Politics Journalistsin Canada

Aaron D’Andrea is a supervising online journalist at Global News who treats politics as part of a wider news ecosystem, combining breaking-news speed with close attention to how decisions and incidents shape public life. He focuses on high-impact politics and breaking stories for a national audience, especially where provincial power struggles and national politics collide, and how premiers, opposition parties and activist groups can turn local moves into national questions. He reports on digital deception and politics, including deepfake scams targeting public figures, and covers crime and public safety when cases rise to national significance. His background includes covering the 2018 Toronto van attack, local reporting for Metroland Media with award-winning coverage, and earlier work in television production. He now also oversees online content from journalists across the country while still contributing fast, visually driven, fact-first stories.

Abhishek De is a senior journalist at India Today who turns complex political and security developments into clear, accessible stories. He covers foreign affairs, geopolitics, defence and politics, with a focus on strategy, alliances, military doctrine, domestic power struggles and party accountability. His reporting on Trinamool civic battles and Abhishek Banerjee puts internal party dynamics, civic governance and institutional power at the centre of the story. He has also worked on news desks in print and digital media and has filed on politics, health and sports. His style is direct and controlled, with clean structure, tight language and strong explanation.

Adam MacVicar focuses on how local government decisions become budgets, transparency fights and changes for residents. He is Global Calgary’s city hall reporter, covering municipal governance and politics, Alberta’s referendum on its place in Canada, independence campaigns, investigations and party politics. His beat also includes major civic projects, transit, public spaces, redevelopment and housing affordability. He has reported on leaked budget documents, property tax pressures, closed-door meetings, a proposed lobbyist registry, the RCMP corruption probe into city hall and allegations of voter fraud in a provincial party leadership race. He has covered the Olympic Plaza transformation, the Green Line LRT route, the Symons Valley Centre library and housing supply. His work uses leaked documents, economic analysis and reporting from council chambers and project sites. He has worked with Global Calgary since 2017, after earlier radio and television news roles.

Aishwarya Dudha reports on how politics, justice and public decisions affect vulnerable people. She works for CBC News, covering immigrants, Indigenous communities, people with disabilities and families facing loss. Her beat includes crime, policing, courts, housing, homelessness, climate policy, economic decisions, local development, sport, health and disability. She has previously worked for CBC News Network and Global News. Dudha connects official decisions and events to lived experience. She centres under-represented voices and examines the human stakes of homicides, trials, institutional failures, public infrastructure, industrial projects and community safety. Her reporting combines timelines, policy and public response with family perspectives, testimony, workplace details and local context. She also profiles athletes and community efforts, keeping personal stories central while showing how law, economics and public systems shape daily life.

Aishwarya Paliwal is a broadcast journalist and correspondent who reports politics, policy, and the digital public sphere through the actions of powerful institutions. She works on camera for India Today and Aaj Tak, with a core beat tracking the Finance Ministry and the Election Commission from inside government venues and briefings. She focuses on announcements, decisions, and political implications, treating fiscal policy and election administration as the frame for stories on strategy and governance. Beyond this, she covers live political flashpoints in Parliament and on the streets, welfare and governance legislation, and regional controversies. A recurring strand of her work is digital platforms, AI, and regulation, alongside foreign policy, trade, and protest coverage from summits and conflict zones. She has seven years of experience, mainly in tightly scripted, venue-specific video formats, with earlier work at another national television news channel.

Alayna Treene covers the power struggles around Donald Trump, Congress and the presidency. She is a White House correspondent at CNN, following Trump’s administration, Capitol Hill investigations, presidential politics and party infighting. She previously reported on Congress and the presidency at Axios, where she covered impeachment, January 6 Committee hearings, the Biden administration and elections, and co-authored a nightly politics newsletter. Her reporting tracks subpoenas, committee strategies, personnel decisions, House procedure and internal Republican negotiations. She also covered Trump’s 2024 campaign, the presidential transition and his inner circle, breaking news on cabinet selections and other private decisions. Treene reports from rallies and institutions, presses Trump on contentious policies, and explains how voters, lawmakers and officials respond. She also provides on-air analysis and clear coverage of crises involving war, the economy, technology and the press.

Alex Ballingall is a senior federal politics reporter at the Toronto Star who focuses on how party strategy, policy decisions and accountability debates shape national politics. He links internal manoeuvring in major parties to the real impacts of government agendas, budgets and regulations, with core reporting on federal leadership, party strategy and elections. His work pays repeated attention to the Liberal party, the New Democratic Party, and figures such as Mark Carney, breaking down platforms, spending promises and leadership rules. He reports on policy implementation and systems, including immigration decisions involving artificial intelligence, daycare oversight and police accountability, with a consistent focus on governance, regulation and failures in oversight. His beat includes Indigenous affairs and environmental policy, treated as central to federal politics, and he works across explainers, live Q&As, newsletters and podcasts. Earlier reporting ranged from Toronto Raptors coverage to social services investigations.

Alexander Quon specializes in freedom of information requests and data-driven reporting on how political decisions become budgets, services and accountability. He is a provincial affairs reporter at CBC Saskatchewan, where he has covered provincial politics since 2021. He previously worked with CBC News’ investigative unit in Nova Scotia and Global News in Halifax. His beat includes provincial budgets, health-care plans, infrastructure, trade, tariffs, energy and technology projects, party dynamics, legislation, opposition strategy, courts, enforcement and social policy. He reports on issues such as deficits, virtual care, nurse practitioners, potash access, nuclear power, AI data centres, photo speed enforcement, murder trials and encampment management. His reported news stories use documents, data, figures, timelines and interviews to explain government decisions and their effects on industries, communities and individuals. He also appears as a provincial affairs analyst.

Allison Jones covers the mechanics of provincial power, showing how decisions at Queen’s Park move money, reshape public services and alter party dynamics. She is a legislative correspondent at The Canadian Press, covering Ontario politics, budgets, education, housing, energy, health and the Ontario Student Assistance Program. She also reports on private career colleges, the Ford government, legislature debates, accountability rules, municipal relations and Ontario Liberal leadership and nomination fights. Earlier in her career, she covered major criminal trials and court cases as a wire reporter. Her reporting is document-driven and precise. She reads legislation, budgets, financial records, inspection reports, court filings and regulatory documents, then explains the policy choices, political calculations and effects on institutions and the public. She follows stories beyond the initial announcement to track implementation, legal challenges and political fallout.

Andrew Solender is a high-volume congress reporter at Axios who zeroes in on internal power struggles, investigations and legislative fights shaping House Democrats. He focuses on tensions inside the House Democratic caucus around leadership, strategy and messaging, often highlighting disputes involving figures such as Hakeem Jeffries and Katherine Clark. His reporting tracks how oversight battles, impeachment pushes and funding fights intersect with Donald Trump, Trump’s allies and efforts to frame investigations as “weaponization.” Another key strand of his beat is congressional anxiety over artificial intelligence, mapping how doomsday briefings spur bipartisan coalitions and new regulation proposals. He draws on experience covering infrastructure legislation, Build Back Better, marriage equality, the 2022 midterms, the Biden debate crisis and the 2024 election. His work appears across Axios and in syndicated form in outlets such as Yahoo News and MSN.

