Federal Politics

The state wants non-U.S. cruise ships to be allowed to go straight from continental U.S. ports to Alaska, cutting out B.C. entirely.

Speed and efficiency are not things that Canada’s lumbering and increasingly dysfunctional regulatory systems are known for.

Rob Shaw: Asking the minister solely tasked with tourism about tourism warrants a better answer than ‘the government is focused on immunization.’

Michael Taube: Questions about the federal government hiring processes that resulted in Julie Payette and Admiral Art McDonald.

An election now won’t benefit Canada, says Roslyn Kunin. In calling one, the Liberal government would be putting politics before Canadians' wellbeing.

Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.

Peter Menzies: From former Prime Minister Joe Clark to Donald Sutherland, some unlikely allies are trying to force CBC to stop its plans to dismantle Radio Canada International - which leads to some big questions about The Mother Corp's mandate.

Dene Moore: Urban and rural Canadians view firearms very differently – and whatever its structural flaws, at least Ottawa’s new gun control bill accepts this basic fact.

After years of delays, mixed signals, lack of consultation and broken promises, delivery of safe drinking water systems is long overdue.

Rob Shaw: Questions and pointed answers about vaccine supply and whether one complete dose will be enough.