Marlo Glass

The 'inflow' of new civil-servant hires slowed to 28,564 compared to 40,790 in 2024-25, while 11,230 federal staff got a job boost last year, down from 23,000, according to new data from the Public Service Commission.

The John Howard Society of Canada filed a complaint on behalf of prisoners who are 'vulnerable to extreme heat due to their age and/or disability,' as Canada's prison watchdog says high temperatures put incarcerated people at risk.

‘The Carney government has so far had a broad strategy ... of non-retaliation,' says Diamond Isinger, former Trudeau-era adviser on Canada-U.S. relations, but ‘we haven't, unfortunately, seen results yielded from negotiation.’

Alex Silas with the Public Service Alliance of Canada says the decision outlines that the House needs to consult with unions before introducing AI tools into the workplace.

While the tight Quebec riding is far from a slam dunk, if the Liberals were to win, ‘it would really show that Carney has a lot of forward momentum in Quebec,’ says Dalhousie professor Lori Turnbull.

Despite ‘minor agreements’ on interprovincial trade between provinces over the past year, former senior public servant and ex-TD Bank top economist Don Drummond says ‘the major obstacles remain unchanged.’

Conservative MP Dan Albas says he's been ‘working as hard as I can' to support his constituents, thousands of whom are under evacuation orders as wildfires continues to burn out of control and B.C. is under a state of emergency.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has called the highest number of byelections in a short period since the 1950s—something strategists are putting down to ‘coincidence’ and a rapidly changing political sphere.

The July decision directs Correctional Service Canada to begin recording the temperature in the prison's maximum-security area, and install air conditioning, but nearly a month later CSC has not committed to following the ruling.

Recent polling from Leger indicates Canadians may not be amenable to compromise in a trade deal with the U.S., and the Bloc Québécois says Quebec won't accept concessions on supply management. But experts say some industries may need to 'accept some base level tariffs.'