Anirban Sinha Roy is a Principal Correspondent with India Today whose work is defined by visual, on-the-ground coverage of politically charged incidents, governance crises and large public events in West Bengal. He is a multimedia journalist across politics, sports and general news, with more than eight years of reporting experience. His political reporting follows party battles, local power shifts and law-and-order incidents, focusing on how decisions by party leadership ripple through local structures and offices. He tracks how religious imagery, state advertising and public communication become contested terrain. He reports from scenes of disruption such as IndiGo flight cancellations, the Balasore train tragedy, the Sandeshkhali incident and the R.G. Kar incident, centring public distress and state responsibility. His sports coverage spans international cricket and football, including World Cup events and Lionel Messi’s visit, highlighting fan frenzy, management failures and partisan fallout.

Anja Karadeglija covers federal politics through technology and digital regulation at The Canadian Press. She focuses on artificial intelligence, online harms, social media, platform liability, media policy, streaming, Canadian content, digital services taxes and related trade issues. She also reports on crime legislation, parliamentary business, economic policy and climate measures. Her work explains how bills, regulatory frameworks and cabinet decisions affect industry, civil society, news organizations and digital platforms. She has written about the national AI strategy, AI safety, chatbot responsibilities, the online harms bill, streaming contributions and bail reform. She brings more than a decade of experience covering Parliament, telecommunications and broadcasting regulation. Earlier, she reported on wireless, internet, broadcasting and digital media, then covered federal politics, telecom legislation, access-to-information investigations, courts and business. She grounds political stories in legislative detail and stakeholder reaction.

Ashley Burke is known for exposing how power, secrecy and accountability shape Canada’s highest institutions. She is a senior reporter with CBC News’s Parliamentary bureau. Her defining work examined the toxic workplace at Rideau Hall, including staff complaints, severance, investigations, vetting failures and oversight of governors general expenses and benefits. She won the Charles Lynch Award and was a Michener Award finalist. Burke also covers federal politics, trade, diplomacy and defence, including Canada-U.K. security funding, China trade talks, Canada-U.S. negotiations and the global sixth-generation fighter program. Her investigations examine military misconduct, hateful conduct, sexual misconduct allegations, systemic racism complaints at CSIS and accountability for Flight PS752. She also reports on the future of 24 Sussex Drive. Her work relies on documents, court records and confidential sources, tracing decisions, responsibility and institutional responses.

Baljit Balli is a senior political journalist and editorial leader at Babushahi, known for treating politics as a contest of ideas and for long, memory-rich analysis of power and institutions. He focuses on power struggles and alignments in state and national politics, especially party strategies, coalition possibilities, internal dynamics and leadership contests. His flagship column Tirchhi Nazar: Punjab da siasi taapmaan offers reflective commentary on changing political temperatures, factional rifts and evolving narratives. He reports on government decisions, cabinet meetings and enforcement actions, framing them as indicators of policy direction, authority and accountability. Through his Mera Khazana series he uses personal history, newsroom experience and episodes like Emergency to connect past and present political life. Active for more than three decades across print, television and digital, he founded Babushahi in 2011 and leads its “thinking media” editorial approach.

Benjamin Lopez Steven focuses on how political decisions on trade, security and sovereignty turn into real consequences for businesses and communities. He is an associate producer for the CBC politics program The House and a digital writer with the politics team. His reporting sits at the intersection of Canadian and American politics, emphasizing tariffs, alliances and parliamentary strategy over daily process. He covers Canada-U.S. trade negotiations, tariff fallout and sector-by-sector exposure, as well as Canada’s alliances with Europe and other partners. He links alliance questions to defence, security and Indo-Pacific politics. He follows parliamentary priorities, budgets and “nation-building” projects, tracing how agendas and deficit targets shape trade and infrastructure debates. He writes in detailed, accessible prose, focusing on policy design, political strategy and downstream effects, and brings a dual role in digital and audio to long-running policy stories, informed by experience as a Joan Donaldson Scholar at the CBC.

Bill Curry brings a numbers-first lens to federal politics, showing how budgets, contracts, tariffs and major projects become real spending commitments. He is deputy Ottawa bureau chief at The Globe and Mail and a multiple National Newspaper Award winner for political and investigative reporting, including work on ArriveCan spending, the cancelled WE student grant contract and federal contracting. His beat covers federal and provincial budgets, fiscal policy, trade disputes, retaliatory tariffs, investment summits, public service cuts, outsourcing, procurement, omnibus bills, parliamentary procedure, infrastructure, rail projects and tax reform. He reports on how cabinet, Parliament and the public service manage money and implement policy. His work combines daily news, investigations, explanatory stories and podcast appearances. He emphasizes dollar figures, program scope, project lists, timelines and the rules, institutions and long-term commitments behind government decisions.

Casey Babb stands out for linking antisemitism and political violence to their effects on Jewish life. He writes for The Free Press on antisemitism, security threats, and political violence, especially attacks on Jewish communities, media treatment of antisemitic motives, Iran’s reach, and risks faced by refugees and dissidents. His notable pieces include “Canada No Longer Feels Safe for Jews,” “Jews Are Leaving Canada in Droves,” “A Pogrom Is Brewing in Canada,” “Why Is the Media Ignoring the Montreal Shooter’s Antisemitism?,” and “They Could Come Here and Try to Silence Us.” He also writes personal essays, including “This Is My Dad’s Last Father’s Day.” Babb combines security-policy expertise with interviews, statistical reporting, close reading of primary texts, scene-setting, and first-person observation. He is also director of the Promised Land Project and a fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies.

Cassidy McMackon is a digital producer with CTV News who connects politics and public systems to fast-moving breaking news. She covers party dynamics, provincial power, leadership decisions, byelections, trade and tariff negotiations, education strain, public safety, transportation, infrastructure, police investigations, court cases, and community impact. Her work has examined the NDP’s Calgary-Shaw byelection win, B.C. Conservative departures over Alberta separatism links, Avi Lewis becoming NDP leader, substitute teacher shortages, major crashes, shootings, rescues, and ongoing police inquiries. She previously held editorial roles at a campus newspaper, including editor-in-chief. She reports through clear timelines, verified facts, official releases, concrete numbers, and sourced quotations. Her digital work combines briefings, on-scene details, and political context in concise updates that emphasize practical consequences over commentary.

Catharine Tunney covers the line where public safety, national security and federal accountability meet. She works in CBC’s parliamentary bureau and reports on the RCMP, public safety, foreign interference, defence, lawful access, artificial intelligence and federal budgets. Her work follows how Parliament, cabinet, inquiries and watchdogs judge police and security decisions. She has covered the Emergencies Act inquiry, the RCMP response to the Nova Scotia mass shooting, parole hearings for Paul Bernardo, and debate over leadership, spending and ministerial oversight. Tunney also reports on elections and leadership changes when they connect to these files. Her reporting relies on testimony, internal records, Access to Information and Privacy files, and public reaction, and moves between daily political news, explainers and investigations.

