Althia Raj

"It’s Political" podcast host/producer, National columnist @TorontoStar, “At Issue” panellist on @CBCTheNational, and on “The Bridge” every second Tuesday.

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

My fourth time writing a long read wrap of a federal election campaign. None are the same. Thank you to everyone who spoke to me. Let me know what you think.

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#StarExclusive: Pierre Poilievre’s campaign was faltering — but Mark Carney’s was vulnerable too. The inside story of how the Conservatives and Liberals both fumbled the 2025 federal election.

A three-part series with 100-plus interviews with insiders. https://t.co/R44X717hpZ

[Dr. Mike P. Moffatt 🇨🇦🏅🏅 @MikePMoffatt]

PM Carney's remarks on the controversial BC condo purchase program. He acknowledges the government has done a poor job of explaining what this is. New details: The program has a maximum budget of $1.45B, with 10% from the federal government and 90% from the province.

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

Hamilton just hit pause on all AI data centres. Should other communities follow through? 🎁🔗: https://t.co/eaDJBeK2EW

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Mark Carney sidelined from at least 17 government deliberations because of corporate conflicts https://t.co/sGy44NJlCF

[David Pugliese @davidpugliese]

Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says a Carney govt proposal to narrow the scope of the Access to Information Act is a move in the wrong direction that could exclude “entire swaths of government-held records” from public scrutiny.
https://t.co/2TNkT3xWQv

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

My wrap up piece from the week ✍🏽Majority rule has a familiar ring to it, but now it's the Conservatives crying foul https://t.co/bHLU5RqN2z

[National Newswatch @natnewswatch]

‘Tinfoil hats’? Is this Mark Carney’s government or Stephen Harper’s? @althiaraj writes https://t.co/vfTQQs09uQ

Find out more at https://t.co/1zbPY5GAhV

[At Issue Videos @AtIssueCBC]

June 19, 2026: Prime Minister Carney at the G7, challenges facing the Liberals in the Fall, Conservatives call out Carney for skipping Question Period https://t.co/o9bX3DT3g4

@RosieBarton @ACoyne @ChantalHbert @AlthiaRaj 🍁⚽️

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

This bill will be back in the house for a vote today.

Gift link: https://t.co/jdW1bghSOr

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

.@ElizabethMay at the Finance Committee this morning, was able to introduce her amendments, but the Liberals defeated them all. #C30

My story from yesterday: https://t.co/FD3Kb920Vh

My story from last month: https://t.co/PFASUsLRVA

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

.@ElizabethMay at the Finance Committee this morning, was able to introduce her amendments, but the Liberals defeated them all. #C30

My story from yesterday: https://t.co/FD3Kb920Vh

My story from last month: https://t.co/PFASUsLRVA

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

Liberals prepare to poison pesticide rules: https://t.co/FD3Kb920Vh ✍️

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

Elections Alberta says the October referendum will require hiring at least 60,000 workers and printing 45 million ballots.

That will cost Albertans nearly five times what the last provincial election cost — up to $100 million — all so Danielle Smith can keep her deal with the separatists.

Imagine what that money could do for healthcare, education, or addressing the affordability crisis.

The UCP and Danielle Smith have the wrong priorities.

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

@Rodrikoo2 @TorontoStar I understand you didn’t read the story.

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

My latest: The Carney government cut health-care funding for refugees. Here's what that looks like to Olivia https://t.co/MhwdMIr9gs via @torontostar

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

@HedyFry All good :-)

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

My latest column. https://t.co/yjj2BeS9rk

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

@whittakertp People experience things differently? Some MPs don’t see a problem w/ it, others do. The MP I quoted says he yells, others described smackdown, stern rebuke, etc. The only MP to reach out after the story was out, described it as being challenged and said that’s not disrespectful.

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

@HedyFry Hi @HedyFry , I did not write this about you. You are referring to comments by a lobby group not me. I did not mention you in my story or in any social media posts.

[Mitt Romney @MittRomney]

Our highest and most urgent national priority should be AI safeguards. The risks of AI weapons, pathogens, mass unemployment, surveillance, and even extinction must not continue to be largely ignored.

[At Issue Videos @AtIssueCBC]

June 4, 2026: PM Carney fends off accusations of driving Canada into a recession, CRTC's Netflix tax, simmering Liberal tensions over Carney's leadership style https://t.co/Wq2iUGp3zz

@RosieBarton @ACoyne @ChantalHbert @AlthiaRaj🍁

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

@billzinga @KenCunn77721220 That’s like saying my septic tank doesn’t need to be emptied, I can just keep doing what I’m doing, and it will never matter. There will be no consequences.

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

I’m not sure the govt will table this next week — I certainly hope not, but more on the changes they want to make and how they stand to affect the Southern Resident Killer Whale population https://t.co/R1WgNwcHvR

[Paul Vieira @paulvieira]

For context purposes, Microsoft spends roughly over $10 billion a month on AI