The climate crisis is fundamentally unjust: Walsh
The climate crisis is fundamentally unjust. Those who bear the least responsibility are bearing the brunt of climate chaos. To right this wrong, climate action must be rooted in justice. That means holding the fossil fuel companies accountable and making polluters pay their fair share to fix the problem they created. The Trudeau government can […]
Staff changes abound in Families Minister Gould’s office
Among the slate of staff promotions, additions, and departures to note in Gould’s office is new policy adviser Lydia MacKay Swiatkowska and new West and North regional adviser Simaloi Sikar.
FedDev Ontario Minister Tassi lands on a new chief of staff
Plus, deputy chief of staff Julie Savard-Shaw has left Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office, among other moves.
Communications shakeup in Labour Minister O’Regan’s office
Plus, Allison St-Jean recently exited her post as director of communications to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau.
Seniors Minister Kamal Khera names a new chief of staff
Seniors Minister Kamal Khera has a new chief of staff, Lindsay Hunter, following Jude Welch’s departure from the role at the end of September. Welch had run Khera’s office since she was first sworn into cabinet as minister of seniors after the fall 2021 federal election. He’d been a chief of staff on the Hill […]
Liberal-NDP deal should weather Conservative attacks to keep boosting public health
As the Conservatives’ support climbs, so might the Liberals’ desire to avoid a potential election. This provides leverage to the NDP for it to press more demands within the agreement.
Hallé says goodbye to the Prime Minister’s Office
Strategic adviser Andrée-Lyne Hallé marked an end to her run in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office earlier this month. A former communications manager for the federal Liberal Party, Hallé was an early addition to Trudeau’s then-new Prime Minister’s Office after the Liberals formed government following the 2015 election, starting as a press secretary. Hallé was […]
Defence Minister Anand names defence procurement, industry relations director
National Defence Minister Anita Anand now has a director of defence procurement and industry relations in her office, hiring Thomas Gagné to take on the new title. Previously, Léo Newman, who left the minister’s office in August, tackled the procurement and industry files as a senior policy adviser. Gagné started on the job last week, […]
‘High stakes’ byelection in Mississauga-Lakeshore considered ‘first battle of the next general election campaign,’ say political insiders
Political parties will dry-run their strategies for the next federal election in the upcoming Mississauga-Lakeshore byelection, making this yet-to-be scheduled GTA swing riding campaign “critical to watch,” say political players. “Mississauga-Lakeshore will be critical to watch,” said Nik Nanos, chief data scientist for Nanos Research. “Like a lot of these first battles, both of the […]
Time to clean up our language
CHELSEA, QUE.—Political language has become so degraded that a gross betrayal of supporters, a shameless climbdown from previously embraced imperatives, the sudden disappearance of favourite dog whistles when they are no longer useful, is widely known as a “pivot.” Not a lie, not self-serving evasion, not what non-political people would consider a damning character defect. […]
