Top Grit staffer Bosch leaving Parliament Hill to join public affairs firm
PARLIAMENT HILL—Longtime Liberal Hill staffer and senior researcher Kevin Bosch is leaving his job to join Hill + Knowlton Strategies in Ottawa as the public affairs firm’s new vice president. Mr. Bosch, a veteran and well-known Grit Hill staffer who initially joined the Liberal research bureau in 1998, quickly earned a reputation for being a savvy player in the world […]
B.C. Green-NDP alliance poses threat to federal Liberals on West Coast, warn opposition MPs
While the newly formed alliance between British Columbia’s NDP and Green Party has made Christy Clark’s days as premier likely numbered, Liberal opponents warn that the two main issues at play there also threaten the federal Liberal Party’s 17 seats in the province. “Both on pipelines and electoral reform, Justin Trudeau has been very offside […]
Ministers Chagger and Hajdu hire new regional desk advisers
Staffer Jade-Émilie Daigneault recently made the switch from Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s office over to Bardish Chagger’s ministerial team at Small Business and Tourism. Ms. Chagger wears two cabinet hats, and is also currently the government House leader, a role supported by a separate office led by chief of staff Rheal Lewis. Before starting […]
Liberals’ black caucus members visit Casey’s Nova Scotia riding after his constituency staffer faces racism
The federal Liberal black caucus and an Independent Nova Scotia, African-Canadian Senator visited Liberal MP Bill Casey’s riding in late April to talk with people about racism after a black constituency office staffer there received some “nasty” racist remarks from constituents. In an interview The Hill Times, Mr. Casey, (Cumberland-Colchester, N.S.), a seven-term MP who was […]
“The countdown for a 90-day notice to renegotiate NAFTA has begun. How should Canada approach these talks?”
Kate Purchase Liberal strategist “NAFTA has helped create good, middle-class jobs and grow our economies, both in Canada and throughout North America. Our integrated economies and supply chains support millions of jobs across the continent, including nine million American jobs that depend on trade and investment with Canada. “The three-month notice period for renegotiating NAFTA […]
More Canadians identify as middle class since last election: poll
A new poll suggests only five per cent of Canadians would not consider themselves a part of the middle class or “those working hard to join it” that the Trudeau government so often pledges to assist, though a prominent researcher says the classification is useless. The nationwide survey, the third in a series conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights, found […]
“The Liberal government is seeking to create a new Canada Infrastructure Bank. Is this a good move? Why or why not?”
Kate Purchase Liberal strategist “Last election, Canadians elected us on a platform to invest in a historic infrastructure plan. This plan will transform the way Canadians live, move and work, strengthen the middle class, and ensure our children and grandchildren have clean drinking water and clean air to breathe. “Canada has a very ambitious plan to […]
Two exit Prime Minister’s Office, with one landing in the Liberal research bureau
PARLIAMENT HILL—Two staffers recently left the Prime Minister’s Office, including Nadia Khaiati, executive assistant to the director of public appointments. Ms. Khaiati had been working in the PMO as executive assistant to then PMO appointments director Mary Ng since the Liberal government was sworn into power in November 2015. Ms. Ng left the PMO in February to run […]
Liberals up five points since April, Conservatives down slightly: public opinion poll
OTTAWA—The federal Liberals widened their lead over the opposition Conservatives to 16 percentage points as of last week, winning the support of 43 per cent of those who participated in an online poll and were not undecided. Twenty-seven per cent said they would vote Conservative if an election were held the next day, while 19 […]
Liberal caucus meeting cancelled so PM, MPs can attend Montreal’s 375th birthday celebrations
The Liberals’ regular Wednesday caucus meeting was cancelled because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several Montreal-area MPs wanted to be in Montreal for the city’s 375th anniversary celebrations. “We went to a birthday party,” Caucus Chair Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Que.) told The Hill Times in an interview on his way back to Ottawa from Montreal on Wednesday […]