Catherine Lévesque follows the intersection of federal and Quebec politics through the lens of power, policy and parliamentary manoeuvring. She is a parliamentary reporter for the National Post, covering how decisions in Parliament and in Quebec’s political institutions shape legislation, elections and interprovincial files such as Churchill Falls hydroelectric power. Working in French and English, she reports and comments across print, audio and television on Canada‑wide and Quebec‑specific political stories. Her coverage of Churchill Falls shows how she approaches complex federal–provincial negotiations, legal agreements and resource economics. She focuses on how bills and motions such as the Online Harms Act move through Parliament, explaining party positioning and procedural moves. She also tracks leadership dynamics and electoral strategy, following figures like Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, and extends her analysis through regular broadcast panels and radio in both languages.

Chauncey DeVega is a senior politics writer at Salon who examines democracy, power and social inequality through the forces weakening American politics. His beat centers on authoritarian leaders, Trump and MAGA, structural racism, racial hierarchy, economic inequality, billionaire power, culture-war campaigns against history and truth, and the emotional and psychological dimensions of political life. He avoids horse-race reporting and campaign gossip. His work includes “Trump’s economic war on Black America,” “The white working-class myth that made JD Vance,” “Elon Musk and the trillionaire class test democracy’s limits,” “Americans know something is deeply wrong. They’re not imagining it,” and “AI is breaking our political reality.” He reports through surveys, polling, data, expert interviews, case studies and lived experience. He also publishes essays at his own site and hosts podcasts, extending his analysis through longer commentary and interviews.

Christopher Nardi traces how closed-door decisions on public money, security and party leadership become concrete consequences. He is a parliamentary reporter for the National Post, covering federal politics, government and major political parties. His beat includes Conservative leadership and caucus dynamics, cabinet and public-service decisions, federal spending and programs, accountability failures, justice and regulatory policy, economic and industrial policy, intelligence agencies, defence spending, diplomacy and political security. He has reported on Conservative personnel changes, polling and leadership strategy, the green fund, public-health contracting, tax-agency technology, bail and sentencing, methane rules, electric-vehicle policy and procurement. He also covers internal administration at intelligence and defence agencies. His reporting relies on internal documents, exclusive memos, specific spending figures, regulatory language, large-sample polling, focus groups and interviews with key insiders. He connects political announcements to the rules, budgets and institutional reforms they produce.

Christopher Placek is a staff writer at the Daily Herald whose distinctive beat is the politics, public finance and infrastructure behind the Chicago Bears stadium saga and redevelopment of the former Arlington Park racetrack. He traces negotiations among village boards, state lawmakers, taxing authorities, school districts and the team across Arlington Heights, Rolling Meadows, Rosemont, Palatine and Schaumburg. He also covers local government, campaign finance, ethics investigations, education and institutional decisions involving District 214 and Harper College. Placek has reported for the Daily Herald since 2010 and has earned multiple Peter Lisagor awards for political, government and breaking-news coverage. His work combines meeting and hearing coverage with close reading of legislation, contracts, ethics reports, internal emails and texts. He returns to complex stories as negotiations, tax arrangements and development plans change.

Daniyah Yaqoob is a politics-focused journalist who examines how laws, institutions and culture shape Muslim communities and other marginalized groups. She is a staff writer at Analyst News and has worked in the Toronto Star’s radio room. She has also written for This Magazine and other publications. Her beat spans global politics, social justice, religion, law, youth voting and newsroom culture. She covers how policies such as Quebec’s Bill 94 and Law 21 affect Muslim women, public workers and daily life. She reports on Muslim belonging, journalism workplaces, civic engagement and access to sports and cultural events. She also handles breaking news, city coverage, culture and property features, including a Caledon farmhouse linked to Anne with an E. Her reporting moves between news hits, explanatory features and long-form essays, grounding political issues in people’s lived experiences.

David Akin is a senior political journalist at Global News who explains how party decisions, budgets and caucus moves translate into power and policy. He leads coverage of federal and provincial elections and has been the network’s lead reporter on every federal budget since 2006. His beat includes federal party dynamics, caucus shifts, spending cuts, fiscal policy, trade, tariffs, polling, voter behaviour, ethics and access to information. He covers MPs leaving caucuses, leadership contests, cabinet changes, seat-by-seat races and the effects of national decisions on voters. He has covered seven federal campaigns, more than two dozen provincial contests and G7, G20 and NATO summits. His reporting relies on documents, regulatory filings, financial records, regional data, seat arithmetic, polling and human sources. His work appears across Global News programs, radio and online.

David Maddox tracks how parties gain and lose power, zeroing in on Labour’s internal battles, Reform UK’s rise and the way rules, donations and past referendums shape Westminster politics. He is political editor at The Independent and has covered national, regional and local politics for more than a quarter of a century. He reports live from Westminster and writes longer reads on elections, leadership contests and government accountability. Maddox returns to Labour factions, leadership and party strategy, including Brexit-era conflicts and foreign policy rows over Israel. He devotes sustained coverage to Reform UK, Nigel Farage and party funding rules, linking finance, regulation and media freedom. His work tests leaders at set-piece moments such as Prime Minister’s Questions and probes government transparency using documents, sources and televised events. He also writes essays on Conservative politics and uses digital formats including newsletters to follow politics between big events.

Denio Lourenco reports on how laws and institutions shape everyday life, with a focus on crime, politics, social issues and LGBTQ2S+ policy. He is a digital journalist at CityNews Toronto, where he covers police investigations, criminal charges, traffic collisions, pedestrian safety and public safety. His past work includes writing for Reuters, NBC News and the Globe and Mail, as well as small-town papers. His investigative reporting has examined transgender people’s treatment in the prison system and the role of a prominent think tank in anti-transgender legislation. He also covers elections, natural disasters and mass shootings. His reporting is fast, precise and information-first. He uses clear timelines, official statements, court records and investigative details, while showing the impact on victims, affected communities and LGBTQ2S+ people.

Don Braid is a veteran political columnist with the Calgary Herald who focuses on how Alberta separation and United Conservative Party power struggles are being driven by concrete legal tools such as referendum laws, petitions and party rules. He writes a regular column that blends reported detail with clear, explanatory analysis, using roughly half a century of experience to place fast-moving events in a longer political arc. His work tracks how party activists, cabinet ministers, local organizers and citizen campaigns push the province toward or away from confrontation with the rest of Canada. He follows separatist signature drives, referendum mechanics and recall laws, and maps thresholds for leadership reviews and internal votes inside the UCP. He also covers local parties and city hall battles as part of the same conservative and separatist ecosystem, favouring direct language, on-the-record quotes and institutional context in his reporting.

Eleanor Wand’s distinct beat is the opposition benches and the Senate, where she covers the Bloc Québécois, NDP, and Green Party, and how their decisions shape policy and government accountability. She reports for The Hill Times, which she joined in April 2025. Her coverage also follows youth climate organizers, Indigenous parliamentarians, advisory councils, and the local media infrastructure behind federal elections. She has written about former NDP MP Lori Idlout’s exit, the shutdown of a youth climate council during spending cuts, and gaps in candidate coverage during the 2025 federal election. Wand explains political moves through strategists, researchers, report authors, affected participants, and advocates. Before The Hill Times, she covered current affairs and local news for CBC and provincial and federal politics for rabble.ca.

