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.

Page leaves job as Canada’s first PBO

Criticized by the government for providing good, solid analysis ever since he started the job five years ago, Kevin Page talks about his job as Canada’s first Parliamentary budget officer. His last day was Friday.

Manning gathers conservatives

Three Hill journalists nominated for Newsperson of the Year Award

The winner will be announced on Feb. 28 as part of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s J-Talk to be held at the Exchange Tower in downtown Toronto.

Page says three stellar candidates up for PBO job right in his office

PBO Kevin Page says Mostafa Askari, Sahir Khan, Chris Matier are all interested in the high-pressure job.

Tory, NDP, Liberal MPs, Senators have war stories

Tory MP Corneliu Chisu’s ‘blackest week’ during his seven months as a combat engineer in Kandahar in 2007 was when nine Canadian soldiers were killed in seven days.

Rookie NDP MPs say it’s been a steep learning curve in Parliament

NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice says his knees used to shake when he stood in Question Period. Not anymore.

An office of nine, May’s Hill team handles workload of a small OLO

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and her nine-person office submitted 320 amendments and some 302 were deemed in order. Behind those amendments were two staffers.

Inside the NDP leadership campaigns: Hundreds of volunteers on convention floor, call centres and hotel rooms keep machines churning

There are more than 4,000 delegates, almost 700 media, 18 video screens and a reported 55,659 people have voted in advance thus far.

Female MPs still fighting for structural, institutional changes in federal politics

Women want to change the structure of the system to encourage women to run. But they also want to make the Hill more female-friendly.

Meet the reporters who broke robocalls story: one’s a source guy, the other a data-geek

Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor say they are a little surprised at how big their robocalls story got.

Former CBC TV Hill cameraman Dean Heywood dies, colleagues devastated

‘He was a classic photojournalist,’ says CBC TV’s Mike De Paul.

Newshound Oliver pens his own story in page-turning, juicy new book

Illustrious CTV reporter Craig Oliver, 72, has been a reporter for 50 years, is legally blind, and has a few stories to tell. There’s no stopping this newshound.

Former prime minister Turner’s legacy ‘substantial’

Paul Litt says former prime minister John Turner was the right man at the wrong time.

It’s closing time: second last Progressive Conservative Senator in land quietly leaves Upper Chamber

Lowell Murray recently said Parliament has given up its most vital power, that the impartial public service is no more, and that political parties have been lost to a central party apparatus.

Government players to watch this fall in politics

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Treasury Board President Tony Clement will be big players and Junior Finance Minister Ted Menzies to act as ‘lynchpin’ between the two.

NDP keeps a leash on 68 rookie MPs, and set sights on consolidating its massive gains

They're scared, as they should be, this is a scary place, says NDP pundit Ian Capstick.

AG's office disputes former integrity commissioner Ouimet's version of audit events

The AG's office took the unusual measure of issuing a subpoena to Ms. Ouimet after she skipped an appointment with auditors on Nov. 9, 2009, which was scheduled more than a month in advance.

Harper borrows Mulroney's Cabinet management style

Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not hold full regular Cabinet meetings, only for QP strategy, but full Cabinet has met a few times a year at Willson House and Montebello.

Some 65 MPs still waiting for Hill offices

It's the quickest turnaround between an election and a House resumption in 20 years.