney risks creating Frankenstein caucus
Fred Delorey: Carney isn’t acting out of desperation. Far from it. This is clinical efficiency. He has engineered…
April 9, 2026
Most Canadians prefer NATO without US, to NATO that bows to Trump’s demands
Bruce Anderson: Now, none of this is to suggest that Canadians have reviewed and carefully considered what it…
April 9, 2026
Why 173 seats — and not needing the Speaker’s vote — matters to Liberals
Toronto Star: A 172 majority would be nice, but 173 or more seats would equip Carney’s Liberals to…
April 9, 2026
Chris Selley: Gladu’s defection is new vanguard of cynicism
Chris Selley/National Post: Gladu makes absolutely no sense as a Liberal, at least have we have come to…
April 9, 2026
Charles Lammam: State grocery stores an expensive policy adventure that ignores real problem
Charles Lammam/National Post: The grocery pilot reflects a broader governing reflex: when confronted with complex, systemic failures, governments…
April 9, 2026
‘No one had this one on their bingo cards’: Latest floor-crosser Gladu a surprise addition to Liberal ranks, say politicos
The Hill Times: Marilyn Gladu, the fifth opposition MP to join the Carney Liberals, has been ‘rather outspoken’…
April 9, 2026
Carney’s Liberals attracting support from unlikely places
Aaron Wherry/CBC: In June 2021, Gladu voted against Liberal legislation that sought to ban conversion therapy. At the time, Gladu said she…
April 8, 2026
Althia Raj: Future of Senate’s decade-old experience with independence hangs in balance
Althia Raj/Toronto Star: This drama doesn’t involve misconduct; the fate of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government doesn’t hang in the…
April 8, 2026
John Ivison: Carney’s floor-crosser power play is playing with explosives
John Ivison/National Post: An election with no clear purpose, beyond taking advantage of good poll numbers, was always…
April 8, 2026
Up to 40 Conservative MPs fear Pierre Poilievre will cost them their seats, insiders say
Toronto Star: Dissatisfaction and worries about their future under Poilievre’s leadership has many questioning whether or not a…
April 8, 2026
It’s Carney’s world: Proximity matters for top 50 influencing Canadian foreign policy
The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, and…
April 8, 2026