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 […]
Thunberg presents climate emergency with freshness and force, as if we hear of it for the first time
TORONTO—“I’m too young to do this,” says Greta Thunberg, the activist whose 2018 “school strike” in front of the Swedish Parliament launched an international youth movement to keep fossil fuels buried. One thinks of Isaiah: “And a little child will lead them.” She gave the speeches collected in this book, her first in English, at […]
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 […]
Recent staff exits in Treasury Board President Murray’s office, Liberal research bureau
Treasury Board President Joyce Murray recently bade farewell to two of her political aides: Jonathan Chiu and Jonathan Robinson. Not only do they have the same first name, both have since joined Ms. Murray’s office as the Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra, B.C. With Parliament having risen, both are now working out of Ms. Murray’s […]
I’ve met the leaders of today, and tomorrow, and they’re in Afghanistan looking for support to help bring peace and stability to the nation
OTTAWA—When I was just out of high school in 2013, I had the opportunity to meet and sit down in a hotel conference room in Ottawa with Afghan leader Hanif Atmar. At the time, he had held several positions within the Afghanistan government including education minister, interior minister, and most recently national security adviser. I […]
Michelle Rempel gets hitched, Stephen Harper officiates
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel got married over the weekend with Tory leaders past and present in attendance. The May 25 affair was officiated by Ms. Rempel’s former boss, Stephen Harper. Ms. Rempel married U.S. Army veteran Jeffrey Garner at a private ceremony in the Calgary home of former Conservative MP Devinder Shory. According to her […]
Is democracy possible?
In his important new book, Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up, activist and author Dave Meslin tackles our democratic deficit and proposes meaningful solutions that would encourage more connectivity between citizens and their governments.