Elizabeth Doran connects suburban daily life with local power, showing how decisions by town and county officials, school boards and regulators affect schools, neighborhoods and main streets. She is a reporter for The Post-Standard covering suburban schools, local government, development, elections and breaking news, with a focus on Onondaga County. Her work examines local races, public services, budgets, transportation, safety rules and school policy. She reports on electric school buses, community colleges, fire districts, e-bike enforcement, retail growth, housing and tribal projects, including casinos and debates over sports mascots. She also covers breaking news and crime. Her reporting follows policies, projects and political changes through their effects on residents, using costs, timelines, records, public reaction and government action to make complex local decisions clear.

Eric Andrew-Gee covers Quebec politics and culture through a historical lens, showing how identity, power and the province’s place in Canada shape current events. As The Globe and Mail’s Quebec correspondent, he reports on elections, sovereigntist politics, alleged foreign interference, Indigenous rights, resource conflicts and the legal and political stakes of land use. He also uses sport, science and local institutions to explore Quebec’s identity. His work connects campaigns, court fights and cultural moments to constitutional debate, social change and scientific discovery. He is the author of The Mind Mappers, a history of the Montreal Neurological Institute and two pioneering neurosurgeons. His work has appeared in The Walrus, Toronto Life and The New Republic. He has won two National Newspaper Awards and reports through close, long-form storytelling with clear explanation and historical context.

Fakiha Baig reports on Alberta’s separatist movement and its implications for national unity and democratic practice for The Canadian Press. Her beat spans politics, resource development and emerging technology. She covers referendum strategy, Indigenous treaty rights, federal-provincial relations, pipelines, energy policy, AI data centres and misinformation. She also reports on how global risks affect schools and communities. Her past features include Vietnamese diaspora stories, clothing repair and sustainability, and the discovery of a mineral inside a deep-Earth diamond. Baig combines hard political reporting with explanatory pieces and community features. She uses detailed interviews, expert analysis, case studies and specific voices to connect national debates with their effects on governments, Indigenous communities and everyday residents. Her reporting explains legal and political constraints while showing how large historical, scientific and policy issues shape daily life.

Fareed Zakaria is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post whose distinctive beat is the changing balance of global power. He writes a weekly column on global politics, U.S. power, foreign policy, domestic politics and the forces reshaping world order. His subjects include Putin’s war in Ukraine, Russia’s ties with North Korea, U.S. competition with China, alliances, military commitments, trade, immigration, infrastructure, industrial policy, artificial intelligence governance and liberal democracy. He examines whether America is losing influence and whether populism and partisan gridlock weaken its ability to lead. His work is argued analysis, not reported dispatches. He uses strategic context, historical reading, interviews with leaders and comparative politics to explain how institutions, technologies and political choices alter power. He also hosts a weekly international affairs television program and writes books on democracy, global power shifts and liberal societies.

Henry Dyer is an investigations reporter at the Guardian who focuses on how political power, money and influence operate around Westminster and the wider British state. He reports on the structures that let politicians, parties and affiliated organisations move funds, secure access and avoid scrutiny, using a document-led approach based on records, correspondence and internal papers. A major strand of his work is opaque political funding and Labour Together, including his original reporting on undeclared contributions, the fallout, and how the thinktank monitored journalists. He also investigates lobbying, standards and the Westminster ecosystem, and has given evidence to parliament’s Procedure Committee on corrections to the official record. Another theme is security vetting, intelligence briefings and elite access, including reporting on Peter Mandelson and Palantir. He tracks money and access around leaders such as Boris Johnson, and previously covered Westminster politics at Insider and as a freelance.

Ian Bailey’s distinct beat is explaining how federal politics, trade, economic policy, regulation and governance connect to party strategy and electoral dynamics. He is a politics reporter in The Globe and Mail’s Ottawa bureau and curator of the daily Politics Insider newsletter for subscribers. He previously authored Politics Briefing, a daily rundown of major political developments and debates. His coverage has examined banking regulation, Canada-U.S. trade, critical minerals, defence, elections, party leadership, election integrity and parliamentary oversight. He follows what prime ministers, cabinet members and party leaders do or say, then explains why it matters. His reporting links policy decisions, caucus dynamics, committee hearings, campaign events and public sentiment into a clear picture of federal politics. He is an award-winning Globe reporter with earlier work in the Vancouver bureau and at The National Post, The Province and a national wire service.

Irelyne Lavery is a self-described city enthusiast who follows how city life, culture and leisure are changing. She reports for Toronto.com on lifestyle and culture, with a service focus that helps readers decide how to spend their time and money. Her beat covers events, festivals, entertainment, television and filming, food and drink, restaurants, bars, travel, regional escapes, retail, housing and urban amenities. She has written about Toronto’s 50 best bars and restaurants, Law & Order Toronto filming locations, major concerts, new grocery and retail stores, distinctive restaurants, Ontario destinations and direct flights. Her reporting combines narrative detail with clear facts on dates, venues, locations, offerings, opening plans and what readers need to know. She writes in accessible prose with a strong sense of place.

Isaac Callan reports on how political decisions and police actions affect public institutions, city streets and neighbourhoods. He is a digital broadcast journalist with Global News’s Queen’s Park bureau, covering provincial and municipal politics, policing, courts, corruption and public safety. His work includes investigations into OSAP payments, school board oversight, Bill 124, political fundraising, mandate letters and the premier’s cellphone use. He has also covered Project South, bail decisions, shootings, fires, floods and traffic collisions. Before joining Global News, he reported extensively on politics in the Region of Peel. Callan combines daily breaking news with features and longer investigative series. He relies on freedom of information requests, government data, court records, police documents and unsealed records. His stories turn complex policy and criminal investigations into clear accounts of their effects on students, workers, residents and businesses.

Jacques Poitras is a provincial politics reporter whose work explains how elections, leadership races, caucus turmoil and government decisions shape power. He works for CBC News and has reported on every provincial election since the mid-1990s. His beat also includes party dynamics, budgets, deficits, trade measures, energy projects, climate policy, environmental approvals and corporate influence. He examines how institutions operate and whether governments meet their commitments. His reporting combines daily news, accountability work and analysis with long-term context. He connects polls, policy disputes and internal party battles to wider political and economic trends. He also appears on political panels and has co-hosted provincial election night broadcasts. His non-fiction books cover politics, energy, borders, business families, regional history and party leadership.

James C. Reynolds covers international news for The Independent, focusing on how political power, conflict and security decisions affect life across borders. His beat includes far-right movements and European politics, Trump-era foreign policy, Middle East conflicts, Russia and Ukraine, sanctions, arms transfers, diplomacy, corruption investigations and protests. He has written for the Daily Mail, Philosophy Now and The New Arab. Reynolds reports through data, official documents, financial records, investigative timelines and expert voices. He tracks election results through vote shares, coalition arithmetic and policy programmes. He examines wars through casualty figures, oil prices, shipping disruptions and institutional constraints. He follows powerful networks through leaked documents, legal processes and financial links. His reported news and long-form explainers connect elections, crises, scandals and protests to wider questions of security, accountability, governance and public pressure.

