Ottawa

Politics Insider for Oct. 27: Trudeau won’t commit to a key fiscal progress metric, the Liberals won’t commit to massive document disclosure, and is Parliament broken?

Paul Wells: We’re heading toward an irreconcilable difference between a hard-to-believe government and an opposition that’s being even less useful than the Liberals

Politics Insider for Oct. 23: The Liberals table more spending for parliamentary approval, the health minister pooh-poohs freedom of information and some Canadian travellers will soon avoid 14-day quarantine

Shannon Proudfoot: With all the pacing of a Facetime call with your grandparents, the Liberals survived a puzzling confidence vote of their own making

Paul Wells: Why is the PM staring down the opposition with an election threat? Maybe because as far as he’s concerned, Parliament sucks.

Canada’s environment minister talked to Paul Wells about the fate of the oil sands, cabinet leaks and the country’s roadmap for tackling climate change in a Maclean’s Live discussion

Politics Insider for Oct. 16: Cong Peiwu warns Canada against offering asylum to Hong Kong activists, Mi’kmaw fishers plead for help from the feds and sea otters are back with a vengeance

Politics Insider for Oct. 15: The points of friction between Canada and China mount, Ottawa’s poop offers a realtime glimpse into COVID-10 spread and the feds sell an ejection seat

Politics Insider for Oct. 9: The PM comments on the presidential election south of the border, Ford Motors gets nearly $600 million in taxpayer money and Ben Harper has a new gig

Politics Insider for Oct. 8: The feds move to ban six single-use plastic items (and exempts PPE), a federal-provincial energy proxy war, and what if Trump wins again?