Here’s a look at the current employment team under Minister Petitpas Taylor
Wyatt Westover is now press secretary to the employment minister, and Samantha Jerome was recently hired as a digital communications adviser.
Côté marks her half-century on the Hill as Long Service Awards are doled out
Plus, the Queen’s Gates are getting a facelift, Marie-Danielle Smith and Murad Hemmadi get mugged, and Philip Ling leaves as Mike Blanchfield returns.
Israel wants Hassan Diab to serve prison sentence in France but vows to stay out of any extradition request
‘We would like Hassan Diab to be extradited to France to serve his sentence, but we don’t interfere in that,’ says Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed.
PPS investigates ‘suspicious package,’ finds it ‘unsuspicious’
The Wellington Building was evacuated during the lunch hour on Dec. 10, with police blocking off nearby streets.
MacKinnon scoops up Tassi staffer to fill parliamentary affairs team
With Chelsea Kusnick’s exit, FedDev Ontario Minister Filomena Tassi has promoted a new director of communications.
A Christmas house party at Lornado, and jingle-bell rocking the Rainbow Bistro
U.S. Ambassador David Cohen hosted his final Christmas party at his official residence, and The 20th Century Boys returned for their annual concert to support the Ottawa Cancer Foundation on Dec. 5.
Tourism Minister Martinez Ferrada to deliver speech in Montreal on Monday, Dec. 9
MONDAY, DEC. 9 House Sitting—The House is sitting every weekday until Dec. 17 and is scheduled to adjourn on that day for the Christmas holidays and break. It’s scheduled to return on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will sit for 25 weeks over the year. It will sit Jan. 27-Feb. 14; Feb. 24-28; March 17-21; […]
NDP MP Randall Garrison says he’ll resign in January, cites health reasons
Plus, Michelle Rempel Garner runs from CBC reporter, and Canadian representatives make their case to American news networks on tariffs.
PMO press sec Hussain now comms director to tourism minister
Plus, new staff have been added to the offices of Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree.
Ana Poilievre leads the Conservative road show
Plus, Senators honour outgoing colleague Stephen Greene, New Democrat Niki Ashton recovers from surgery, and the Green Party adds to its roster of critics.