Jennifer Jacobs is a senior White House reporter at CBS News known for source-driven stories that show how presidential decisions on law enforcement, national security and policy are made behind closed doors. She covers the intersection of politics and power, focusing on how internal White House debates turn into actions that affect courts, markets and foreign conflicts. Her beat centers on presidential and Justice Department choices on guns and crime, foreign policy flashpoints, and high-profile federal cases. She reports in a compact, fact-forward style grounded in confidential sources, court records and casualty figures, with attention to prosecutorial discretion, ethics controversies and economic and regulatory fights around the presidency. Her career builds on years covering national campaigns and the presidency for major political and business news outlets, with stories that hinge on specific presidential directives and policy moves.

Jesse Winter reports on politics through the lived impact of government decisions, with a central focus on wildfire, climate politics, social justice, the environment and accountability. He is a reporter and photographer for The Globe and Mail, pairing field reporting with his own images and detailed explanation. His work, including long-form and visual journalism for major newspapers and magazines, has earned national recognition. Wildfire is a core thread, treated as both emergency response and a test of climate policy and governance. He also covers the justice system where major events, criminal trials and sexual-assault proceedings expose how courts and governments handle public accountability. His reporting on coastal restoration and marine stewardship follows Indigenous knowledge, local organizing and policy. General-assignment stories on sport, energy and public life use scene-driven reporting and direct testimony to show how high-level decisions play out on the ground.

John Paul Tasker is a senior politics reporter at CBC News who tracks how federal Conservative decisions and Washington’s policies affect Canadian institutions and daily life. Based in the parliamentary bureau, he reports for digital, radio and television. His beat covers Conservative leadership and internal debates, Canada-U.S. relations, trade and tariffs, the Crown, health policy and the Senate. He has covered federal elections, Conservative leaders Andrew Scheer and Erin O’Toole, overseas summits, King Charles’s coronation, and appears on Power & Politics and Front Burner. Tasker uses insider sources, data, official records and detailed policy and legal reading. His stories explain party strategy, trade disputes, institutional change and the practical effects of government decisions, often tracing trends over time rather than focusing on one event.

Jorge Barrera reports for CBC News on how politics, security and human rights affect people. He focuses on Canadian decisions in Latin America and in vulnerable communities connected to Canada. His work covers Canadian mining firms, Mexican armed groups, cartels, disappeared people, cross-border justice, trade, diplomacy and Indigenous security. He has reported on kidnapped workers at Canadian-owned mines in Mexico, families identifying remains, cartel threats tied to union disputes, the Ayotzinapa students case and mothers crossing the Mexico-U.S. border to reunite with their children. He also covers Canadian political and trade decisions, far-right organizing and security issues involving Indigenous communities. Barrera previously worked with CBC’s investigative and Indigenous-focused teams. He stays with complex stories, follows their human consequences and tests official accounts against the experiences of workers, families and local leaders.

Joyanne Pursaga is a political reporter who shows how city hall decisions affect services, infrastructure, housing and affordability. She is the city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press, where she covers budgets, policy shifts, election promises, utilities, public services, development, rental standards and federal–municipal funding. Her work also examines trade disputes, infrastructure costs, police and firefighter staffing, short-term rentals, downtown renewal and public accountability. She has reported since 2004 and previously covered city hall and the Manitoba legislature for the Winnipeg Sun. She has also covered municipal, provincial and federal politics. Pursaga focuses on practical effects, linking council debates and campaign promises to daily life, government constraints, costs, oversight and the policies that follow from political decisions.

Justin Ling traces how politics, security and technology overlap, showing how hidden systems shape public life. He is a staff columnist for the Toronto Star, focused on politics and policy, big tech, national security and the machinery of the state. His work covers laws, regulatory frameworks, oversight, institutional power and political accountability. He reports on defence, intelligence, policing, cyber issues, encryption access, cellphone surveillance, child exploitation, misinformation, conspiracy theories, political polarization and information warfare. He also writes about conflict and foreign policy through human-rights and rule-of-law concerns, including terrorism, espionage, illicit financing and diplomatic strategy. His book-length work examines serial homicides and cold cases. A former investigative reporter across national and international publications, he pursues undercovered abuses and institutional failures through columns, long-form reporting, investigative projects, newsletters and narrative podcasts.

Karen Bartko is an online journalist at Global News who treats political process as the core of the story, not background detail. She focuses on the mechanics and fallout of Alberta politics, especially referendum campaigns, separatism debates and how party strategy meets public process. Her reporting follows decisions from closed-door committees and legislative changes through to voter reaction, business consequences and shifts in public tone. She covers election rules, voter data, democratic infrastructure and how procedural missteps can erode trust. She also tracks policy fallout for businesses, Indigenous communities and public institutions. On the digital desk since 2006, she brings experience as a studio assistant, ENG video editor and broadcast news writer, and she also handles lighter local features. She is an award-winning journalist, sharing in two regional RTDNA honours for online coverage of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.

Kate Bueckert covers how politics, public safety and community life affect people in southern Ontario. She is a producer for CBC Kitchener-Waterloo and has covered the region for more than 20 years. Her work includes detailed guides to advance voting and municipal election logistics, council disputes, party leadership, rural road safety, major data breaches, technology in care homes and sports governance. She also writes “Kate’s 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region,” a recurring guide to festivals, arts, food, sports, heritage and family events. Bueckert focuses on the mechanics of government, elections and institutions, and on the practical effects of their decisions. She explains complex issues through specific cases, local people and clear details about dates, places, laws, charges, processes and community impact.

Kathy Le is an award-winning television journalist with CTV National News who covers how politics and policy affect daily life. Her beat includes pipelines, Alberta’s separation debate, energy, economics, labour rules, public services, racism and health care strain. She uses polls, economic data, on-the-ground interviews and investigative reporting to connect national political risks with household budgets, jobs, services and voter sentiment. She also produces longer-form documentaries, including “Covid-19: The Spread of Racism” and an investigation into the emergency medical services crisis. Her work has earned multiple journalism honours for enterprise reporting and investigation. At CTV National News, she contributes nightly reports, podcast segments and documentaries on politics, trade, international relationships, consumer issues and humanitarian aid. She has also reported, anchored and produced more than 200 pieces across local and national outlets.

Katie Teeling is a politics reporter with a systemic lens, centring how legal decisions and policy changes shape everyday life for underserved communities. She works for CBC News, connecting provincial political debates to their concrete impact on public services, civic spaces and the people who rely on them. Her reporting on provincial politics and treaty rights examines the tension between constitutional law, historic treaties and contemporary provincial ambitions, using clear explanatory formats to unpack complex court rulings and consultation requirements for First Nations. She covers administrative systems and municipal planning as lived experience, tracking changes in licensing, civic branding, facility renovations and demolitions through queues, landmarks and neighbourhood identity. Her portfolio also includes detailed coverage of grassroots organizing and populist currents, as well as earlier campus journalism that foregrounds institutional accountability and the human consequences of institutional decisions.

