As Thanksgiving approaches, Saskatchewan residents are likely to discuss the upcoming provincial election. Leaders Scott Moe and Carla Beck have spent weeks pitching their visions on key issues like healthcare, education, and the economy. With urban voters favoring Beck’s call for change and rural voters sticking with Moe, the race is heating up.

Parliament is stalled as opposition parties demand documents on Sustainable Development Technology Canada. A privilege debate has halted all other business. Pharmacare moves through the Senate, while Mark Carney faces Conservative scrutiny. Alberta’s Premier Smith issues a legal ultimatum, Ontario preps for fall session, and elections loom in BC and Saskatchewan.

BC NDP Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad are now two weeks into the 2024 BC election, pitching themselves to voters on topics including reconciliation and Indigenous relations, healthcare, affordability, energy, and how paper straws suck.

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The federal statutory holiday means that the House of Commons and Senate resume business on Tuesday, October 1

The return of Parliament brought with it a busy week in the world of politics. New West is here to cut through the noise with what you need to know following the first week of the Fall sitting in Ottawa, and what you should be keeping an eye on in the week ahead.

With the House of Commons back, we’re welcoming you to the Monday edition of the Roundup with our latest insights to help you navigate the political landscape with confidence.

When it rains it pours. That was true this week for the Liberals with news breaking of not only the end of the supply-and-confidence agreement with the NDP, but also the high-profile resignation of national campaign manager Jeremy Broadhurst. We have the insight and analysis to help guide your organization through the changing political landscape.

Liberal ministers descended on Halifax earlier this week for a pre-Parliament return cabinet retreat. The docket included discussions about housing, fairness and affordability, the middle class, immigration, and Canada-US relations.

Rail shipments in Canada ground to a halt yesterday as Canada’s two largest rail companies, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out their workers, after months of negotiations with Teamsters Canada Rail Conference failed to produce new collective agreements.

The Liberal’s cabinet retreat, which is scheduled for August 25-27 in Halifax N.S. is now just over a week away. With it, the rumours and speculation about whether the Prime Minister will shake up his cabinet before the government faces off against Pierre Poilievre’s CPC again when the Parliament resumes on September 16.