Parliament Today: Bloc culture motion awaits Monday vote as supply days continue

In 2019, municipalities across Ontario declared a climate emergency. The backdrop was a groundswell of attention to global warming, including tens of thousands of people filling the streets around Ontario’s legislature in September, demanding urgent action on climate change. The demonstration was part of the Global Week for Future, inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement. Young people marched alongside families, seniors and environmental advocates. The crowd outside Queen’s Park in Toronto was so large that some demonstrators couldn’t hear the speakers addressing the rally.

OpinionEnding the era of secret spending and bringing true transparency back to First Nations governance. The Assembly of First Nations is pushing back against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s attempt to accelerate approvals for major “nation-building” projects, warning that fixed timelines could undermine indigenous consultation and consent. Image courtesy of ChatGPT/CBCPublished on:23 Oct 2026, 11:30 amLoading content, please wait...

Asked what fiscal discipline the government’s two budget rules actually provide, Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan gave a two-word answer: “very little.” Ryan appeared before the House of Commons government operations committee on Wednesday with senior staff from her office to discuss its latest economic and fiscal outlook, published two days earlier. Conservative MPs used the session to press her on the government’s new day-to-day operating budget anchor ahead of a federal budget expected in two weeks, while Liberal MPs argued capital investment should not be lumped in with ordinary spending.

This provincial election has brought uncertainty, excitement, dread, and dozens of Tyee stories. Over the past month, we’ve done our best to sort through platforms, explain the issues, profile important characters, hold the parties accountable and make sense of what, to many, has been a head-scratching election. The depth of coverage, much of which occurred while we were also writing about the province’s civic elections, was possible only thanks to the financial support of our readers.

You gambled the nation and divided a province for your own shameless aims. Enough. Andrew Nikiforuk 23 Oct 2026The TyeeTyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.

Tyler Heppell’s family farm in Surrey, B. C., is the first in Western Canada to harvest potatoes each year. The 200-acre property has sandy soil so tractors can move through wet fields that prevent other farmers from harvesting — supplying nearby grocery stores with local produce through May, June and July. But, despite its role in the local food system, the farm is not protected under B. C.’s Agricultural Land Reserve, or ALR. Heppell, a fifth-generation farmer, and his family rent the property from the federal government.