Nasha Brownridge is now one of two NDP caucus press secretaries.
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen has scooped up Mathieu Genest to be his press secretary, and has promoted a new director of parliamentary affairs, among other recent staff changes in his office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen recently tapped MathieuGenest to serve as his press secretary, while promoting former communications manager Hursh Jaswal to the title of director of communications.
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You Might Be From Canada If… You Might Be From Canada If . . . is a delightful, illustrated romp through this country as it celebrates its 150th birthday.
Queen Elizabeth, on her first royal visit to Canada in 1957, delivered John Diefenbaker's first Throne Speech. In 1977, she delivered Pierre Trudeau's Throne Speech as well in Canada.
Canada's new procurement minister Anita Anand 'ticks a lot of the boxes,' says one political observer of the first Hindu to be appointed into cabinet on a federal level.
In a minority Parliament, co-operation between parties is now an 'imperative, as opposed to something that we would try to do,' says Chief Government Whip Mark Holland.
Incumbent House Speaker Geoff Regan says he expects MPs will be largely influenced by their peers' assessments of the candidates in casting their ballots for the new Speaker.
But a Conservative source is decrying public criticism of Andrew Scheer's leadership, saying it will only create the kind of schisms that will set the party back and that former leader Stephen Harper worked to avoid.
Long-awaited collective agreements are finally being settled with the unions representing Parliament’s security officers, just in time for a new round of talks.