Bardish Chagger

Bardish Chagger reflects on a tumultuous 2020 in Ottawa

The minister for diversity and inclusion and youth hopes the Liberals can document their lessons learned for the benefit of future governments, but she’s not willing to say much about the failed student service grant

Trudeau appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee on July 30, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

Solving WE’s ‘which came first’ problem

Andrew MacDougall: How did WE become the only option for Ottawa’s youth program? A look at the official lobbying records offers some clues.

Trudeau heads to the podium during a function at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention on Mar 2 2020 (CP)

The Canada Student Service Grant’s unusual cabinet ride

Andrew MacDougall: A look inside how Cabinet decisions are actually made casts doubt over Trudeau’s extraordinary claim about the WE decision

How the ‘passionate mama bear’ approach can achieve pay equity

Leading women entrepreneurs, including Sallie Krawcheck and Michele Romanow, champion collaborative change at global conference in Toronto

Left to right: Bardish Chagger, Karen Vecchio, Nikki Ashton, Patty Hajdu, Catherine McKenna, Marilyn Gladu, and Elizabeth May. (Photograph by Jessica Deeks)

Sexual harassment has long festered on the Hill. Now, female MPs from all parties are saying ‘enough’

From cabinet ministers to volunteers, dozens of women say sexual harassment and violence on Parliament Hill have gone unchecked for too long

Justin Trudeau’s mid-life crisis

After a series of stumbles and setbacks the Liberals have an ambitious but risky plan to break their slump and get back on track

The Prime Minister’s tax reform damage control tour

In Stouffville, Ont., Trudeau took over from Bill Morneau, unveiling a tax cut and some new messaging around an unravelling tax plan

Throw another minister on the bonfire: the ballad of Bill Morneau

Paul Wells on the finance minister’s tax reform flub, and why it’s becoming an embarrassing pattern for the Trudeau government

Why Liberals want to change how MPs work in Ottawa

In this interview, MP Kevin Lamoureux suggests a Liberal election pledge trumps opposition outcry

Canada’s House of Commons doesn’t need to be modernized

Every time we insist on modernizing our democratic processes to make them “more democratic,” we just wind up making things worse

Bardish Chagger takes the 60-Second Challenge

Pen or pencil? Chagger didn’t hesitate.