Canada's Parliament: What To Expect When The House Returns

This episode offers sharp insights into how Ottawa is preparing for its toughest test yet.

Canada's lawmakers will be returning to the House next week in what promises to be a high-stakes fall sitting of Parliament. They will be welcomed by tariff shocks, fiscal pressure and a sharpened opposition.

The audio briefing dives into:

1. Machinery of government required for new marquee agencies like the Building Canada Homes initiative and the Major Projects Office.
2. Canada’s new top bureaucrat, Michael Sabia, and what his no-nonsense style means for a faster, leaner public service.
3. The re-entry of Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre to Question Period.

Yaroslav Baran and Heather Bakken dissect Baran's latest opinion piece, 'A Fall of Contradictions, Focus and Discipline', in the