Rural Liberal candidates who lost last election eager to start nominations for 2019 federal run
The Liberals, who hold 183 seats in the Commons, should start nominations in unheld rural ridings as soon as possible to give the eventual candidates enough time to start campaigning for the 2019 federal election, say Liberal candidates who lost in these ridings in the last election. “They should try to expedite these nominations to […]
Prime Minister’s Office hires two new political staffers
The Prime Minister’s Office, which recently dropped its old name, the Langevin Block, to officially be known as the Office of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council Office, hired two new staffers. Mayaf Dura is now a writer in the PMO’s correspondence unit, which previously shrank by one in May with the departure of […]
Slate of Conservative staffers exit new leader Scheer’s office
Eleven more staffers have taken their leave of the Conservative Leader’s Office and Hill research bureau, which, along with the two previously reported, brings the total to 13 departed staffers since Andrew Scheer took over as Conservative Party leader on May 27. Director of strategic communications Dennis Matthews is among those who have departed, with […]
“The Trudeau government has passed around half the number of bills as the previous government did over similar time period. What do you make of this?”
Kate Purchase Liberal strategist “Our government is proud of the legislation that we have introduced and passed. We have an ambitious agenda to bring real change to the lives of Canadians. To that end, we have passed a number of ground-breaking bills, from making citizenship laws fairer for all Canadians, to protecting gender identity and […]
Finance Minister Morneau recruits Revenue Minister Lebouthillier’s press secretary
Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently hired a new press secretary, recruiting Chloé Luciani-Girouard to leave National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s office to work for him. “We are excited to have her on board,” said Daniel Lauzon, director of communications to Mr. Morneau, in an email to Hill Climbers last week. “She brings experience, good relationships […]
Liberal MPs want Trudeau to protect them from nomination challenges in 2019 election
Incumbent Liberal MPs want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to protect them from nomination challenges for the 2019 federal election, arguing that while they perform their parliamentary duties in Ottawa for about half the year, their potential challengers have an advantage over them because they can use the time to “undermine” them in their ridings. “When […]
Gap between Liberals, Conservatives narrowing, poll suggests, though Scheer still seen as an unknown
The Liberals maintain their lead in voter support after climbing back from earlier controversies, but are seeing a narrowing popularity gap as Conservatives ride a bump in support from their leadership race, according to a new poll. About 39 per cent of the 2,767 Canadian voters who participated in the online survey conducted by Campaign Research […]
Families Minister Duclos has two new political aides
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has scooped up a staffer from Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef’s office. Kyna Boyce, who was previously a special assistant for parliamentary affairs and Atlantic regional desk adviser to Ms. Monsef, officially joined Mr. Duclos’ office on May 24 and is now a regional adviser for […]
Reporter calls out restricted access at Liberal ‘open fundraising’ event
A Hill journalist is calling into question the Liberal Party’s promise to make its fundraising events more open and transparent, after party staff restricted media access at a June 19 Ottawa event for the party’s top donors. It was the first such event in Ottawa under the party’s new “open fundraising” format, introduced earlier this […]
Liberal summer caucus meeting to be held in Kelowna as party looks to maintain grip on B.C.
The federal Liberals will host their annual summer caucus meetings in Kelowna this year, The Hill Times has learned, as the party looks to secure its presence in British Columbia after approval of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline drew sharp criticism from political leaders and voters in the Lower Mainland. Liberal MPs will descend on the […]
