Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says it's in the public's best interest to have the one-year-old National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians work properly, a sentiment echoed by security analysts and MPs alike. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Security and Intelligence Committee members should be more actively monitored in wake of Clement scandal: Green Party leader
'You have a choice. You don’t have to sit on that committee,' says Elizabeth May.
‘This is about people’s lives’: union president urges feds to fix security gaps AG found at embassies abroad
Security lapses make embassy staff abroad vulnerable, says the office of auditor general Michael Ferguson. Union president Pamela Isfeld says she's not surprised with the findings.Budget bill’s Copyright Act changes undermine committee’s ongoing review, say critics
The innovation and heritage ministers have been ‘open’ since the beginning on what was coming this year, says a rep for Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.Politics This Morning
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Procedure and House Affairs Committee proposes changes to e-petition system
Ditch MP petition ‘sponsorship,’ and allow for more flexible timelines, PROC recommends.Pulling out of Mali in July could leave UN in ‘lurch,’ says peacekeeping expert
Various scenarios are being explored to ensure the UN’s Mali mission has ‘continued support’ after Canada leaves, says Global Affairs.Here’s Taiwan’s trailblazing digital minister’s advice on how the feds can boost service to Canadians
Audrey Tang was part of an activist movement that occupied Taiwan's Parliament in 2014. Two years later, she was made digital minister.CSC lacks ‘long-term plan’ to find appropriate housing for offenders, says auditor general
The AG found that the CSA had forecasted a 13 per cent increase in the number of offenders who require placement in community-based residenial facilities, it had not developed a 'long-term plan to meet the demand.' Antennae are up for news on deficits, corporate relief plan, and pot revenue figures in fall economic update, say experts
Finance Minister Bill Morneau will likely release his much-awaited plan to help Canadian businesses affected by U.S. tax cuts as part of the fall economic update, but there's plenty more that could come out of it.Conservative consultant Mills questions why senior-ranking, female Tories are staying mum on Clement’s inappropriate sexual behaviour, but Clement denies allegation
Female MPs of all parties say that MPs should call out anyone who engages in inappropriate behaviour on the Hill. Winnipeg Liberal MP Ouellette calls on all MPs to combat meth crisis, after being ‘solicited’ for sex by two young addicts in his riding office
Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette says meth addicts have showed up at his constituency office several times in the recent past, cornered his staff behind their desks, yelled and screamed at them.Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says it's in the public's best interest to have the one-year-old National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians work properly, a sentiment echoed by security analysts and MPs alike. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Security and Intelligence Committee members should be more actively monitored in wake of Clement scandal: Green Party leader
'You have a choice. You don’t have to sit on that committee,' says Elizabeth May.
Calgary Olympics rejection ought to be a sign to Olympic Committee to retool
There’s an opportunity for Canadian sport leadership to use Calgary's rejection of the 2026 bid to push the IOC to change the nature and cost of the games.PMO aide departs for Families Minister Duclos’ team
Plus, Leader Jagmeet Singh has hired ex-Manitoba cabinet minister Jennifer Howard as NDP chief of staff, starting Dec. 4.To save a buck, Ford triggers waves of indignation
For most Quebecers, the treatment afforded by provincial governments to their francophone minorities amount to a litmus test of Canada’s commitment to the concept of linguistic duality.
Bill C-59 empowers our national security agencies by respecting our rights and freedoms
We live in a dangerous world. Our intelligence and security agencies need a range of powers to protect us from threats we face, whether from terrorism, espionage, or interference with our democratic institutions.Liberal changes to foreign aid bill raise ‘red flag,’ say Grit MP, critics, aid groups
The proposed changes are tucked into the government’s omnibus budget implementation bill, and they may not be ‘benign,’ says Liberal MP John McKay.Inequality in system no reason to criminalize paying for fertility services, says Grit MP Housefather
In surrogacy and fertility services, there’s always an exchange of money—just not to the surrogates and donors, says expert Dave Snow.
Why Sri Lanka’s chaos matters
While the entirely avoidable chaos unfolding in Western democracies sucks up all the oxygen, something important is happening in one of China’s purchased pearls. Sajjan says progress made to diversify Canadian military, but work must continue
In the last fiscal year, eight per cent more women joined the Armed Forces, says the minister of national defence, but other targets are lagging.Addressing minority rights in Ukraine, Latvia key to successful deterrence
Canada’s presence in NATO is an essential means of promoting and protecting minority rights in the region.
Lobbyists court Senators to kill impact assessment bill
Among the most lobbied Senators since September are C-69 sponsor Grant Mitchell and Energy Committee chair Rosa Galvez.Business reps lobby parties to put tax reform in their 2019 platforms
The government ought to signal its plan to tackle lacklustre Canadian competitiveness in the fall economic statement, say industry reps. Pot lobbying to remain high in wake of legalization, insiders say
There’s likely to be a lot of ‘jockeying’ from interested groups, as rules around non-smokeable products are still undecided.
Bill Morneau to talk fall economic update at the Economic Club
Plus, NDP tout the chance to eat with Jagmeet, while B.C. federal Liberals huddled in Kelowna and feted Hedy Fry's quarter century in politics.
