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OTTAWA — Most Canadians with a view say they don’t like the populist wave washing over much of the world, a new poll has found, even though a healthy chunk of respondents also said they support some of the same movement’s key pillars.
The poll, conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights, found that 28 per cent of respondents described themselves as either “frustrated” (10 per cent) or “angry” (18 per cent) with the concept of populist politics, while a smaller group (22 per cent) opted for the positive descriptors “excited” (four per cent) or “”comfortable” (18 per cent).
But 22 per...
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
Back when I was a teenager, a private investigator sat in a parked car outside my family’s Westboro home for a few days, keeping watch on a house two doors away. Somehow, we knew why he was there: the recently estranged husband of the woman living at the surveilled address believed she was having an affair, and he’d hired the detective to find out. Read More
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
Parents of Grade 2 students at Hilson Avenue Public School were shocked last week when they received a message from its principal "clarifying" the future of middle French immersion at the school. Read More
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Joanne Laucius | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says gave her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
In February 2020, then-National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier
proudly announced a new tool
she promised would help taxpayers better...
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
During a recent “breakfast chat” with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke briefly about the government’s plans for the federal public service. His remarks included expectations that tech and artificial intelligence would result in more interesting and impactful work, some modest reassurance that needed job cuts would be managed substantially through attrition and departure incentives, and a clear indication that a full-time return to office (RTO) is likely in the works for most public servants. Read More
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen
With food prices soaring — and meat in particular making a dent in wallets — some people may be planning a holiday meal that looks a little different this year.
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