Ken MacGillivray is an online journalist and assignment editor whose work links provincial government decisions with on-the-ground public safety and community stories. He works on the digital desk at Global News, shaping coverage that spans Alberta politics, courts and legal rulings, and breaking news incidents across Western Canada. His core focus is provincial politics, especially the actions of Alberta’s government and premier, legislative and policy files, and the mechanics of government decisions. He also reports extensively on public safety, policing, emergency incidents, violent crime and human-wildlife encounters, building articles around verified facts from authorities. His remit includes agriculture, wildlife and regulatory stories that show how technical rules affect farmers, animals and communities. With more than a decade of online, assignment and supervisory experience, he combines hands-on reporting with digital desk leadership and collaborative coverage.

Kim Chipman links federal politics to the real-world workings of food, agriculture and energy, focusing on how congressional decisions shape markets, programs and industry obligations. She is the congressional editor at Agri-Pulse, covering Capitol Hill debates over federal food and agriculture policy, biofuels, fertilizer, energy rules and trade agreements. Her reporting centers on policy detail, market impact and environmental implications rather than horse-race politics. She writes Agri-Pulse’s Daybreak newsletter and stories that track stakeholder reactions to EPA biofuel blending rules, USMCA trade issues and tariff-derived funds for fertilizer. Chipman’s coverage builds on nearly three decades at Bloomberg News reporting on agriculture, climate, energy, markets, companies and campaigns, including biofuels and fertilizer, U.N. climate summits, global economic meetings and U.S. elections. Across beats she treats trade, tariffs, fuel blending and input costs as economic policy for the farm sector.

Lisa Johnson’s defining beat is Alberta sovereignty and separation, including referendums, constitutional fights and treaty obligations. She covers the Alberta legislature and provincial politics for The Canadian Press, following premiers, cabinet ministers, opposition leaders and Indigenous chiefs through legislative battles, policy reversals and public pressure. Her work also covers election law, voting rules, campaign donations, referendum costs, budgets, pensions, investment governance and the effects of provincial decisions on services and communities. Notable subjects include proposed separation votes, sovereignty legislation, electoral changes, multibillion-dollar deficits, public funds, gender-based violence policy, AI data centres, solar recycling and inmate releases. Her stories appear through partner outlets in general news and financial media. She reports in a clear wire-service style, focusing on legislation, procedure, political actors, public money and measurable consequences rather than commentary or colour.

Lynda Powless is both a senior journalist and the founder and publisher of Turtle Island News, a national Indigenous news outlet. She owns Turtle Island News Publications, which produces a weekly newspaper, magazines, and books, as well as a daily online edition. Her beat is Indigenous governance, public policy, and community services. She covers justice, land, infrastructure, public safety, development, health access, and the delivery of essential services in First Nations communities. Her reporting examines how chiefs and councils work with provincial and municipal governments and how political decisions affect daily life. She also tracks health programs across communities, such as mobile eye screening services. Before founding Turtle Island News, she worked for major daily newspapers and broadcasters. Her honours include the Native American Journalists Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Wassaja Award.

Marie Woolf focuses on how political power is exercised through security and technology laws, staying close to the wording and implementation of bills and their cross-border effects. She is a politics reporter with The Globe and Mail, working on federal coverage and policy stories. Her beat centres on lawful access, online safety and international economic ties, making complex legislation and its consequences concrete. She reports on lawful access powers, digital privacy and security, showing how legal tools for accessing data affect intelligence, policing, civil liberties and relationships with allies. She covers online safety and platform regulation by tracking enforcement mechanics, safety benchmarks, party positions and stakeholder lobbying. She also writes for the Politics Insider newsletter on party leadership, caucus management, bills, appointments and shifts in federal power, and covers trade, China and digital agreements as part of the intersection of politics, regulation and global commerce.

Mark Ramzy is a Toronto Star political reporter who stands out for covering federal power through civil liberties, policing, surveillance, hate-crimes law and arms exports. He reports on how security and foreign-policy decisions affect everyday life, often using exclusive details and internal documents. His work has examined police data powers, surveillance costs, RCMP procurement, hate-crimes bills, anti-racism institutions and Canada’s military export rules. He also tracks Parliament Hill, party strategy and national security debates. Ramzy writes reported features and analysis, and he works in both print and audio, including the Toronto Star podcast It’s Political. He often starts with leaked records, draft legislation or policy details and explains how they work in practice.

Maura Forrest covers Quebec politics, culture and identity for The Globe and Mail, with a focus on sovereignty, elections, language, nationalism and social change. She examines how party strategies, constitutional questions and government policy affect students, families and communities. Her reporting also covers tuition policy, environmental health, medical care and Quebec’s changing cultural and generational outlook. She has written about Parti Québécois referendum plans, Gen Z sovereigntists, identity politics and experimental music. Before joining The Globe and Mail, she reported for The Canadian Press on subjects including Quebec sovereignty and high-speed rail. She previously covered federal politics for The National Post and POLITICO. Forrest explains complex political, scientific and policy issues in clear language, linking institutions and cultural currents to everyday life.

Michael Gorman is a politics reporter at CBC News who explains how provincial government decisions affect public services, finances and communities. He covers the provincial legislature, health care and rural communities, with a focus on budgets, fiscal updates, deficit projections, tax and revenue measures, pension obligations and budget bills that change numerous laws. His reporting follows leadership contests, legislative debates, omnibus public safety bills and day-to-day procedural decisions. He also covers oversight and accountability, including child and youth officials examining missing children in care, the auditor general’s education findings, legal aid concerns, land protection and climate commitments. Notable work includes reporting on a projected deficit surpassing $1 billion, new levies on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, and funding decisions affecting services. He writes plainly about policy, oversight findings and practical effects rather than partisan spectacle.

Michael Kosnar is a Justice Department producer and reporter for NBC News. He covers the intersection of the federal justice system, law enforcement and national politics, with a core beat on the Justice Department and the FBI. He reports on operational changes, personnel and accountability, classified documents cases, Jan. 6 investigations, federal responses to extremism, and public safety issues. He also covers the DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and Bureau of Prisons. His reporting tracks official actions, court proceedings and law enforcement statements, and he works across broadcast, cable, streaming and digital platforms. He has worked at NBC News for more than two decades.

Michael Talbot is a multimedia journalist at CityNews who covers the intersection of policing, public safety, and political decisions that affect daily life. His beat includes crime, law enforcement operations, traffic safety, city infrastructure, labour rules, political campaigns, and major events. He has reported on Project Playfight, Project South, alleged hate-motivated attacks, residential break-ins, speeding after a camera removal, snow-route parking rules, serious collisions, online threats, and World Cup remote-work policies. His reporting is incident-led and tied to police services, government offices, and official statements. He tracks investigations, charges, suspects, enforcement measures, policy changes, and documented outcomes. He works in a breaking-news format, producing quick-turn written and video coverage. His style is restrained and factual, with light analysis and a focus on how institutional decisions play out on the ground.

Michelle Bellefontaine tracks how Alberta legislature decisions become changes in law, money and public services. She is a provincial affairs reporter for CBC News, covering the Alberta legislature. Her beat includes referendums and separation politics, bills, court challenges, health care, addictions treatment, labour, education, homelessness, disability services, energy, economic growth, technology investment and social programs. She follows policy from campaign promises and proposed legislation through debate, legal disputes and implementation. Her reporting has appeared across the broadcaster’s reporting, producing and digital operations, with past experience covering the Maritimes and northern Canada. She reports closely from bills, court orders, contracts, wage grids, rebates and other official documents. Her stories explain constitutional questions, government powers, spending, timelines and service changes, showing what decisions mean for residents, unions, patients, workers and vulnerable people.

