UNLOCKED | ‘We’re an open party’: Liberals kick off Montreal convention praising floor crossers and eyeing a majority.

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Andrew Caddell: In a province obsessed with the status of French, the Air Canada CEO controversy will boost Bloc fortunes in the Terrebonne byelection, and assist the separatist PQ in its quest to form government after the fall provincial election.

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Gwynne Dyer: How post world-war lessons got lost in the swamp.

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Heard On The Hill: Four premiers will try to agree at the upcoming Future of Business Summit, and the Parliamentary Basketball tournament returns after a year's hiatus.

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As Indigenous Services Minister Gull-Masty defends the recent funding renewals as 'progress at the pace of government,' former Liberal MP Ouellette says respect for Indigenous priorities requires red lines.

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Scott Taylor: The ongoing helicopter saga demonstrates how delays, political interference, and cancellations all cost the taxpayer, and negatively affect the combat capability of the CAF.

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Bhagwant Sandhu: The Liberals aren’t riding electoral momentum. They’re engineering it

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Elections Canada confirmed that all 1,770 Canadians living abroad registered as of April 1 have validated international addresses, following a recent registration ‘anomaly.’

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As Ottawa moves into the final stages on the $20-billion decision between South Korean and German shipyards to replace its aging submarine fleet, sector experts argue that economic factors should not overshadow defensive and strategic considerations.

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Les Whittington: The war criminal in the Kremlin has already been given a new lease on life from the U.S. president’s disastrous armed foray into the Middle East.

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The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, and analysts to determine who has the most influence in the prime minister's foreign policy sphere.

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The policy debate at the Grits' upcoming convention seems intentionally designed to avoid being a distraction from the party’s core messaging as it sits on the cusp of a majority, but it's also not time for a victory lap, say observers.

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Defence sector experts say Canada should follow through on the purchase of American F-35 fighter jets instead of the Swedish-built Gripen planes recommended by the NDP.

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Hill Climbers: Catching up with the now five-member team for Secretary of State for Combatting Crime Ruby Sahota.

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The presence of 42 independent candidates and the use of a “write-in” or “adapted ballot” could prove decisive in the tightly contested April 13 byelection in Terrebonne, Que., say some Liberal sources and pollsters.

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Marilyn Gladu, the fifth opposition MP to join the Carney Liberals, has been ‘rather outspoken’ about issues that may put her at odds with Trudeau-era Liberal MPs, says former Conservative staffer Ashton Arsenault.

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Hill Climbers: Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski recently hired a new regional adviser to her team.
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Politics This Morning: Majority in reach
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Deputy minister broke conflict-of-interest rules by influencing hiring at IRCC, ethics commissioner finds.

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‘No one had this one on their bingo cards’: latest floor-crosser Gladu a surprise addition to Liberal ranks, say politicos.

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Hill Climbers: Fresh advisers boost Energy Minister Hodgson’s office

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Gwynne Dyer: Fanatics, an obsessive, and a belligerent fool

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The recommendation calling for a leader of the government in the Senate to be appointed to cabinet faced some opposition at the committee table.

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Opinion: New Canada-Ecuador trade deal contradicts Prime Minister Carney’s human rights vision

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Editorial: The Senate, and its reform, should be taken seriously

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Erica Ifill: Here’s why Lewis’ revival of a left-wing NDP should leave the political elite pressed

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UNLOCKED | Conservative MP Mike Dawson is continuing his fight against accepting the annual pay raise, and says the issue will be discussed at this month’s Commons Board of Internal Economy meeting.

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Andrew Caddell: Air Canada CEO Rousseau did us no favours in Quebec

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Parliamentary Calendar: Liberals take their turn: Grits’ national convention takes over Montreal April 9-11

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Heard On The Hill: John Delacourt’s ‘distinctly Canadian’ novel inspired by real-life spy romance

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