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MPs call for review of electoral boundaries readjustment process
The House Affairs Committee is set to complete its review of the redistribution of federal ridings. Now MPs want to scrutinize the overall process too.


NEWS

Opposition MPs say new House Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women lacks direction

Opposition MPs say new House Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women lacks direction
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he skeptical of inquiries ‘run way over time, way over budget, recommendations prove to be of limited utility.’

Pedestrian access to Hill to be restored by Canada Day, says Public Works

Pedestrian access to Hill to be restored by Canada Day, says Public Works
The Senate may be moved to the Government Conference Centre for 10 years beginning in 2018, an alternative interim space for the Senate when construction begins on Centre Block.

Senate enters ‘darkest days’ in 146-year history, it’s ‘mired in deep mud’

Senate enters ‘darkest days’ in 146-year history, it’s ‘mired in deep mud’
Observers say the Senate’s reputation has bottomed out with latest developments in expense claims scandal.

‘Critical mass’ forming to change estimates process oversight, says NDP MP Martin

‘Critical mass’ forming to change estimates process oversight, says NDP MP Martin
MPs have new tools to dissect the $1.1-billion in spending in the supplementary estimates.

Finance Department plans to spend $10-million on ‘Economic Action Plan’ budget ads this year

Finance Department plans to spend $10-million on ‘Economic Action Plan’ budget ads this year
The Finance Department alone plans to spend $10-million on its own over the next 12 months on the federal government’s ‘Economic Action Plan’ budget advertisements, which will bring total costs for the controversial ad campaign to a minimum of $104.8-million over four years.

FEATURE

Baird picked as best Cabinet minister in 2013, according to The Hill Times’ 21st Annual Politically Savvy Survey

Baird picked as best Cabinet minister in 2013, according to The Hill Times’ 21st Annual Politically Savvy Survey
‘It’s the best barometer we have of interpersonal relations among political insiders in Ottawa,’ says Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff.

Canada beefs up security intelligence, but accountability sorely lacking, say authors of award-winning book, Secret Service

Canada beefs up security intelligence, but accountability sorely lacking, say authors of award-winning book, Secret Service
Reg Whitaker talks about his book, Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada From the Fenians To Fortress America.

Canada's Aging Society

Canada's Aging Society

May 13, 2013
LIST/CHART/SURVEYS
  • The 81 Closest Ridings Where MPs Won by 10 Per Cent or Less
  • Chiefs of Staff, Communications Directors, Press Secretaries to Cabinet Ministers
  • Cabinet’s Directors of Communications and Chiefs of Staff List 2011
THIS WEEK'S HILL TIMES
Atleo says time for ‘bold, transformative change’ for First Nations communities
Attack ads here to stay, say political pundits skeptical of Trudeau’s ‘sunny ways ’ Wilfrid Laurier strategy
Climate drifts into uncharted global warming territory, feds still pushing fossil fuels
Conservative MP Benoit says abortion should be illegal in Canada
Libs out-fundraise NDP in first quarter, political players say numbers don’t reflect parties’ broad support
Libs out-fundraise NDP in first quarter, political players say numbers don’t reflect parties’ broad support
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
EDITORIAL
Margaret Thatcher's funeral April 17, 2013: Bishop of London, Richard Chartres' sermon in full
Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney introduces then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to speak to the House of Commons in 1988.

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Party Central: Prince's Charities Canada party-goers flock to House Speaker's Salon, comptrollers take over Chateau for Oscars of financial management. May 13, 2013

The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Prince's Charities Canada's Matthew Rowe and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Mr. Rowe, Commodore Mark Watson, Lisa Chillingworth, and Amanda Sherrington.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Conservative MP Dave Van Kesteren.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Canadian Secretary to the Queen Kevin MacLeod.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Mr. Rowe and Conservative MP Wladyslaw Lizon.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Tory MP Rob Clarke.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Anthony Carricato.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Tory MP Dave MacKenzie.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award for Excellence in Comprollership in the Public Sector. CPA Canada's Elly Meister, Heather Whyte and Lianne Thompson.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award winner, Fisheries and Oceans' CFO Roch Huppe.
Laura Ziebell and Aboriginal Affairs' Jamie Hollett, graduate of Charter Management Accountants' PFA program.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Cassandra Dorrington, board co-chair of CPA Canada.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Award winner Jim Saunderson of Western Economic Diversification.
The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Lifetime achievement winner Richard Neville.

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