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1927: The Billion-Dollar Victory Lap Before the Crash

Sixty years after Confederation, a government report captured a nation at the peak of its powers—completely unaware that the Great Depression was just…

21 hrs ago • Hansard Files

$35B High-Speed Rail: Senate Probes Bill C-15

Bill C-15 high-speed rail provisions face Senate scrutiny for 50,000 jobs, $35 billion growth and tariff resilience, as committees advance soil health…

Mar 25 • Hansard Files

Cuba Humanitarian Crisis: Witnesses Warn Canada’s $8.3M Aid Risks Regime Capture

Exiles testify that Cuban regime diverts resources to 400 luxury hotels and holds $18.5B reserves while citizens endure 22-hour blackouts, 89 percent…

Mar 24 • Hansard Files

$1.16B Greenlit for Contrecoeur Container Terminal

Montreal Port Authority’s $1.16 billion approval for Contrecoeur Container Terminal project, while new Financial Crimes Agency leadership, sweeping…

Mar 23 • Hansard Files

40,000 New Clerks and the Price of Victory

How the Great War transformed Ottawa from a sleepy town into a billion-dollar machine—and why it never shrank back.

Mar 22 • Hansard Files

The 160-Acre Gamble: Selling the Canadian West in 1909

How a government pamphlet lured British ploughmen to the prairies with the promise of free land and a warning: “Don’t boast of the Old Country.”

Mar 21 • Hansard Files

Geoffrey Hinton Warns Senate: Artificial Intelligence Canada at Risk

Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton testifies on existential threats from AI Canada while parallel Senate hearings examine fisheries independence, soil…

Mar 20 • Hansard Files

Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Delayed Amid Threats

Nominee Anton Boegman testifies before Parliament’s Procedure and House Affairs committee on February 26, 2026, as the foreign influence transparency…

Mar 19 • Hansard Files

52 Days to Alberta Referendum: Senate Fights Separatism

Alberta separatism dominates Senate debate as Premier Smith eyes October 19 vote; senators sound alarms on Brexit regret, surging anti-Semitism, foreign…

Mar 18 • Hansard Files

Build Canada Homes Act: Parliament’s Housing Showdown

As Canada’s housing crisis locks out families and drives up costs, the House debates Bill C-20 to create a new Crown corporation for faster affordable…

Mar 17 • Hansard Files

269,884 Electors Set for Three Federal By-Elections in 2026

Canada Gazette releases official preliminary voter counts for Terrebonne, Scarborough Southwest and University—Rosedale by-elections under the Canada…

Mar 16 • Hansard Files

The Secret Wars of Canadian Intelligence History

Exploring the shadow conflicts, codebreakers, and constitutional crises that shaped Canadian intelligence history to protect a nation.

Mar 15 • Hansard Files

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