Karl Nerenberg

Ottawa

Parliamentary Correspondent at rabble.ca

Filmmaker and Writer at Freelance

Karl N is rabble.ca's Parliamentary Correspondent & a filmmaker. Most recent documentary: Never Come Back. E-mail: [email protected]

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Articles

Here’s a constructive proposal to vastly improve Carney’s Build Canada Bill, C-5

1 week ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

Indigenous groups and advocates for the environment are lining up to oppose Prime Minister Mark Carney’s signature Build Canada Bill, C-5. Like the Ontario Doug Ford government’s Bill 5, Carney’s bill seeks to speed up the approval time for massive, “nation-building” projects. Ford’s bill creates special economic zones on Crown land, where federal and provincial rules can be suspended to allow resource extraction projects (including mining for critical minerals) to go ahead at great speed.
Carney claims Trump’s threats require he bypass parliamentary democracy

2 weeks ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

To head off Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s economy and sovereignty this country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, is borrowing a leaf from the U.S. president’s playbook. Trump has notoriously bypassed American democratic processes through his unprecedented use of presidential executive orders.
Ford and Carney seek to bypass Indigenous rights and environmental protection

3 weeks ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

On Friday June 6, prime minister Mark Carney followed Ontario premier Doug Ford with major legislation to fast-track major economic developments by circumventing protection for the environment and Indigenous rights. Both leaders have cited Donald Trump and his tariff war as the main motivating factor for their precipitous actions. Ford’s move was Bill 5, the “Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act”, which received Royal Assent and became law on June 5.
Carney’s Throne Speech disarms Opposition, affirms Canadian sovereignty

1 month ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal colleagues have got to be happy with the reaction to the Speech from Throne King Charles III delivered – on their behalf – on Tuesday, May 27. The Official Opposition Conservatives took issue with the Speech, naturally. Taking issue with the government of the day is a key piece of any Official Opposition’s job description. But their criticism was muted.
Murder in Washington dampens Canada-France-UK effort to save lives in Gaza

1 month ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

On Monday, May 19 Canada joined France and the UK to issue an unusually forceful and unambiguous statement condemning Israel’s tactics in Gaza. The three countries “strongly oppose the expansion of Israeli military operations in Gaza.”“The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable,” France, the UK and Canada argue.
PM Carney boosts cabinet’s Indigenous representation and pledges to empower ministers

1 month ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

One of the notable new faces in the cabinet prime minister Mark Carney unveiled on Tuesday, May 13, is that of Mandy Gull-Masty, the former Grand Chief of the Quebec Cree. Gull-Masty has become the first Indigenous minister of Indigenous Services. When Justin Trudeau offered the same job to Jody Wilson-Raybould she turned it down. As an Indigenous person she did not want to become an instrument of the colonial-era Indian Act.
Carney appoints a 38-member cabinet, but angers one MP he leaves out

1 month ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

Following Canada’s April 28 federal election, the people close to newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney made a point of telegraphing that his new cabinet would be lean, mean and business-like – much smaller, they said, than Justin Trudeau’s bloated ministry. Apart from Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne, few Canadians give a damn about the size of the federal cabinet. But Carney and his people seem to be among those few.
Ottawa jazz lovers’ group has big plans for landmark anniversary

2 months ago | apt613.ca | Ryan Pepper |Karl Nerenberg

By Karl NerenbergJazzWorks, a feisty local arts education organization, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this spring with a concert series and a Great Big Jam Session. To kick off the festivities on May 2, there will be a Vocal Dinner Show, featuring eight singers who have taken part in JazzWorks’ monthly Vocal Open Mics, backed by a group of top professional players.
Mark Carney wins but now must present a robust plan for Canada’s economic sovereignty

2 months ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

In the biggest comeback in Canadian political history, Mark Carney’s Liberals won the 2025 election on Monday, April 28. At this point, however, the Liberals are four seats shy of the 172 required for majority in the 343-seat House of Commons. As of Tuesday morning, Carney’s party has won or is leading in 168 ridings. The Conservatives – who four months ago were ahead by over 20 points in most opinion polls – have 144 MPs elected or leading. But their leader Pierre Poilievre is not one of those.
As campaign ends progressive voters agonize over how to get the Parliament they want

2 months ago | rabble.ca | Karl Nerenberg

Three days before the election, an Ottawa CBC radio all-party panel discussion pretty much summed up the 2025 campaign. The broadcast featured candidates from the riding of Ottawa Centre. The politicians gathered at Ottawa’s downtown YMCA, where both the CBC host and some everyday citizens quizzed them. The Liberal incumbent, Yasir Naqvi, was earnest and well-rehearsed.