Mike Crawley is a CBC News politics correspondent who explains how U.S. partisan strategy affects Canada, especially through trade, tariffs, environmental disputes and cross-border tensions. He covers Trump, Republicans, Democrats, Congress, the presidency and major institutions, showing how political power, public narratives and domestic incentives shape policy. His reporting also examines voters, party identification, mail-in voting, electoral rules and the mechanisms that turn political decisions into real-world consequences. Crawley previously spent about 15 years covering Ontario politics for CBC News, reporting on the governments of Dalton McGuinty, Kathleen Wynne and Doug Ford, as well as leadership contests, scandals and provincial policy. He began as a newspaper reporter, worked as a freelance journalist in Africa and joined CBC in 2005. His style is calm, fact-driven and explanatory, connecting individual disputes to broader political patterns.

Mike Howell stands out for tracing how civic power becomes policy and affects residents, businesses and city infrastructure. He covers Vancouver civic politics for Business in Vancouver, with a beat spanning city hall, municipal elections, public safety, policing oversight, neighbourhood economies and major development projects. He previously reported on municipal issues for the Vancouver Courier. His work follows council decisions, byelections, ballot questions and debates over voting rights, while also examining police technology, misconduct oversight, leadership changes and security spending. He reports on Chinatown businesses, social housing and detox projects, large housing and hotel proposals, a Major League Baseball bid and industrial expansion. Howell uses explainers and Q&As to make complex civic issues clear. He relies on direct quotes and concrete figures, including ballot counts, project costs, police flight numbers and infrastructure budgets.

Murray Brewster treats defence as a central political and national security story, not a niche beat. He is a senior defence and security reporter at CBC News, covering military and foreign policy from Parliament Hill. His real beat includes defence policy, military spending, foreign commitments, alliances, procurement and the human effects of war and service. He reports on NATO spending, the F-35 and Gripen fighter programs, submarines, capability gaps, drone partnerships, Arctic defence ties and support for Ukraine. His work connects political decisions to operational risks, industrial constraints, alliance pressure and long-term costs. He spent 15 months covering the Afghan war and brings that experience to reporting on veterans, trauma, conflict and recovery. Before CBC, he covered defence and politics for a wire service and led a national broadcast news bureau. He writes both straight news and clearly labeled analysis.

Nadine Yousif covers Canada’s politics and public life for the BBC, with a distinct focus on how shifts in power, policy and public opinion reshape the country’s direction and its place in the world. She reports on separatist sentiment and Canadian identity, treating movements like Alberta separatism as tests of the federation and explaining them in plain legal and political terms. She closely follows federal elections and party leadership contests, tracking rapid changes, regional results and shifts in leverage among factions. Her work links trade, immigration attitudes and security concerns to Canada’s global position, from tariffs and opinion data to Arctic sovereignty and transnational investigations. She also reports at the intersection of technology, law and public health, co-writing on privacy settlements and explaining how online misinformation affects measles status. She works across digital articles and audio, often in collaboration, with clear explanation, grounded sourcing and attention to lived consequences of political decisions.

Peter Walker is a senior political correspondent at the Guardian whose distinct focus is on how party funding, organisation and rules shape political outcomes. He covers UK politics with an emphasis on party finance, competition for influence and the rise of newer forces such as Reform UK and the Greens. His work on Reform UK tracks billionaire and crypto-wealth donations, explaining who gives, how much, and what that means for campaign capacity and media reach. He reports on elections, coalition arithmetic, leadership interventions and internal party dynamics, and extends this into audio analysis of budgets, AI and constitutional questions. He covers Russia and Ukraine through military losses, recruitment and sanctions policy as political issues. Alongside this he writes first-person cycling and transport commentary and is author of The Miracle Pill.

Rob Breakenridge is a political columnist and broadcaster known for analytical, issue-driven commentary on Alberta and Canadian politics rather than day-to-day incremental news. He writes columns for the Calgary Herald and hosts his own talk show, also appearing on panel and analysis programs. His work focuses on Alberta separation and referendum debates, treating separatist movements and referendum questions as tests of leadership, mandate, and public sentiment. He covers provincial policy, budgets, deficits, spending plans, pipelines, energy infrastructure, and governance of agencies and policy files as case studies in how governments exercise power. He situates Alberta politics within federal–provincial relations, trade agreements, cross-border disputes, party support trends, and federal appointments, linking electoral dynamics, trade policy, and institutional decisions to consequences for governments and citizens.

Rob Buffam is a go-to explainer of B.C. political dynamics, tracking how party turmoil, policy moves and interprovincial disputes shift power. He reports for CTV News from the legislature, covering leadership stability, election timing and provincial-federal authority. His beat includes party defections, caucus fractures, taxes, pipelines, trade, BC Ferries, public services, Indigenous rights, treaties and property rights. He examines how resignations and breakaway groups affect caucus arithmetic, legislation, budgets, coalition-building and election strategy. He explains how policy decisions shape political risk and voter sentiment, including debates over sales taxes, transportation failures and early elections. He also covers tensions among premiers and between provinces and Ottawa, including pipeline negotiations and tanker-ban exemptions. His reporting brings First Nations perspectives into disputes over land, jurisdiction, title, private property and local economies. His tone is matter-of-fact and focused on consequences.

Robyn Urback is a current affairs columnist at the Globe and Mail known for sharp, accessible arguments about how political power affects ordinary life. She covers Parliament, party leadership, government accountability, public policy, regulation, economic nationalism, trade, gambling, artificial intelligence in political advertising, medical assistance in dying, mental health, religious freedom, public safety, immigration and parenting. Her work examines the systems, rules and social norms around political decisions, with particular attention to Conservative caucus tensions and Pierre Poilievre’s leadership. She writes short, tightly argued opinion pieces that combine legislative detail, regulatory frameworks, research findings and human stories with a direct, often sardonic voice. She moves across federal, provincial and municipal politics. She previously edited an opinion section at a public broadcaster and was a columnist and editorial board member at a national newspaper.

Rupa Subramanya reports on the growth of state power and its effects on civil liberties, free expression, and individual rights. She is a writer for The Free Press and writes This Week in Canada, a recurring newsletter on Canadian politics, culture, the economy, and relations with the United States. Her coverage examines antisemitism, Israel and Palestine, trade wars, jobs, economic competitiveness, and Canada’s ties to Europe and Washington. She also writes long-form investigations on medical assistance in dying, race-based sentencing, hate-speech laws, online content regulation, the Online News Act, and the Online Streaming Act. Her reporting draws on the truckers’ protest and on-the-ground accounts of how policy affects people. She has testified before U.S. lawmakers on censorship, social-media restrictions, banking access, and race-based justice.

