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Harper, Scheer, Baird, and MacKay to top speakers list at Deepak Obhrai memorial

Former prime minister Stephen Harper and senior members of his cabinet will be in Calgary on Aug. 26 to honour the life of former caucus colleague Deepak Obhrai. Mr. Obhrai died on Aug. 2, shortly after being diagnosed with late stage liver cancer. He is noted for being the longest-serving parliamentary secretary to the foreign […]

No national leaders at Capital Pride Parade, but 10 Liberal MPs will attend

There won’t be any federal party leaders at the Capital Pride Parade on Aug. 25, but local Liberal MPs and other party candidates will be there. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t be at the parade, a spokesperson for Mr. Trudeau told The Hill Times. Mr. Trudeau will be travelling on the day of the parade, […]

Ivison launches his Trudeau chronicle at the Métropolitain

National Post columnist John Ivison‘s soaring stature always begets tall jokes, but in her opening remarks at the launch of Mr. Ivison’s book, Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister, last Wednesday evening at one of political Ottawa’s favourite watering holes, the Métropolitain, Toronto Star Ottawa bureau chief Susan Delacourt, who introduced Mr. Ivison, opted to […]

Conservative dean Deepak Obhrai dies at 69, MPs honour his service to Canada

The Conservative Party’s longest-serving MP, Deepak Obhrai, died on Aug. 2. He was 69. Then a Reform MP, Mr. Obhrai first won a seat in the House of Commons in 1997. He went on to be re-elected subsequently as an Alliance and Conservative MP over the next six elections. “Mr. Obhrai was a champion of […]

World Trade Organization should abolish fisheries subsidies, stop crisis

The world’s fisheries are in a crisis, but there is a way forward, says one of Canada’s leading experts, Daniel Pauly, author of the recently released book, Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries. Prof. Pauly, who teaches at the University of British Columbia and directs the Sea Around Us, an initiative focused […]

Two Trudeau chronicles to hit bookshelves before October election

As political leaders release memoirs ahead of the next federal election, two Hill reporters’ books on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will also be hitting the bookstores. The National Post‘s John Ivison and CBC’s Aaron Wherry will release their books on the first four years of Mr. Trudeau’s governance. Mr. Ivison’s Trudeau: The Education of a Prime […]

Former Harper PMO comms director Andrew MacDougall pens political thriller

Former PMO communications lead Andrew MacDougall has authored a political thriller which focuses on a fictional press aide to a British prime minister who struggles to manage a crisis in the midst of a terror threat and Russian influence over the British government. Mr. MacDougall, formerly the director of communications in Stephen Harper‘s Prime Minister’s […]