Gallup: U.S. Election Concerns Run High Ahead of 2026 Midterms news.gallup.com/poll/712955/...

What we're breathing from Algonquin Park to Ottawa to Montreal and beyond -- is the stuff that burned in northwestern Ontario. Map source: cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/en/

ICYMI: Landlords in the House: Advocates see a bias in Parliament against rent #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1191847...

House of Commons gallery for QP filled with orange-robed Buddhists monks. Not allowed to take pix in the House, else I’d show you but it’s quite delightful! Here’s some monks outside West Block.

WaPo: Trump’s disapproval rating reaches new high, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds (🎁 link) wapo.st/3OIhhjP

Do government ridings get more federal cash? Evidence is mixed globalnews.ca/news/1179792...

Keen to seem ‘tough-on-crime,’ Carney government looks to polls for answers #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1176732...

Top 10 Best 2nd place finishes by vote total in #Elxn45 #cdnpoli

Alberta NDP Leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social immediately distances his party from the federal party. This statement just out, minutes after @avilewis.ca becomes federal NDP leader. #cdnpoli

🆕 #cdnpoli poll. EKOS. Decided+ Leaning. #LPC 48% | CPC 27% | #NDP 15% | #GPC 5% | Mar 5-15 n=1047 online.

Latest "Premier Approval" poll out from Angus Reid Institute. BC's Eby at record low; big drop for NS' Houston.

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Flying Ottawa—Calgary this evening and this guy is on board. Along with lots of CPC MPs and media. Should be a fun flight. #cdnpoli

Great to see colleague Heidi Petracek reporting from Nuuk, Greenland on Global National tonight. Big day for Greenlanders! youtu.be/RZ1QZOq74D0?...

Waiting for PM @mark-carney.bsky.social to address Cdn media in Doha, Qatar.

Tis the Season" Part II: LPC MP @darrenfisherns (Dartmouth--Cole Harbour) adapts "The Night Before Christmas" for the politics of the day. #cdnpoli

"Tis the Season" Part I: CPC MP Scott Reid (Lanark--Frontenac) adapts "The Night Before Christmas" #cdnpoli

PM Carney on Amb Hillman's departure:

Good Monday morning! Up early to watch PM Carney speak to about about 1,100 people at the "Mayor's Breakfast" series here in Ottawa.

Quarterly survey of premiers' approval ratings from Angus Reid Institute. Good for Kinew, Holt and Moe; lousy for Legault and Ford.

Seconds after SA Pres Cyril Ramaphosa formally closed the 2025 #g20 summit in Johannesburg, 🇨🇦 PM Carney was the first to congratulate him on chairing the first such summit held on the African continent. That's 🇧🇷 Pres Lula on the left who, as last year's G20 chair, was sitting to Ramaphosa's right.

There have been 20 in-person #G20 summits. And I've been present in-person to cover 10 of them! The 10th is here in Jo'burg SA. Historic because no G20 has ever been held in Africa. But, sadly, SA were not great hosts. Friendly but from credentials to transportation a nightmare logistically. #G20

From a Pollara survey earlier this year: Trust in Media #media

CPC has long dominated #cdnpoli $raising but in the last 2 quarters, #LPC is catching up. This chart shows LPC $raising totals as a total of what the CPC raised. For 25Q3, LPC was at 92%. Carney became leader in Q1. Poilievre became Ldr in 22Q3. Data: Elections Canada. Calculations & Chart: Me.

The BQ, 2025Q3, had 956 donors who gave an average of $108.29. CPC was 53,725 donors/average of $78.80. LPC had most donor — 77,064 — but they gave just $38.39 on average. NDP 30,677 / average of $28.64. The per capita donations for the CPC, LPC, NDP were the lowest in a decade. #cdnpoli

Ever since Yves-François Blanchet became BQ leader in 2019, his party has consistently improved per-capita $ donations to the BQ. In fact, on a per capita basis, the BQ has led all parties in the last 3 quarters. Data: Elections Canada. Chart: Akin. #cdnpoli

Data point: The civil service has grown by +100K in 10 years -- or 40%. Canada's pop growth in 10 years: 17%. We now have 8.6 civil servants/1000 Cdns. In 2015, we had 7.2/1000 pop. #bdgt25 #cdnpoli www.canada.ca/en/treasury-...

Statement from the President of the Parliamentary Press Gallery:

Lots in today’s Roundup about AI! I asked an AI bot to write some stories based on #HoC transcripts; @gzeromedia.com asked AI bots to win the war in Ukraine. And @evansolomon.bsky.social wants your thoughts on AI! Lots to read and ponder. Click through! open.substack.com/pub/davidaki...

From the bird site, Modi welcomes @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social to India.