Sam Cooper is an investigative journalist who follows how foreign interference, organized crime and political power converge across North America and allied democracies. He founded The Bureau, an independent platform focused on corruption, security and geopolitics. His reporting tracks Chinese Communist Party United Front networks, foreign-influence registries, propaganda deals, transnational money laundering, fentanyl supply chains, cartel logistics and corruption in ports, banks, police and government. He also covers border security, migration, corporate espionage, intellectual property theft, hybrid warfare, Russian intelligence operations and China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Before launching The Bureau in 2023, he reported for major regional newspapers and a national broadcaster. His work combines data analysis, court records, judicial decisions, official filings, leaks, internal records and interviews to examine institutional failure and democratic resilience. His investigations helped establish the “Vancouver Model” of money laundering and received formal recognition.

Sean Boynton is a national online journalist at Global News who focuses on where government decisions, security issues and civil liberties meet. He covers breaking news and features on politics and policy across Canadian and international stories, using concrete developments to explain how power and accountability work. Within his politics beat he reports on elections, polling, campaign dynamics, leadership manoeuvres and party discipline, including extremism cases and high-profile resignations. He follows foreign policy, security disputes and cross-border economic confrontations, linking threats, responses and diplomatic pressure to wider geopolitical tensions. His work on digital policy and surveillance treats legislation, lawful access bills and intelligence questions as core political stories tied to privacy and oversight. He also reports on cultural flashpoints and immigration controversies, tracking timelines and official actions to show their political consequences.

Siobhan Morris is an award-winning politics reporter who shows how Ontario government decisions affect daily life. She is Queen’s Park bureau chief and video journalist for CTV News Toronto, leading coverage of provincial government, party leaders and major legislation. Her beat includes housing, policing, municipal power, infrastructure, elections and political messaging. She reports on issues such as airport expansion, trade disputes, housing investments, policing reviews, tenant rules, highway speed limits and ticket resales. Her work explains what new laws, funding and reviews mean for commuters, tenants, homeowners, consumers and voters. She combines live coverage from Queen’s Park with clear, practical reporting. Before taking on the bureau role, she worked as a reporter, anchor and video journalist in local television and talk radio. Her work has received journalism honours.

Sophie Hurwitz is a breaking news reporter at Mother Jones who tracks how national security, foreign policy, and domestic enforcement shape daily life. She covers politics and social movements, with a focus on surveillance, policing, immigration, transgender health care, military technology, corporate power, and culture-war policy. Her reporting connects courts, agencies, contractors, and party leaders to the people affected by their decisions. She moves between fast political coverage and deeper stories based on interviews, court filings, government documents, statutes, and advocacy reports. Before Mother Jones, she covered climate and corporate behavior for Grist and the weapons industry for Inkstick Media. She has also reported or worked with The Nation, The St. Louis American, Narratively, and New York magazine. Her work has covered asylum seekers, defense contractors, protest movements, labor, climate, and money in politics.

Spencer Van Dyk is a federal politics reporter for CTV News who specializes in how decisions in Ottawa reshape trade, economic policy, and international standing. She focuses on Canada-U.S. and Canada-EU trade and diplomacy, tracking tariffs, trade negotiations, infrastructure disputes, and sector-by-sector impacts from steel and aluminum to dairy and beauty products. She reports in live, rolling formats on Trump-era bans, tariff changes, and federal responses, and covers efforts to deepen ties with Europe and debates over shared values. As a writer and producer in CTV’s Ottawa News Bureau and on Question Period, she follows federal leadership, elections, byelections, and leaders’ debates, with close attention to affordability, public safety, security, and the economy. Her background in local and provincial reporting informs detailed coverage that links federal policy to regional economies, households, and small businesses.

Steve Benen dissects how Republican power, especially Donald Trump’s choices, strain democratic institutions and reveal the costs of mismanagement. He is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” editor of MaddowBlog, and a political contributor at MS NOW, where he covers U.S. politics with a focus on Republican governance and accountability. He centers on Republican leaders’ day‑to‑day behavior, Trump’s rhetoric, economic “illiteracy,” disaster aid decisions, and sliding political standing. He follows Congress and House Republicans’ internal tactics, showing how procedure, scheduling, and avoidance shape institutional strain. He links domestic politics to national security and economic risk, including the Iran conflict, tariffs, bond markets, and global financial stability. He also reports on legal accountability around Jan. 6, funding structures, and Justice Department cases, using recurring mini‑reports to track how many small decisions affect public trust.

Steven Chase covers federal politics through national security, foreign interference and Canada’s role in international crises. He is a senior parliamentary reporter at The Globe and Mail, where he has covered federal politics since the early 2000s. His beat includes foreign influence operations, intelligence, defence, military alliances, diplomatic disputes, public inquiries and Canada’s democratic institutions. He has reported on the SNC-Lavalin controversy, missile threats, Canada–U.S. defence co-operation, international summits and conflict-related diplomacy. With Robert Fife, he produced award-winning investigations into foreign interference linked to the Chinese government, drawing on classified documents and national security sources. His reporting is methodical and deeply sourced. He builds timelines from leaks, briefings and hearings, protects sensitive sources, documents internal debates and connects decisions in Ottawa to events abroad. He has also covered provincial and regional politics and has worked at The Globe and Mail for more than two decades.

Tom Bateman is the BBC’s state department correspondent, reporting on how US foreign policy and international security decisions play out in real time and what they mean for wars, alliances and domestic politics. He covers foreign policy and international relations with a close focus on the US administration and its global reach. His work follows stories from the briefing room to the battlefield, combining access to senior officials with clear explanations of complex conflicts. He reports on US wars, security crises and military strategy, including the ongoing war between the US and Iran, leaked images of damaged US bases and warnings of a space arms race. He analyses Trump-era politics, behaviour and economic fallout, alliances, diplomacy and ambassadorships, and appears across television, radio and podcasts to explain foreign policy for broad audiences. Earlier in his career he reported as a Middle East correspondent.

Vassy Kapelos is a senior political journalist who treats politics as a system of power, policy and people. She is chief political correspondent for CTV News and hosts Power Play, Question Period and The Vassy Kapelos Show. Her beat covers leadership changes, party dynamics, economic and climate policy, Canada–U.S. trade, global security and diplomacy, and the effects of foreign events on Canada. She also reports on major energy projects, electric vehicle rules, affordability, public services, corporate tax planning and political crises. Her coverage follows resignations, caucus unrest, candidate controversies, by-elections and policy disputes as signs of deeper shifts in leadership and party strategy. She works through direct interviews, panels and issue segments, speaking with ministers, ambassadors, security officials and other decision-makers. Before joining CTV News, she worked at CBC.

Vic Verbalaitis is a Night Breaking News Reporter at the Daily Beast who covers Trump, his allies, power, law enforcement and media. His beat includes American politics, legal conflicts, public controversies, Russia, Vladimir Putin and international ties. He also reports on breaking news beyond politics, including immigration enforcement, sports, labor policy, royal affairs and podcast analysis. His work tracks conflict, humiliation, risk and accountability, with a focus on how power is exercised and challenged. He writes quickly for the night cycle, using sharp headlines, tight narratives, vivid framing and memorable quotes. His feature and human interest background shapes his attention to personalities and human stakes. Before joining the Daily Beast, he wrote and photographed stories for Newsweek, People, Epicenter-NYC, Chelsea News NY, the Arizona Daily Star and the Arizona Republic.