How Carney’s Liberals get a majority in the House after another Conservative MP defects
Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2025. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2025. Sean […]
Canada needs a whole-of-government approach to competition policy: Hunter Prize 2025
The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill is seen in Ottawa, March 9, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill is seen in Ottawa, March 9, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. _The Hub’s third annual [Hunter Prize for Public Policy](https://thehub.ca/hunter-prize/), generously supported by the [Hunter Family Foundation](https://www.hunterfamilyfoundation.ca/), focused on solving Canada’s stagnant living standards […]
Ottawa is letting Canada’s global cannabis advantage erode
A person walks by a Cannabis dispensary on Queen St. in Toronto, Jan. 6, 2020. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press. A person walks by a Cannabis dispensary on Queen St. in Toronto, Jan. 6, 2020. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press. Building “One Canadian Economy” should mean supporting both traditional industries and emerging ones with global potential. Yet […]
Overstuffed and unnecessary: It’s time to downsize the House of Commons
MPs applaud in the House of the Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Nov. 6, 2025. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press. MPs applaud in the House of the Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Nov. 6, 2025. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press. On April 28, Canadians elected 343 members of Parliament. Do we truly need 343 MPs […]
Canada is not as tax competitive as the Carney government claims
Mark Carney and Francois-Philippe Champagne before tabling the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Nov. 4, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Mark Carney and Francois-Philippe Champagne before tabling the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Nov. 4, 2025. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Listening to some commentators examining the fallout of the 2025 Budget, […]
Canada is shopping for new fighter jets—and on the verge of making a disastrous decision
Gripen, a Swedish fighter aircraft, performs at Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India, Feb. 16, 2017. Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo. Gripen, a Swedish fighter aircraft, performs at Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India, Feb. 16, 2017. Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo. Canada will be getting new fighter jets. That much […]
The AI boom must not worsen Alberta’s urban-rural divide
Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon at the All In AI conference in Montreal, Sept. 24, 2025. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press. Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon at the All In AI conference in Montreal, Sept. 24, 2025. Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press. Imagine driving through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, […]
The Weekly Wrap: The kids are not alright
Youth attend a Pierre Poilievre rally in Oshawa, Ont., April 3, 2025. Laura Proctor/The Canadian Press. Youth attend a Pierre Poilievre rally in Oshawa, Ont., April 3, 2025. Laura Proctor/The Canadian Press. _In The Weekly Wrap, Sean Speer, our editor-at-large, analyses for Hub subscribers the big stories shaping politics, policy, and the economy in the week that […]
‘A paradox facing the CPC’: Hub Politics on whether Conservatives have hit their ceiling with Poilievre as leader
In this episode of _Hub Politics_, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data, to discuss recent Abacus Data polling on Pierre Poilievre’s leadership paradox whereby he has strong support among Conservative base voters but has low popularity numbers with […]
Carney keeps teasing a new pipeline, but will he follow through?
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alta., July 4, 2025. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alta., July 4, 2025. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. There’s a trope in almost every holiday family movie. A workaholic father promises the world, swears that this year […]