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Minister Monsef down D. Comms as new sitting starts

Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef recently bid farewell to her director of communications, meaning remaining communications staff will have to fill in in the interim, with much buzz around ongoing electoral reform efforts and a busy fall sitting ahead. Jennifer Austin marked her last official day as communications director in Ms. Monsef’s ministerial office on Sept. […]

A new era for Ottawa-Vanier

Ottawa-Vanier is one of the country’s safest ridings for the Liberal party. In its history, it has only ever elected Liberals at both federal and provincial levels. It is a riding with deep Franco-Ontarian roots and a staunchly loyal base of Liberal supporters where defence of the French language has been a defining feature of […]

Tootoo wants back in Liberal caucus, working hard to prove himself

As the House resumes sitting this week, Independent MP Hunter Tootoo hopes to one day be back on the Liberal government bench. “We know we have to earn our way back in, but it’s up to us to work hard and show we’re working hard to prove ourselves again to get that opportunity,” Henry Wright, […]

Amid party ‘renewal,’ NDP recruits Robert Fox as new national director

Former Oxfam Canada executive director Robert Fox has been recruited to serve as the New Democratic Party’s new national director and says he’s excited to bring an outsider’s perspective to the party during its “renewal.” Mr. Fox marked his official first day on the job at party headquarters in downtown Ottawa on Sept. 12. “It’s […]

Ottawa gives veterans the indexation finger

OTTAWA—What the Liberals give, bureaucrats can take away. On Oct. 1, Liberal campaign promises to improve the lives of veterans begin to take effect. All that flashy political and bureaucratic rhetoric, however, has a dark underbelly. These changes claim to “greatly improve income support to disabled veterans.” The banner revision increases income replacement for injured soldiers […]

It’s time for Liberals to get specific on electoral reform

OTTAWA—You can usually tell a government’s end game or at least preferred direction on any given file by the planted news stories. The emerging Kinder Morgan narrative is a case in point: after likely considering the potential political cost in Quebec if it approved the Energy East pipeline, it appears as though the Trudeau government […]

Two new staff join Ambrose’s team ahead of Parliament’s return

Ahead of the fall House of Commons sitting, set to start on Sept. 19, there are a couple new, though familiar, faces now working on the official opposition leader’s team, led by interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose. Rebecca Rogers is no longer serving as manager of tour for Ms. Ambrose, with Semhar Tekeste having stepped […]

Liberal MPs set up 11 issue-based caucuses, four regionally based immigration caucuses

The federal Liberals may be leading in public opinion polls, but they’re not taking anything for granted. The Grits have in the last few months set up public policy issue-based caucuses in an effort to influence public policy and to keep on top of the key issues in their ridings. So far, they’ve created 11 caucuses based on the […]

Conservatives to tackle election reform plan in Liberal-red Atlantic

Federal Conservatives are set to take aim at the Liberal government’s electoral reform initiative during a late-summer caucus meeting in Halifax next week, after only three Conservative MPs have so far taken up a special Commons committee invitation to consult constituents on the project through town-hall meetings in their electoral districts. One of the Conservatives […]

Science Minister Duncan’s chief of staff joins Veterans Minister Hehr’s office

Science Minister Duncan’s chief of staff joins Veterans Minister Hehr’s office Science Minister Kirsty Duncan has bid farewell to her chief of staff, Rob Rosenfeld, who left the minister’s office the week before last to join Veterans Affairs and Associate Defence Minister Kent Hehr’s political staff team as the new director of communications and issues management. Mr. Rosenfeld made […]