Chief of staff change-up for Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen
Meanwhile, Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair recently made a number of policy staff hires.
National Security and Intelligence Committee’s report on Trudeau’s India trip to be released on Dec. 3
Plus, Patrick Brown's got a new book, and Independent MP Tony Clement resigns his post as IDU deputy chair.
Milestone MacAulay: minister marks 30 straight years as an MP
The secret to Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay’s 30 years in the House? ‘Lawrence is a really good constituency MP,’ says caucus colleague Wayne Easter. Former Liberal Party organizer steps in as Trade Minister Carr’s new press secretary
Plus, Dan Lindenas has joined Treasury Board President Scott Brison’s office, where he’ll soon take over as director of policy.Rebels for a cause: Bernier headlines Rebel Media event in Calgary
Also, CBC's Salimah Shivji is joining the Parliamentary Press Gallery, and Democracy Watch gets its day in court to challenge the appointment of the ethics and lobbying commissioners.
Open CAF to non-citizens, be flexible in personnel structure to help reach diversity goals, experts say
The Liberals and senior military brass have pushed for more women, visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples to join the military, an institution in the midst of a cultural reset.
Procurement update: fighter jet replacement still a problem for feds, say experts, auditor general
Canada's procurement projects range from the much talked about Canadian Surface Combatant to a mid-life upgrade of the CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue helicopter.
Canada making real procurement progress, but still falling short
Last year, DND actually spent most of its procurement money; hopefully the same will occur this year.
Nurse practitioners are the innovative solution to Canada’s health care woes
We should be investing in the full range of primary health-care services to increase access for all Canadians.Universities heading towards a crisis
Growing class sizes and fewer course offerings are increasingly become an issue at universities, despite occasional increases in narrowly 'targeted' funding.
Politics This Morning: Morneau to deliver fall economic update
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is slated to deliver the government's fall economic update at around 4 p.m.
Canada’s decision not to join another British military mission in Turkey in 1922 was arguably a more significant formative event. 
We hurt ourselves when we repeat the same old sexist shibboleths about not finding qualified women, fail to recognize pay equity, or suggest women in public life should be docile.
So perhaps Maxime Bernier can use his position as leader of the People’s Party to inspire Canadians or to popularize his libertarian philosophy. And that’s nothing to be sneezed at.
With or without Donald Trump and Theresa May, Asia is the way of the future.
For too many years, suicide has been discussed at a level of abstraction, which has not helped focus prevention efforts. We owe it to our children to discuss the situation in all its complexity, writes Natan Obed of ITK.
This means investments in infrastructure, education and talent, universities and other research institutions, housing and cultural and recreational amenities, and access to high-speed broadband.The Hill Times in print
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Innovation Minister Bains hires new press secretary, Danielle Keenan
Until recently, Danielle Keenan was busy at work as an issues manager for Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould. Gould hires new comms director, Monsef names press secretary
Plus, the Conservative official opposition has a new press secretary: Mathew Clancy. New memoir looks into the Westray coal mine disaster
Also, MP Tony Clement joins outsiders row, and Conservative Senator Claude Carignan was recently honoured for his work safeguarding journalism. MPs, Senators, including 20 who’ve served in the military, mark Remembrance Day
Also, Trudeau to apologize for Canada's refusal to admit Jewish refugees in midst of Second World War, and former MP Paul Dewar gets a new key. Nathan Cullen wins Maclean’s Parliamentarian of the Year, NDP caucus cheers loudly; Dewar tells parties to ‘put our swords down’
Meanwhile, 47 college students showed off their applied research projects at the annual Colleges and Institutes Canada's annual student showcase.You Are Here: A Come from Away Story premiere brings a slice of Newfoundland to the national capital region
The documentary You Are Here: A Come From Away story tells the tales of the people behind the hit Broadway musical.E-governance a ‘mutual interest’ with Canada, says Estonian envoy
The Baltic country tries to ‘push the envelope’ in the information and communications technology sector, which Toomas Lukk says is the ‘future of humankind.’
UN official warns of ‘dehumanizing’ political rhetoric amid Canada border-crosser debate
Despite the increase in border crossers, Canada does not face a 'crisis' with asylum seekers, says Volker Turk.Finance minister to drop fall mini-budget Nov. 21
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured at a House committee last month, is set to deliver the fall economic statement on Nov. 21 in the House at about 4 p.m. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Plus, Lawrence MacAulay is celebrating 30 years as an MP with a celebration Nov. 21 in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building.National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, responding to the auditor general's report on the government's handling of the fighter-jet file, defended his department's move to buy more jets, despite a personnel shortage. 
Felix Holtmann, pictured in his Hill office in April 1990, became a household name when he added fuel to the national firestorm after the National Gallery of Canada announced it had bought a $1.8-million abstract painting, Voice of Fire, by American painter Barnett Newman, as the country was slipping into a recession. Mr. Holtmann, a Progressive Conservative MP at the time, told one interviewer that the painting ‘looks like two cans of paint and two rollers and about 10 minutes would do the trick.’Annual Features
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