Iconic Canadian Tim Hortons takes a hit
OTTAWA—What could have been more Canadian than Timmies. That is until last week. The ugly showdown between Unifor and Tim Hortons shows just how far this iconic doughnut shop has drifted from its humble beginnings on Ottawa Street in east Hamilton. So revered was the initial location that locals used to joke that the tiny […]
Scheer better define himself, say observers, before he’s pinned as a ‘fuddy-duddy stuck in the ’50s’
The Conservative Party’s policy convention is still eight month away, but leader Andrew Scheer is under pressure to define himself and his revamped party for the Canadian public. Mr. Scheer’s (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) leadership has come under attack in opinion columns in The Globe and Mail, National Post, and iPolitics recently, with headlines declaring that he is […]
ISG Senators won’t call for Sen. Beyak’s ouster, after pushing for ethics, spending probes
Independent Senators appointed by the Trudeau government say they aren’t trying to get Senator Lynn Beyak kicked out of the Senate—yet—after calling for investigations into her conduct by the Senate ethics officer and Internal Economy Committee last week. “I’m not at that point yet,” said Ind. Sen. Frances Lankin (Ontario). Sen. Lankin and four other […]
Trudeau holds cabinet retreat in London, Ont., as Liberals seek further gains in 2019
The federal cabinet is in London, Ont., on Thursday for the start of its traditional winter retreat, hinting that the Liberals are eyeing further gains in southwestern Ontario’s largest city come 2019. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and the Liberal front bench will spend today and tomorrow in the Forest City, where the party […]
What Scheer can learn from the Tory team’s rise from Reform to the Harper government
ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—The public conversation about Canadian politics has changed a lot since the Trudeau Liberals replaced the Harper Conservatives. Reasons extend beyond the realities of a new government and the fresh faces who have an ambitious centre-left agenda. Social media continues to turn traditional politics upside down. There is an unsettling fascination with the […]
PMO scoops up ex-national manager for ministers’ regional offices
Katherine O’Halloran has exited her role as the national manager of ministers’ regional offices in Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough’s office to instead serve as the Atlantic regional desk adviser in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office. Ms. O’Halloran was tapped early last year to serve as the national manager overseeing ministers’ regional offices […]
2017: The Hill Times’ year in pictures
Infrastructure Minister Sohi hires new chief of staff O’Leary, who’s set to start in the new year
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi has tapped one of his staffers to officially take over the currently vacant role of chief of staff in his ministerial office in February. Leslie O’Leary, who’s been on maternity leave from her role as director of issues management to the minister since May 1, has been lined up […]
Environment Minister McKenna plucks new D. Comms from think-tank
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna has bolstered her communications team, hiring Julia Kilpatrick to serve as her director of communications as of Dec. 1. Before then, Ms. Kilpatrick was communications director for Clean Energy Canada, a think-tank under Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue that focuses on “work to accelerate our […]
On the road to 2019: Singh, Scheer needs to steal Trudeau’s sunshine
OTTAWA—It’s hard to believe, but Canada’s 150th anniversary is almost done; it seems like it has gone by in a flash. It has been a year of significant change on the federal political front: for the first time since he has been prime minister, Justin Trudeau now knows who will compete against him in the […]
