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Evening Brief Welcome back to the Evening Brief! Demonstrators march during the “Draw the Line” climate change protest in Ottawa on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby It’s a gloomy day in Ottawa, proof that spooky season is in full swing. Here’s what we got. Catherine McKenna says she was the cabinet minister on the receiving of Justin Trudeau’s lecture over the use of the word crazy, as retold in Chrystia Freeland’s memoir, Unreliable Boyfriend.

News During an interview for a bonus episode of iPolitics’ No Talking Points podcast, McKenna admitted that she was the subject of the anecdote and said she was simply referring to the world as being crazy, as opposed to applying that label to any person. Catherine McKenna is shown in Ottawa, before the release of her new book “Run Like A Girl,” on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.

News The latest from the federal lobbyist registry. Heifers, bulls and calves roam free through the 65,000-acre pasture of native grassland at Plateau Cattle Co. in Nanton, Alta., in June 2017. (Jennifer Friesen/Torstar archives) Cross-border tensions remain on the political agenda and it shows in this week’s federal lobbying wrap, especially in the agricultural sector.

News The fund aims to fill the gaps between workers’ skills and industry requirements in sectors like energy or critical minerals by funding projects that could speed up training or certification. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu speaks during an announcement about water in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, December 11, 2023 in Ottawa.

News Court ruling favours Canadian Nuclear Laboratories over planned waste site near Kebaowek First Nation in Chalk River, Ont. The road into Chalk River, Ontario. Beyond the trees, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories plans to construct a Near Surface Disposal Facility designed to contain roughly one million tonnes of low-level radioactive waste.

News Ottawa is changing how it selects skilled immigrants, giving an edge to candidates who have Canadian work experience or a job offer in well-paid fields such as engineering, health care and the skilled trades. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.

News The company, who announced the plan on Friday, said it represented the largest privately funded investment in Nova Scotia’s history and would help support 2,000 jobs during the construction process and 215 ongoing operational positions. Point Tupper site is pictured in this handout drone photo. (Supplied) EverWind is proposing a $10 billion plan to build out a new data centre campus and expand wind generation at its existing industrial site in Point Tupper in Nova Scotia.

Opinion Why can’t Ottawa be exciting and interesting? Why can’t we have a grander Parliament Hill with a pedestrianized Wellington Street? What about a science museum downtown, a portrait museum, an Indigenous art gallery, a graffiti art gallery, botanical gardens and high-efficiency rail to Montreal and Toronto? People make their way through downtown Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Ottawa is a city of just over a million people who call this home.

Opinion What I’ve come to appreciate now, and what I didn’t want to see before, is that Americans genuinely like Canadians, just not enough to matter when it matters most. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a back to school event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) It felt like the right way to end one of the most enjoyable parts of my political life.

News Welcome back to Economic Insights! The company developing the Mersey River wind farm in Nova Scotia, Renewall, has used CGI to render this image of the project. Welcome to Economic Insights, your twice-weekly deep dive into the major projects and policy shifts shaping the Canadian economy. Stories we are following: – Ottawa pours $100M in Nova Scotia’s Wind West offshore power project.